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Lee Murphy

Partner
Corporate Partner
Head of Equity Capital Markets.

Lee is an experienced M&A and equity capital markets Partner in the Corporate and Commercial departments and is the firm's head of equity capital markets.

Lee has worked on many domestic and international complex corporate M&A and structuring transactions for both private and public limited companies and also for state bodies. This has included transactions across many sectors including the financial services, telecoms, retail, property, insurance, technology and renewable energy, PPP & infrastructure sectors.

In equity capital markets work, Lee has advised on many keynote Irish plc equity capital market listings and fund-raisings. Many of these transactions have been on a dual market basis involving both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Dublin.

Various recent IPOs and associated fundraisings Lee has acted on, including those of Yew Grove REIT plc, Cairn Homes plc, Hibernia REIT plc and Escher Group Holdings plc. Lee also advises on public company takeovers and on regulatory compliance generally.

Lee’s recent experience includes acting for:

  • FEXCO and the Goodbody Employee Benefit Trust, the joint owners of Goodbody Stockbrokers in the sale of Goodbody Stockbrokers to Allied Irish Banks p.l.c. This transaction completed in 2021 following the receipt of regulatory clearances in Ireland and the U.S. and the receipt of the consent of the Minister for Finance, Pascal Donohoe
  • The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), the investment arm of the NTMA, in respect of various corporate and M&A matters including the establishment of recent joint ventures with Cork Co. Council (provision of infrastructure services in the residential housing sector), and with Bartra Property (shared living development project)
  • Cairn Homes plc in respect of various real estate acquisition and forward funding transactions effected through a corporate structure to include transactions with counter-parties such as Argentum, Carysfort Capital and NAMA
  • AECOM on various acquisitions and disposals and generally in the provision of corporate and governance advices
  • SNC-Lavalin on the sale of its Irish captive insurance company, Equinox CA Europe DAC to Compre Holdings and on the recent sale of its global oil and gas business 
  • Investec Bank plc in its roles as Bookrunner, ESM Advisor, NOMAD and Financial Adviser on the recent IPO of Yew Grove REIT plc and associated €75m fundraising
  • Dublin Port Company on its recent €300 million bond listing on Euronext Dublin
  • PIMCO Funds Ireland plc on the corporate disposal of the Citywest Hotel and associated assets, and various other substantial commercial property assets
  • Escher Group Holdings and its directors on its public company takeover by Hanover Active Equity Fund plc
  • Sojitz Corporation and its consortium partners on the acquisition of a 60% interest in an Invis Energy 230MW wind farm portfolio
  • Infravia Capital Partners on the acquisition of Coillte’s telecoms mast business
  • Clients such as Element Power, Impax Asset Management, China General Nuclear Power, Innogy Renewables, Glennmont, Hg Capital in respect of various windfarm assets acquisitions and disposals
  • Various listed companies including Cairn Homes plc, Hibernia REIT plc, Dalata Hotel Group plc, Escher Group and Venn Life Sciences in respect of their compliance obligations and on IPO and other ECM transactions

Lee and his team contribute and update on an annual basis the chapter 'Initial Public Offerings: Ireland' in the Getting the Deal Through publication (Accreditation: Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. 

'Lee Murphy provides excellent advice and great client service.’ - Legal 500

  ‘Lee Murphy and the team are very professional and friendly in their manner, showing a high degree of flexibility to address matters when advice is needed.’ - Legal 500 

 'Lee Murphy is a standout partner in all respects.’ - Legal 500'

‘Proactive, diligent and knowledgeable. Lee Murphy showed great patience and commerciality.’ - Legal 500

Lee Murphy 'provides clear, concise advice in a timely manner' - Legal 500

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Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, MRCVS, 1993

Admitted to Law Society of Ireland, 2004

Lee Murphy

Partner

Corporate Partner
Head of Equity Capital Markets.

Lee Murphy

Partner

Corporate Partner
Head of Equity Capital Markets.

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