Independent deals advice

KPMG offers Ireland’s largest dedicated corporate finance practice with a team of over 70 professionals. Our combined expertise enables us to assist clients in dealing with a myriad of challenges and opportunities they face, no matter how complex.

Our team advises buyers, sellers, borrowers, lenders and financial investors across the spectrum of corporate finance services. We provide straight forward and independent advice ensuring you get the solution that best fits your objectives and optimises value for you. Our advice is independent of any product, market or bank and is supported by

  • clear understanding of the issues and challenges faced by our clients; 
  • connectivity with financial markets; 
  • extensive sector knowledge; 
  • negotiation expertise; and 
  • global execution capability. 

M&A Financial Advisor of the year

KPMG are consistently ranked at the top of the Mergermarket rankings by deal volume, recognizing them as one of the most active advisors in the Irish marketplace. We have received multiple industry awards in recent years, including being ranked as Ireland's number 1 Financial Adviser in 2023 by deal volume. This recognition highlights that KPMG advised on more deals than any other adviser in the marketplace. Additionally, we were awarded Irish Financial Adviser of the Year at the 2022 European Mergermarket Awards.

KPMG named M&A Financial Advisor of the year

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A selection of our most recent deals

 

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Tirlán

Financial advisor to Tirlán (formerly Glanbia Co-operative Society) on its acquisition of Glanbia Ireland DAC, the Ireland based agri-food and nutrition business from Glanbia plc.

€ 307 million (2022)

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Aryzta

Financial advisor to Aryzta AG, an international bakery on the sale of its subsidiary Delice De France.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Northway Mushrooms

Financial advisor to Northway Mushrooms, a mushroom and strawberry producer on raising capital to support a CapEx programme.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Fane Valley

Financial advisor to Fane Valley, a retail distributor of animal health, crop protection, livestock, and argi products on its acquisition of DIG’s animal feed business

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Starbucks

Financial advisor to the buyers of the Starbucks Ireland business.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Applegreen

Financial advisor to a consortium made up of Applegreen plc., IST3 Investment Foundation & TD Greystone Asset Management on the acquisition of Project Services LLC, a portfolio of forecourts in Ireland

€ 230 million

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Domino's

Financial advisor to the Shorecal Group, a operator of pizza outlets across Ireland on the disposal of a minority stake.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Bellingham Capital

Financial advisor to Bellingham Capital on the acquisition of Independent Irish Health Foods (IIHF), owner of the True Natural Goodness brand.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

Musgrave

Financial advisor to the Musgrave Group Ltd on the acquisition of the UK – based drinks distribution company, Drinks Inc.

€ Confidential

Consumer, Food & Agriculture

La Rousse Foods

Financial advisor to Aryzta AG, an international bakery company on multiple M&A sale mandates, including the sale of its subsidiary, La Rousse Foods.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Cardinal Capital

Financial advisor to Cardinal Capital on its acquisition of a majority stake in Antrim-based kitchen furniture manufacturer, Uform.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Reward Catering

Financial advisor to Reward Catering, a manufacture of high-end food trucks for the European and US markets, on its sale to Teqnion.

€13m

Diversified Industries

O’Flaherty Holdings

Financial advisor to O’Flaherty Holdings on the acquisition of Chippindale Plant Ltd. and on various acquisitions including Mainline, Drogheda Hire and Welfare 4 Hire.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Byrne Looby

Financial advisor to Byrne Looby, an Irish-UK engineering consultancy firm, on its acquisition by Ayesa.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Design Partners

Financial advisor to Design Partners Ltd on its sale to PA Consulting, a global innovation and transformation consultancy business.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Dixon

Financial advisor to Dixon International Transport, an Ireland-based provider of freight and logistics services, on the sale of an undisclosed stake to Erisbeg Private Equity.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

SF Engineering

Financial advisor to SF Engineering, an industry leader in the design and installation of food production line solutions, on the sale of an undisclosed stake to Alcuin Capital Partners LLP.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Dortek Limited

Financial advisor to Dortek’s management team, an industry hygienic GRP door systems and clean room specialist on their MBO of the Company.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

MAAS Aviation

Financial advisor to Maas Aviation, a specialist aircraft painting company on its sale to Egeria Private Equity.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

O'Flaherty Holdings

Financial advisor to O'Flaherty Holdings on the sale of Time Manufacturing, a leading global manufacturer of vehicle-mounted aerial lifts to Sterling Private Equity.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

RiverRidge

Financial advisor to RiverRidge, an integrated waste management company on its acquisition by Equitix and Cube.

€ Confidential

Diversified Industries

Beauparc

Financial advisor to Beauparc, an integrated waste management company, on its minority equity investment from Blackstone.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Bartra Healthcare

Financial advisor to Bartra Healthcare on the sale and leaseback of its nursing home property portfolio to Aedifica.

€161m

Healthcare

Aut Even Hospital

Financial advisor on the sale of Aut Even Hospital, to UPMC.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Valley Healthcare

Financial advisor to Valley Healthcare, a leading developer of primary care centres, and AMP Capital on a €110m debt raise.

€110m

Healthcare

be Independent Homecare

Advised on the sale of be Independent HomeCare, a nurse led home care provider.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Hickey's Pharmacy

Financial advisor to Hickeys Pharmacy Group on its sale to Uniphar plc.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Cardinal Capital

Financial advisor to Cardinal Capital on its acquisition of an undisclosed stake in Ashdale Care, a residential children’s care provider.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Grace Healthcare

Advised on the sale of Grace Healthcare, an Irish nursing home operator group, to Vivalto Vie.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Action Health

Financial advisor to Marlet on the sale of the Action portfolio of primary care facilities.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Whitfield Clinic

Financial advisor to Goldman Sachs on the sale of the Whitfield Clinic, a private hospital in Waterford, to UPMC.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Barchester

Financial advisor to Barchester Healthcare on a £240m debt raise and on the sale of its Irish business.

€240m

Healthcare

Blackrock Health

Advised Blackrock Health, a private hospital group, on raising various debt facilities.

€ Confidential

Healthcare

Philips

Advised Philips on the sale of its digital pathology imaging and software business to Cirdan.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

Permanent TSB

Buy-side advisor on the acquisition of a €7.5bn performing loan portfolio (residential, asset finance and MSME) from Ulster Bank.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

Digney Grant

Financial advisor to Digney Grant, an insurance provider on the sale of its majority stake in the company to Abbey Bond Lovis.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

Vitruvian

Financial advisor to Vitruvian Partners, an international investment firm on its growth capital investment into the Carne Group.

€ 100 million

Financial Services

AIB

Acted as financial advisor to AIB on its acquisition of Ulster Bank’s commercial business.

€ 4.5 billion

Financial Services

Thompson Insurance

Financial advisor to Norman Thompson Insurance and Norman Thompson Life & Pension on its sale to Hastings Insurance Brokers.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

EZE Castle

Financial advisor on the sale of EZE Castle, a provider of management technology to the fund industry, to H.I.G.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

Goldman Sachs

Enablement and sell-side advisor on the disposal of a €560m performing loan portfolio (residential PDH) for Goldman Sachs.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

Danske Bank

Enablement and sell-side advisor on the disposal of a €300m non-performing loan portfolio (residential) for Danske.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

RBS

Enablement and sell-side advisor on the disposal of a €2.5bn non-performing loan portfolio (CRE, SME and residential) for RBS.

€ Confidential

Financial Services

IBRC

Enablement and sell-side advisor on over €20bn of real estate backed loans, including circa 11 large single named corporate connections for IBRC.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

Statkraft

Financial advisor to Statkraft Ireland on partnering with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to develop up to 2.2GW of offshore in Ireland.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

East Celtic

Financial advisor to the shareholders of East Celtic offshore wind project on its sale to RWE.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

Apollo Global Management

Financial advisor to Apollo Global Management on the sale of its Tullahennel 37MW wind farm to Greencoat Renewables.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

GLIL Infrastructure

Financial advisor to GLIL on its acquisition of a 90% stake in Invis Energy’s portfolio of 11 onshore wind farms.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

Lumcloon Energy

Financial advisor to Lumcloon Energy on the sale of a 50% stake in a 275MW OCGT development asset in Ireland.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

TD Asset Management

Financial advisor to TD Asset Management on the refinance of an operational wind farm in Ireland.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

McAleer & Rushe

Financial advisor to McAleer & Rushe on the sale of a 50MW Irish solar development project to Statkraft.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

Brookfield Renewable Partners

Financial advisor to Brookfield Renewable Partners’ on the sale of its Irish and UK onshore wind platform to Orsted

€570 million

Renewable Energy

Low Carbon

Financial advisor to Low Carbon on the sale of 160MW of battery storage projects in Ireland.

€ Confidential

Renewable Energy

Rhode Solar

Financial advisor to Rhode Solar on the sale of a 130MW solar project in Ireland to Neoen.

€ Confidential

TMT

CWSI

Financial advisor to CWSI on its acquisition of Blaud and AVR International. KPMG also advised CWSI on its recent investment from Castlegate.

€ Confidential

TMT

Obelisk

Advised Obelisk, a provider of telecommunications and power transmission infrastructure on the sale of the Highpoint telecom tower portfolio.

€ Confidential

TMT

Phillips

Financial advisor to Philips, a global healthcare company on the sale of its digital pathology imaging and software business to Cirdan.

€ Confidential

TMT

Sigma Wireless

Financial advisor to Sigma, a provider of mission critical communication services on the sale of its stake in Tetra Ireland to Motorola, a US based telecommunications company.

€ Confidential

TMT

Eleven

Advised the shareholders of Eleven, an enterprise telecom solutions provider on the sale of the Company to Welltel.

€ Confidential

TMT

Wrkit

Financial advisor to Wrkit, a developer of employee engagement and retention tools, on its sale to Benefex.

€ Confidential

TMT

Integrity360

Financial advisor to Integrity360, a cyber security specialist on its investment from August Equity.

€ Confidential

TMT

EssentialSkillz

Financial advisor to EssentialSkillz, a software company engaged in the development of eLearning courses, on its sale to Marlowe plc.

€30 million

TMT

Cognizant

Financial advisor to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation, a multinational Information technology company on its acquisition of Zenith Technologies Limited.

€150m

TMT

Planet21

Advised PlanNet21, a technology solutions provider on its acquisition of Agile Networks.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

Lead procurement and financial advisor to DECC on the structuring and procurement of National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Department of Transport

Commercial, financial, procurement, project management and business case advisory services to the Department of Transport in relation to its Search and Rescue procurement.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

National Transport Authority

Commercial, financial, procurement and business case advisor to the NTA across a range of projects such as BusConnects, Next Generation Ticketing, Customer Contact Centre.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

South Dublin County Council

Financial and business case advisory services to South Dublin County Council.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Dublin City Council

Business case advisory services to Dublin City Council in relation to its North and South Inner City regeneration programmes.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Department of Finance NI

Lead financial & commercial advisor to Department of Finance NI on the business case, procurement and management of a new NI Direct contact centre for the delivery of public services in Northern Ireland.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Belfast City Council

Specialist advisor to Belfast City Council on the commercial, operating and governance arrangements and delivery model for Belfast Stories visitor destination.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Irish Aviation Authority

Commercial & Financial advisor to Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) including separation advice.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

ESB

Lead advisor to ESB on project Habitat.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Belfast Harbour

Asset Management Maturity Assessment and Asset Management Improvement.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Health Service Executive

External review and project assurance services to HSE on the New Children’s Hospital.

€ Confidential

Infrastructure & Government

Department for the Economy NI

Lead financial and commercial advisor to DfE on the business case, procurement and implementation of Project Stratum.

€ Confidential

Meet our Corporate Finance team

Ready to elevate your deals? Our professionals are here to assist you in achieving your deal objectives. For guidance on any aspect of corporate finance transactions, please contact any member of our Corporate Finance team. We'd be delighted to hear from you.

Michele Connolly
Michele Connolly
Partner, Corporate Finance

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David O'Kelly
David O'Kelly
Partner, Corporate Finance

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Russell Smyth
Russell Smyth
Partner, Corporate Finance

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Hazel Cryan
Hazel Cryan
Partner, Corporate Finance

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James Delahunt
James Delahunt
Partner, Corporate Finance

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Siobhan Donlevy
Siobhan Donlevy
Managing Director, Corporate Finance

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Ciaran Scally
Ciaran Scally
Managing Director, Corporate Finance

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Paul O'Neill
Paul O'Neill
Managing Director, Corporate Finance

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Neil Collins
Neil Collins
Managing Director, Corporate Finance

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David Ahern
David Ahern
Director, Deal Advisory

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Gary Borland
Gary Borland
Director, Corporate Finance

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Jim Calvert
Jim Calvert
Director, Corporate Finance

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Chris Donnelly
Chris Donnelly
Director, Corporate Finance

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Drew Donnelly
Drew Donnelly
Director, Corporate Finance

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Marcos Elvira
Marcos Elvira
Director, Corporate Finance

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Jeremy Hoare
Jeremy Hoare
Director, Corporate Finance

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Paul Kealy
Paul Kealy
Director, Corporate Finance

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Matthew King
Matthew King
Director, Corporate Finance

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Andrew McKenzie
Andrew McKenzie
Director, Corporate Finance

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David O’Sullivan
David O’Sullivan
Director, Corporate Finance

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Christopher Rainbird
Chris Rainbird
Director, Corporate Finance

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Megan Smythe
Megan Smythe
Director, Corporate Finance

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