Morgan Pierse

OVERVIEW

Morgan is a partner in Maples and Calder's Corporate team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. He specialises in corporate law and has a broad corporate and commercial practice including advising Irish and international clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity transactions, joint ventures, loan portfolio transactions and corporate reorganisations. Morgan's transactional experience and expertise lies across a vast range of industries, with a particular focus in recent years on the financial services and technology sectors.  

BACKGROUND

Morgan joined the Maples Group in 2021. He previously worked for a large Irish corporate law firm from 2009 to 2020. Morgan has been recognised as a 'Next Generation Partner' with The Legal 500 EMEA.

"Very strong, impressive and highly skilled corporate lawyer, calm, commercially focused with extensive knowledge and is a pleasure to deal with. Morgan advises us on commercial and M&A transactions. Morgan is extremely professional, efficient, consistently brings a pragmatic approach to complex matters, gives clear advice and always in a timely manner."  (The Legal 500 EMEA 2023)

"Morgan was the lead partner and put in a superhuman shift."  (The Legal 500 EMEA 2023)

"He was a very calming influence when it was needed and gave the reassurance needed at all times."  (The Legal 500 EMEA 2023)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• AIB Equity Capital on its investment in Fortus Group
• AMCS Group on various acquisitions
• Arachas Corporate Brokers on its acquisition of BJP Insurance
• Boxever on its sale to Sitecore
• Cardinal Capital Group on its Irish investments
• Clearlake Capital on its acquisition of Quest Software
• DigitalWell on its acquisition of Strencom
• Fairstone Group on its Irish investments
• Francisco Partners on its acquisition of Follett School Solutions, and IBM's Watson Health 
• Heitman on its investment in U Store It Group
• Host Ireland on its sale to Triple Point
• Mercuria Energy Group and Lacerta Partners on their investment in Exergyn
• Roomex on its acquisition by FLEETCOR Technologies
• SteriPack Group on its sale to Inflexion
• Taoglas on its acquisition by Graham Partners
• Taxamo on its sale to Vertex
• Wayflyer on its acquisition of Chamberlain Media

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