Sandie
Lord

Sandie has recently advised on a significant number of the most valuable and high profile transactions undertaken in the Irish market, including:

Private Equity / Growth Equity

• Arcus Infrastructure on its acquisition of The CRS Group;
• EQT and its portfolio company, Constellation, on the acquisition of CGI Group;
• EQT and its portfolio company, Sitecore, on the acquisition of Boxever;
• Apax Partners on its acquisition of Evelyn Partners;
• Shrieve Chemical Company (a portfolio company of Gemspring Capital) on its acquisition of Carbon Chemicals Group Limited.
• Winthrop Technologies, Europe’s leading dedicated turnkey data centre delivery provider, and its shareholders, on its strategic partnership with funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and affiliated funds;
• Macquarie Capital Principal Finance on its investment in digital technology and cyber security company, Viatel Technology Group Limited;
• Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6 on its acquisition of Ireland’s largest waste company, Beauparc Utilities Holdings Limited (“Beauparc”) from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund;
• Bregal Investments, on its investment in Arkphire Group, one of the fastest growing IT procurement companies in Europe;
• Riverside Partners, on its acquisition of Netwatch, a leading private security company with operations in Ireland, the UK and the US;
• Modern Hire, Inc., the US enterprise hiring platform and a portfolio company of US private equity fund Riverside, on its acquisition of Sonru Limited, a global leader in video interviewing;
• Chenavari Partners, on its investment in Dilosk DAC, an Irish financial services company;
• Infrabridge on its sale of The Convention Centre Dublin to John Laing;
• IQ-EQ, an Astorg portfolio company, on its acquisition of Green Bay Acquisitions Limited, which incorporates the trading group for Davy’s Fund Management business;
• JP Morgan on its investment in Paulus Holdings, trading as medical tech company LetsGetChecked; and
• Sale of Digital Care Asset Holdings Limited to bolttech.

Strategic M&A

• Pandox AB, on its €1.4bn recommended cash offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc;
• Pernod Ricard and Irish Distillers on the sale of its Clontarf and Knappogue Irish whiskey brands to Cobblestone Brands;
• Irish Distillers on the sale of its brewery business;
• Dunelm Group PLC on its acquisition of Home Focus at Hickeys;
• Freemantle, a British production company, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Element Pictures (the makers of Room, Normal People and Conversations with Friends);
• Irving Oil on the acquisition of Top Oil;
• Yum! Brands Inc on the Irish aspects of their purchase of 220 KFC franchise outlets from EG Group;
• Infrabridge on its sale of The Speed Fibre Group to Cordiant;
• Gruppo Campari on the sale of the Carolans and Irish Mist Brands to Heaven Hill; and
• Scandi Standard AB (publ) on the acquisition of Manor Farm.

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland

Admitted as a solicitor in England of Wales (non-practising)

Trinity College Dublin, LLB