John Darmody

John specialises in corporate and commercial law.

He has extensive experience advising clients across a range of sectors including telecoms, renewables, technology and energy and infrastructure.

John advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations, private equity fundraising and investments, joint ventures and inward investment projects. He also advises on commercial agreements and on corporate governance and compliance issues.

Relevant experience includes advising:

• A leading commercial property services firm in relation to client contracts.
• An Irish renewable energy group on the creation and issue of up to €20m convertible loan notes.
• An Irish renewable energy group in relation to its acquisition of a majority shareholding in a waste recovery company.
• On a complex group-re-organisation involving a business transfer, share acquisitions and two domestic mergers.
• On an inward and outward cross-border merger.

John is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. He is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising). John has contributed to several legal articles and he lectured on the European Law Students’ Association law school in 2017.