Merrion Corporate Finance, a division of the Merrion Capital Group has grown to become one of Ireland's leading corporate finance houses. It has a first class team of professionals with a wealth of international and domestic experience across all industries.

Our success and growth has been centred on meeting our clients’ needs through developing long standing relationships and exceeding expectations. Our corporate finance activities are supported by our strong institutional sales, equity research and private client divisions.

Merrion Corporate Finance offers complete and full service corporate advisory business covering all aspects of corporate transactions including:

We have assembled a strong team of executives with an excellent mix of cross-industry, transactional skills and Irish / International experience.

Mergers & Acquisitions, Disposals and LBO/MBO/MBI Transactions
We advise vendors, bidders and other financing vehicles in both public and private company situations. We offer our clients the full range of advisory services from deal initiation through to completion, including valuation, deal structuring, and negotiation. Merrion Corporate Finance has an impressive track record that covers all sectors, including telecommunications, renewable energy, pharmaceutical, transportation, property, food, media, construction, and technology, amongst others.

IPO's
We advise on all aspects of IPOs, including listing requirements, equity placings, buybacks and rights issues. Our stockbroking arm has a top class institutional team with unrivalled access to Irish, UK, European and US institutional investors and has been supported in selling Irish equities by a highly respected quality research division.

Fundraisings
We have a track record of completing fundraisings that provide tailored and sustainable financing for the growth, development, refinancing and acquisition strategies of our clients. We manage the entire fundraising process from introductions to finance providers, to negotiations, transaction completion and follow up support.

Structured Finance

Merrion Corporate Finance offers a comprehensive structured finance service to its clients. Our team is built around individuals with strong domestic and international structured and project finance experience, allowing us execute on large scale projects for clients.
Services include:

	Advising on appropriate structures for a wide range of projects, typically in the infrastructure, property, telecommunications and energy sectors, where optimum use of debt is a key driver of equity returns. This service involves project review, financial modelling and analysis to optimise the structure, and sourcing the right debt providers to minimise the cost of debt; and
	Raising equity and other subordinated forms of capital

Team
We have assembled a first class team of professionals with an excellent mix of industry wide transactional and technical skills, and domestic and international experience. Merrion Corporate Finance has access to capital through its network of venture capital, institutional and private clients and in overseas markets in the US through our relationship with Investment bank Allen & Company.

Transactions
Merrion Corporate Finance has completed transactions with a combined capital value of over €17bn. Transactions have included:

Aer Lingus – Advisor to the Company and Joint Lead Manager and Underwriter in relation to its IPO and equity raising. We also advised the Company in relation to its successful defence of a hostile offer from Ryanair.

Eircom – Advisor to the Company on its IPO, its acquisition of Meteor, and advisor to ESOT as the co-offeror in the acquisition of Eircom

Lifestyle Sports - Advisor to the Company on its sale to Stafford Holdings

Jefferson Smurfit Group - Advisor to Madison Dearborn Partners/Management on its acquisition of Smurfit

Johnston Press Plc – Advisor to the Company on its acquisition of the Leinster Leader and Local Press newspaper groups

Unicare - Advisor to the Company on its sale to Gehe AG