Experience

Jack specialises in public and private M&A and equity capital markets. He also advises public and private companies, together with all other market participants, on corporate governance, securities law requirements and shareholder activism. Jack spent several years working at two leading US law firms in London and New York and spent nine months on secondment to the EMEA ECM execution desk of a leading international investment bank.

Key highlights include advising:

  • WestRock Company on its $20 billion merger with Smurfit Kappa Group plc to form Smurfit WestRock.
  • Finance Ireland, Ireland’s largest non-bank lender, on its strategic investment by M&G and PIMCO.
  • Allied Irish Banks on its 2024 directed share buybacks from the Irish Minister for Finance for an aggregate of €1.5bn and its Odd Lot Offer to rationalise its share register.
  • Greencoat Renewables plc, the Irish-based renewable energy company, on placings raising gross proceeds of more than €950 million.
  • Datalex on its 2024 placing and open offer.