Law firm A&L Goodbody advised on the most M&A transactions in Ireland in 2022, according to a ranking by Mergermarket.

The international intelligence publication counted 43 deals with ALG involved, followed by Matheson (41), Arthur Cox (39), William Fry (37) and Beauchamps (27).

Also in the top ten ranking are Eversheds Sutherland (27), Flynn O’Driscoll (26), Maples (19), DLA Piper (18) and Dentons (17).

Ranked by deal values, the leading advisors in 2022 were Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody, according to Mergermarket.

The ranking is based on transactions over $5m and is based on the Mergermarket’s M&A deals database. For the most part, law firms supply the company with their transaction details.

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Richard Grey, Head of M&A at ALG, commented: “M&A activity in Ireland slowed last year following a bumper year in 2021. This is mainly due to uncertain global market conditions leading to some investors slowing portfolio growth, together with the increased cost of debt impacting on the level of highly leveraged transactions.

“However, we still saw healthy levels of private equity activity together with an increased focus on public to private transactions during the year.”

The largest deal where ALG was involved was Sumitomo Mitsui’s €6.4bn acquisition of aviation finance group Goshawk Management.

The law firm advised Hibernia REIT on its €1.1bn acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management, and Ulster Bank on the acquisition of its tracker mortgage book by AIB.

A&L Goodbody also advised ABC Fitness Solutions’ on its acquisition of Glofox.