London

Joe Beashel is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group and is Head of Matheson’s London office.

He is a solicitor with thirty years’ experience almost all of which were gained in the financial services sector. Before joining Matheson in 2004, he was the country head of the Irish fund administration unit of Invesco plc, a leading international investment manager.

Joe and team assist clients with the authorisation of new financial service providers by the Central Bank of Ireland including banks, MiFID / investment firms, fund services providers, alternative investment fund managers, payment and e-money institutions, retail credit firms and others.

He also assists client firms where they wish to expand their existing regulatory permissions.

Rory is a partner in the firm’s Corporate M&A Group and is based in Matheson’s London office.

He also works closely with the Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets, Financial Regulation and Tax practices to coordinate services provided to our private capital clients.

Throughout his career, he has focused in particular in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and private equity.

Sandie is a partner in Matheson’s Corporate Department. She advises on international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, shareholders’ agreements, investment agreements and joint ventures, venture capital, corporate reorganisations and restructurings.

Sandie represents public and private companies, institutional investors and financial intermediaries engaged in a variety of industries and sectors including technology, energy and media.  Since 2022, Sandie has been the resident Corporate partner in Matheson’s London office.

Alan Bunbury is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson.

Alan advises on all aspects of debt capital markets transactions with an Irish connection, including collateralised loan obligation transactions, asset-backed securities, repackagings, asset-backed commercial paper programmes, corporate bond issuances and segregated managed account structures.

Alan’s also advises Irish corporates and investment funds and their counterparties in relation to derivatives transactions, repurchase transactions, securities lending and prime brokerage arrangements and the operation of netting and set-off in Ireland.

Alan trained with Matheson and qualified as a solicitor in 2016. Alan is currently based in the firm’s London office.

Raphael is a partner in the Tax Department and has been based in the firm’s London office since 2021.