Maples Group Wins Nine Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards 2022

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, is pleased to announce it has been awarded a total of nine Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2022 – the highest number the firm has received at the annual awards. The Finance Dublin Deals of the Year recognise the best in Irish corporate finance and financial services deals and profile the leading deal makers and advisers in the market. The awards also highlight the breadth of world-class professional services expertise servicing Ireland's corporate and financial services sectors.

Multi-disciplinary teams of lawyers across the firm's Asset Finance, Banking, Corporate, Dispute Resolution & Insolvency, Funds & Investment Management and Tax practices advised on the following nine winning deals in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Equity Capital Markets, Financial Services (Ireland & International) and Aviation Finance categories:

• Mergers & Acquisitions:
  Waterland Private Equitys acquisition of a majority stake in Writech
  
  
• Equity Capital Markets:
  ECM SPAC: ADS-TEC
  
  
• Financial Services:
  Irish Investment Limited Partnership: Bain Capital Special Situations Europe II ILP
  AIB acquisition of Goodbody Stockbrokers
  
  
• ETF:
  FlexShares ICAV
  
  
• Professional Financial Services:
  Vertex Inc acquisition of Taxamo
  
  
• Financial Services: Aviation Finance:
  Aviation Finance: Aircraft ABS: SKY Leasing - SLAM 2021-1
  Aviation Finance Loans ABS: Stonepeak
  Aviation Finance Restructuring: Norwegian Air Irish Examinership

Commenting on the award-wins, Ireland Managing Partner, Peter Stapleton said, “It is a great testament to the calibre of lawyers and professionals at the Maples Group to have received our highest number of Finance Dublin Deal of the Year awards to date. Notwithstanding the continuing global challenges, our clients showed considerable resilience and were able to call on our expertise to complete some of the most complex transactions in the market. Congratulations to all the winning teams and our valued clients. We look forward to continued collaboration and many more deals in 2022 and beyond.”

Find out more about the award-winning deals.