‘Current market conditions remain broadly supportive’

ACTIVITY As a full service law firm, ByrneWallace LLP’s long-term strategy continues to focus on strengthening and developing our broad range of specialist services that we advise clients on. All of our service teams had a busy year in 2023 and momentum into this year remains strong. We are consistently recognised for our partner-led approach, which fosters greater collaboration across practice areas, and we think this has continued to support strong levels of activity across all our service lines.

We continue to see our clients needing support across transactional service teams, while advisory teams are also busy supporting clients on the myriad issues facing them, whether it be to do with legislative or regulatory changes, cyber or datarelated threats, or complying with evolving regulatory obligations.

ByrneWallace advised on some of Ireland’s most significant transactions and investment deals of 2023/2024, seven of which have been nominated for this year’s Deal of the Year Awards by Finance Dublin. The transactions we have advised on are all quite diverse, and reflect our multi-disciplinary approach, which involves lawyers from various practice areas collaborating to pool their diverse skills and specialist expertise and, in doing so, delivering an excellent service to our clients.

OUTLOOK Although geopolitical risks factors are emerging in ways that may well impact on how 2024 plays out, current market conditions remain broadly supportive, and the year so far has shown signs of growth. We see

particular opportunities in M&A markets as well as for our financing teams, as businesses, both owners and investors, display clear signs of ambition in their growth strategies. Regulatory, advisory and contentious-focused teams are also very busy.