Brendan Cahill

Partner

Phone: +353 1 639 5180 | Email: brendan.cahill@williamfry.ie

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Brendan Cahill | Profile

Brendan is a Partner in William Fry’s Corporate Department. He joined the firm in 1989, having worked with a leading Law Firm in the UK for a number of years, and became a partner in 1995. He is a former Managing Partner of the Firm and a Director of the Ireland-US Council.

Brendan specialises in Irish and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt issues, shareholder disputes, listing obligations, corporate finance, employee incentive plans and corporate restructurings. He advises a number of international companies with Irish operations and a number of Irish companies quoted on the Irish, London and New York Stock Exchanges on Irish and cross-border operations. Clients include Aviva, ConocoPhillips, Paddy Power and Starbucks.  He also leads the Firm's Distressed Assets Group. 

Recent significant transactions include

  • The acquisition by Afilias Limited of the dotMOBI domain name Registrar
  • The restructuring of the Waterford Wedgwood Group
  • The recasting of the Share Incentive structures for a prominent Irish quoted company

Chambers Global, 2010 states that Brendan: "has a strong international clientele and also advises Irish publicly quoted clients on a host of matters, including M&A, corporate governance, listing requirements and debt and equity issues."