David
Jones

David is currently advising:

• Ireland Residential Holdings Limited, a company owned by funds and accounts managed or advised by Barings (the global alternative asset manager), on its recommended cash offer for Irish Residential Properties REIT plc (“I-RES”). The acquisition, which is intended to be implemented by means of a scheme of arrangement under Irish law, is conditional on, among other things, the approval of the scheme by I-RES shareholders, receipt of any necessary regulatory or other approvals and the sanction of the scheme by the High Court of Ireland.

David also has experience advising:

• a consortium led by Pandox AB on its €1.4 billion recommended cash offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc.;
• The Azek Company Inc. on its $8.8 billion acquisition by James Hardie Industries;
• Circle Internet Financial Limited on all aspects of its re-domiciliation from Ireland to Delaware;
• Smurfit Kappa Group plc on its $25.5 billion merger with WestRock Company to form Smurfit Westrock;
• Circle Internet Financial Limited on its announced transaction to go public on the NYSE through a business combination with Concord Acquisition Corp in a deal valuing the combined entity at US$9 billion;
• Horizon Therapeutics on all aspects of its acquisition by Amgen for aggregate consideration of $28 billion;
• ProKidney LP on its business combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. III and initial public listing on Nasdaq in a deal valuing the combined entity at US$2.64 billion;
• Weatherford International plc, the Irish registered, NYSE listed parent of the Weatherford group of companies, on one of the largest and most complex cross-border corporate restructurings in Irish corporate history;
• Zoom Video Communications, Inc on its acquisition of employee communication and engagement platform, Workvivo;
• Smurfit Kappa Group on its €660 million Share Placing;
• Willis Towers Watson plc on all aspects of its proposed $80 billion business combination with Aon plc, to be effected by means of an Irish law scheme of arrangement;
• Orpea S.A. on all aspects of its acquisition of the TLC group of nursing homes; and
• various issuers on a number of issuances of secured and unsecured debt.

• Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland
• University College Dublin, (BCL)
• University College Dublin, Master of Laws (Commercial)