James practices in the area of corporate and commercial law.

He has extensive experience in a wide range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, venture capital and private equity transactions, start-ups, management buy-outs, and shareholder agreements.

Experience

  • Acted for the shareholders of O’Driscoll O’Neil (Group) Limited, an insurance broker, on its sale to the Ardonagh Group.
  • Acted for Deloitte on its acquisition of leading Irish cloud consultancy and managed services provider DNM.
  • Acted for StoryToys Limited (developers of interactive children's book and game apps) in relation to various rounds of venture capital funding.
  • Acted for Designer Group in relation to its entry into a joint venture arrangement with construction services provider, Sisk.
  • Acted for Tru Events Limited in relation to the hosting of Bavaria City Racing a public Formula 1 event through Dublin City Centre.
  • Acted for Keurig Dr Pepper in opening a manufacturing plant in Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
  • Acted for the Management team of Elverys in the MBO of the Elverys retail business from Examinership.
  • Acted for the shareholders of Saongroup Limited (an online recruitment business across 16 jurisdictions, irishjobs.ie etc.) in the restructuring of their China business and the subsequent sale of Saongroup Limited to Stepstone UK Holdings Limited.
  • Acted for a shareholder in the reorganisation and initial public offering of an Irish company on the AIM market in London.
  • Acted for Bemis Company, Inc. in the acquisition of the medical device packaging operations and related value-added services of SteriPack Group, an Irish owned global manufacturer of sterile packaging solutions for medical device and pharmaceutical applications.
  • Acted for the OASIS Group (Archive and Storage services) in relation to the acquisition of Acorn Records Management Limited.

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Awards &
Recommendations

‘Associate James Byrne is great to deal with – patient and always happy to explain in layman’s terms the meaning and impact of the documents in a practical manner, ensuring an informed decision every time.’

Legal 500 2020
Awards &
Recommendations

"He was an excellent support throughout the process" Recommended for Corporate/M&A

IFLR1000 2018
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  • Admitted as Solicitor in Ireland
    Law Society of Ireland
    2014
  • LLM
    University College Dublin
    2010
  • BBLS
    University College Dublin
    2007

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