Myra Garrett SC
Partner
Myra is a Corporate Partner and former Managing Partner.
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Myra has a broad corporate practice specialising in mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, capital market transactions and corporate restructurings. She advises companies and boards of directors on corporate governance and strategic issues.
Significant transactions include advising:
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its recommended takeover of UDG Healthcare plc
- Amgen Inc, on its recommended takeover of Horizon Therapeutics plc
- Sale of Cpl Resources plc to Japanese publicly listed company, Outsourcing Inc
- Fenergo on its sale to Bridgepoint Advisers Limited, Astorg Asset Management S.à.r.l. and the management team
- FINEOS Corporation Holding plc on its IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange
- The Irish Times DAC on its acquisition of RIP.ie
- The sellers of Beacon Hospital to Macquarie Asset Management
- Skillsoft Group on its restructuring through US Chapter 11 proceedings.
Myra is on the Management Board of the International Bar Association, ‘the Global voice of the Legal Profession’. She is a Board member of the National Treasury Management Agency. In October 2024, Myra was granted Patents of Precedence by the Supreme Court of Ireland, conferring the right to use the title of Senior Counsel.
Ranking & Recommendations
2024 Chambers Global
“She is a very able lawyer.” “Myra is a very hard worker.” “Myra is excellent. She is very personable and solution-focused.”
2024 Chambers Europe 2024
Described by market sources as "simply outstanding; she is an exceptionally talented lawyer and highly skilled deal broker." She "has a commercial acumen and pragmatism that is unusual to find in a lawyer" and is "a tough negotiator, someone you definitely want in your corner rather than your opponent's".
2023 Who's Who Legal
Myra is recommended as a Global Leader in M&A for WWL 2023.
2023 Chambers Global
“Myra Garrett is a very strong leader, with deep expertise, commercial awareness and an incredible ability to both be engaged in the detail and command the bigger picture.” “She is an excellent lawyer who mixes legal and market knowledge with great client handling skills.”
2023 IFLR 1000
Myra is ranked as a Market Leader in IFLR 1000 and ranked as Women Leaders – the elite cohort of the leading female transactional experts in local markets globally.
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Jul 2024
Ireland’s M&A market has, in recent years, been dominated by mid-market transactions.
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Ireland’s mid-market continues to dominate from an M&A perspective, with 97% of de...
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Dec 2022
William Fry, working closely with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, is advising Amgen Inc o...
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May 2021
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Mar 2020
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Dec 2018
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Dec 2018
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Apr 2017
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Sep 2016
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Jul 2016
UK rules requiring a company to maintain a register of persons with significant co...
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