Rob
Barrett

Healthcare

• Graham Partners, a private investment firm targeting advanced manufacturing companies, on its acquisition of Smithstown Light Engineering, a medical device manufacturer specialising in highly engineered, machined components and sub-assemblies for orthopedic, endoscopic, vascular and neurological surgical applications;
• Medray Imaging Systems Limited, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging equipment, consumables and services to the healthcare, veterinary and dental markets across Ireland and UK, on its sale by Erisbeg to LDC, a private equity investor that is part of the Lloyds Banking Group;
• Talbot Group on its sale to DIF Capital Partners;
• one of Europe’s leading infrastructure fund managers on its acquisition of a number of well-known care homes in Ireland, as part of its creation and development of a care home platform in Ireland;
• emeis (formerly Orpea) on a number of acquisitions, resulting in it becoming the largest nursing home provider in Ireland; and
• NMC Healthcare on various acquisitions of health and cosmetic clinics in Oman and the UAE.

Private Equity / Growth Equity

• Curriculum Associates, LLC, a leading U.S. K-12 company (and private equity backed company) in relation to its acquisition of Soapbox Labs Limited, an Irish headquartered global leader in voice AI for kids, powering equity-driven learning experiences for students;
• Muck Rack, a leading provider of award-winning PR software built for how enterprises work, backed by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), on its acquisition of Ruepoint, a leading media intelligence company;
• Majesco (previously NASDAQ listed prior to its acquisition by Thoma Bravo), a global provider of cloud insurance platform software, on its acquisition of the ClaimVantage group;
• Kastus, an award-winning surface innovation company with global headquarters based in Ireland, on its Series A equity fundraising;
• The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, on its investment in the Irish based AMCS Group, the world’s leading supplier of integrated software and vehicle technology for the resource management, waste collection and recycling industry; and
• Global Risk Partners (backed by Searchlight Capital Partners at the time) on its acquisition of a majority stake in Crotty Insurance Brokers.

Strategic M&A

• Equinix, one of the world’s leading data centre and colocation providers for enterprise network and cloud computing, on its agreement to acquire BT’s Irish data centres business;
• Bauer Media Group on its separate acquisitions of Clear Channel Europe-North, Cork’s Red FM104-106, iRadio, Media Central and Beat 102-103;
• Dixon International Transport Limited in relation to the acquisition by Erisbeg, an Ireland based private equity firm, of an undisclosed stake in Dixon International Transport Limited;
• Eaton Corporation on its acquisition of Cooper Industries plc, valued at $11.8 billion;
• Tokyo Electron Limited on its acquisition of Magnetic Solutions Limited;
• the owner of a global hypermarket business on the partial sale of its business operations in 22 countries to a UAE investment entity (consideration of approximately $1.2 billion);
• Mitsubishi Corporation on its acquisition of a minority stake in Al Islami Foods, the UAE based halal food manufacturer and one of the leading frozen food companies in the GCC market;
• Select Group on its AED 3 billion joint venture development of Marina Gate situated in Dubai Marina;
• National Catering Company LLC (NCC) and ADX listed company, The National Investor, on the acquisition by NCC of a majority stake in Grako, a specialized facilities management company, and Gecko, a UAE-based company specializing in industrial rope access and coating solutions; and
• a global chemicals business on its buy-out of its local partners’ stakes in its Middle East operations.

• Law Society of Ireland, admitted as a solicitor
• Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising)
• University College Dublin (BCL)