Matheson has been awarded nine Deals of the Year by Finance Dublin in its Deals of the Year Awards 2021. The awards involve deals in the following five categories: Aviation Finance; Debt Capital Markets; Equity Capital Markets; Financial Services; and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Matheson Managing Partner, Michael Jackson commented; “This represents an excellent result for the firm, reflecting Matheson’s work on the most significant and complex transactions in the international and domestic financial services and corporate finance sectors. Thank you to everyone at the firm who contributes to our ability to continue to receive such consistent market recognition for our work and to win these awards.”
Each year, the Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards profile the leading deals, deal makers and advisers in the Irish market, and also highlight the calibre of professional services expertise that exists to service Ireland's corporate and financial services activity.
The judging panel has made a total of 40 awards this year, a record number, across six broad categories of Ireland's capital markets and financial services industry.
Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards 2021 - Matheson
Aviation Finance
- Irish Scheme of Arrangement: Nordic Aviation DAC.
- Department: Finance and Capital Markets
Debt Capital Markets
- Deal of the Year: AIB Tier 2 inaugural Green Bond
- Department: Finance and Capital Markets
- Corporate Bond Issuance: IRES' inaugural c.€200m equivalent private placement
- Department: Corporate
Equity Capital Markets
- Equity Issuance: US Public Equity Markets: Horizon issuance on Nasdaq
- Department: Corporate
Financial Services
- Green Finance: Franklin Liberty Shares ICAV - Paris Agreement aligned ETFs
- Department: Asset Management and Investment Funds
- Irish insurance market: Acquisition of majority stake in AA Ireland from Carlyle / Cardinal Capital
- Department: Finance and Capital Markets
- Financial Services M&A: DMS-Waystone Acquisition of MDO
- Department: Corporate
- Asset Management, (IFS): Vitruvian Partners' investment in Carne Group
- Department: Financial Institutions
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Insurance Regulatory Capital & Restructuring, (IFS): Allergan plc acquisition by AbbVie Inc
- Department: Tax
