The corporate finance team at LK Shields Solicitors regularly advise on:

• public offerings and private placing of equity and debt securities and on compliance issues under the Listing Rules of the Irish Stock Exchange and otherwise, and
  
  
• potential bidders, financiers, financial advisers, directors and others in connection with acquisition transactions governed by the Irish Takeover Code.

Our corporate finance team are accustomed to working closely with financial advisers, foreign legal advisers and prospective issuers in achieving the timetables and meeting the demands of debt and equity offerings and acquisitions of listed companies.

Our aim is to guide clients through the often complex legal, regulatory and compliance issues and to add value by ensuring that these issues are dealt with speedily, efficiently and comprehensively. Transactions are managed so as to enable clients to achieve their objectives.

Our corporate finance team also regularly advises venture capital investors in structuring and implementing investments in or exits from companies engaged in most sectors and at most stages of development of businesses: from start-ups to second, third and pre IPO fundraisings and in conjunction with management buy-outs.

We have also developed particular expertise in advising investee companies and management buy-out teams in connection with venture capital investments, with a significant emphasis in recent years on high technology based operations.