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Gerry is a Partner in the
Business Department, and Heads up the firm's thriving
Mergers
and Acquisitions practice, in addition to advising on
various other commercial agreements and arrangements on behalf
of clients operating within and outside Ireland.
Gerry advises a broad range of clients operating in various
industry sectors, and his practice involves a wide geographical
spread, reflecting the increasingly international nature of
his and the firm's practice. In recent years, in addition
to transactions in Ireland and the UK, he and his team have
advised clients on numerous deals in central and eastern Europe,
the Middle East, the Caribbean region/Central America, China
and the Pacific Rim region. He has acted extensively for both
buyers and sellers of businesses as well as venture capital/private
equity investors, joint venture partners and companies raising
funds through debt or equity on either public or private markets.
Gerry is regarded as a leading M & A practitioner in the
Irish market and figures prominently in the various independent
legal directories.
Gerry qualified as a Solicitor in 1981 and joined LK Shields
Solicitors as a Partner in 1998 from another leading Dublin
firm, where he had been a Partner for nine years.
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