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Enda Garvey is a Partner in Matheson’s Corporate M&A Group, he specialises in international and domestic public and private M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions.

Enda has extensive experience advising on many of the most high profile acquisitions and investments made by energy and infrastructure investors and international private equity funds in Ireland in the past 10 years.

Enda also advises a number of domestic and international corporate clients on their corporate transactions and investments in Ireland, with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure and agri-food and beverage sectors.

Experience and Education

  • Advising Tirlán Co-operative Society Limited on an equity placing of a portion of its shareholding in Glanbia plc (raising gross proceeds of approximately €230m) and the concurrent tender offer to repurchase its outstanding €250m Exchangeable Bond.


Energy and Infrastructure

  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on its off-shore joint venture arrangements with Statkraft in Ireland.
  • the lenders to HitecVision on the financing of a portfolio of six Irish onshore wind assets, acquired from Greencoat.
  • an underbidder on the proposed acquisition of the Greenlink Interconnector between Ireland and UK.
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on its acquisition of Elgin Energy a developer with 2GW of ready-to-build solar PV and storage projects and a project pipeline of 15GW.
  • Energia, one of Ireland’s leading renewable-focused utilities, on the establishment of its joint venture with Norwegian group Vårgrønn to jointly develop offshore wind projects.
  • Renewable Energy Systems Ltd on its sale of Ballyteige solar farm to NTR plc.
  • Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) on its acquisition of a 32.6MW solar site in Ireland from Statkraft through a forward purchase agreement.
  • Octopus Renewables on its investment (for a significant minority stake) and its follow on investments in Simply Blue Group, a marine project developer focused on early stage floating wind projects.
  • ib vogt on its sale of two Solar PV projects totalling 282MWp of installed capacity.
  • Hanwha Energy on the sale of Lumcloon Power Limited, Shannonbridge Power Limited, the largest battery energy storage system project in Ireland.
  • a bidder on the proposed acquisition of a majority interest in National Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the National Broadband Plan on behalf of the Irish Government.
  • GLIL Infrastructure on its acquisition of the 453MW Rathcool Wind Energy Portfolio, which provides around 11% of the Republic of Ireland’s installed wind capacity.
  • EFS European Holdco BV, an affiliate of General Electric Company, on its sale of Ronaver Energy Limited to an affiliate of Apollo Global Management LLC, as part of a $1 billion portfolio sale.
  • Shannon LNG Limited and Shannon LNG Energy Limited (a company with permission to construct and operate the first liquefied natural gas terminal and combined heat and recovery plant in Ireland) on its sale to NFE Shannon Holdings Limited (a subsidiary of New Fortress Energy).
  • General Electric on the termination of its joint venture arrangement and the sale of its interest in a project financed CCGT electricity generating station (one of Ireland’s largest).
  • General Electric in relation to its sale of the Derrysallagh and Tullahennel wind farms (combined capacity 120 MW).
  • Edina Power Services in connection with an acquisition of the company’s shares by EnergyPro Ltd, an Ireland-based provider of energy efficient products and services which is also a subsidiary of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd, an India-based provider of energy efficient products. The total consideration was INR 4.93 billion ($75.43 million).
  • the shareholders in Enicity, a consultancy firm in the power and energy sector, on its sale to Utility Innovation Group (UIG), a US-based energy utility company.
  • Greenergy on its acquisition of the Inver Group, a fuel import, storage and supply business with oil terminals in Foynes and Cardiff.
  • Societes de Projets Industriels (a fund of Bpifrance) on its €100m investment in DCNS Energies.

Private Equity

  • Waystone Group, a leading provider of institutional governance, risk, and compliance services to the asset management industry on the completion of an investment by Montagu, a leading private equity firm, and Hg, a leading global software and services investor, who will join as a strategic investor and joint shareholder.
  • Waystone Group (a Montagu portfolio company) on its acquisition of KB Associates, a leading professional services firm specialising in the provision of management company, governance, regulatory and related consulting services to the asset management industry.
  • Waystone Group (a Montagu portfolio company) on its acquisition of Centaur Group, an established global fund administration and fiduciary services provider headquartered in Ireland.
  • Waterland Private Equity in relation to its investment in MTM Engineering, an Irish headquartered specialist data centre cable expert providing turn-key cable installation and termination services.
  • Andera Partners on its investment (alongside Longitude, Omega and Ally Bridge) into Kestra, a Bain Capital backed wearable medical device and digital healthcare company.
  • Purever, a global industrial group backed by Draycott (a Portuguese PE firm), on its acquisition of Ardmac Group, an international specialist contracting firm.
  • Omnia, a Monterro backed intranet-as-a-service vendor, on the acquisition of LiveTiles.
  • the selling shareholders of Reagecon, a manufacturer and distributor of physical and chemical standards, on the sale of the business to US headquartered, Calibre Scientific (a StoneCalibre portfolio company).
  • Novo Holdings and Andera Partners on their co-investment in Foundry Innovation & Research 1, Ltd. (FIRE1), a connected medical device solutions company.
  • Novartis on its Series B investment in Deciphex a digital pathology company which develops software and artificial intelligence to accelerate the delivery of pathology services.
  • Skymetrix, a Ventiga Capital Partners portfolio company, on its acquisition of Rainmaker Business Technologies, a specialist in aviation crew cost software.
  • Ventiga Capital Partners on its sale of Infare, a Danish air travel data platform.
  • Insight Ventures on their initial co-investment with The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in AMCS and a follow-on funding rounds and restructure, the world’s leading supplier of smart resource software and vehicle technology solutions for the waste, recycling and resource industry. One of the largest investments in a private technology company in Ireland at the time.
  • Insight Venture Partners on its acquisition of Statistical Solutions Limited, a leading data science and business analytics company.
  • STAR Capital on its acquisition of General Secure Logistic Services, a leading logistics business.
  • the founding shareholders of the Mergon Group the sale of a majority interest in Mergon to Elysian Capital and the roll over investment by the founders.
  • Motive Partners on its investment in Global Shares plc, a market-leading provider of innovative software and services for employee equity share plan administration.
  • Queen Mary University of London, Masters of Laws (LLM), Commercial and Corporate Law
  • Dublin Business School, Bachelor of Law (LLB)
  • Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland (2012)

Recent Deal Announcements

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Experience Highlight

03/10/2025

Irish dairy co-operative Tirlán Co-operative Society advised on two of the largest capital markets transactions in Ireland in recent times

Experience Highlight

24/07/2024

Drayott & Purever Industries advised on acquisition of Ardmac

Experience Highlight

24/07/2024

Andera Partners advised on its investment into Kestra

Experience Highlight

30/10/2023

AXA Group advised on its acquisition of Laya Healthcare Limited from AIG’s Corebridge Financial

Experience Highlight

17/09/2023

Energia advised on its acquisition of the Bracklyn Wind Farm Limited, from Galetech Energy Developments Ltd., Storm Management NV and GE Energy LLC.

Experience Highlight

31/07/2023

Energia on the establishment of its offshore wind joint venture with Vårgrønn

Experience Highlight

27/07/2023

Ventiga Capital Partners on its sale of Infare

Experience Highlight

07/06/2023

Skymetrix (a portfolio company of Ventiga Capital Partners) advised on its acquisition of Rainmaker Business Technologies Limited.

News and Insights

News
03/10/2025

Matheson Advises Tirlán on Equity Placing and Bond Repurchase

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Insights
02/10/2024

Chambers Private Equity 2024

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Insights
11/01/2024

The Legal 500 – Private Equity 2024

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Insights
23/11/2023

RED lll on the Horizon

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Insights
28/07/2023

Major Policy Developments in Irish Offshore Wind and Hydrogen

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News
02/03/2023

Matheson Adds Fourteen New Partners

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Insights
18/01/2023

The Legal 500: Private Equity 2023

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Accolades

“Enda Garvey is a great young M&A partner.”

Commercial, corporate and M&A: The European Legal 500

2025

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