Dan Tierney
Partner
M&A “Future Star” and “Rising Star”
IFLR Europe, Financier Worldwide, and The Legal 500 UK
“Dan’s attentiveness, attention to detail, and practical approach is fully aligned with the needs of our global business.”
Chambers UK
“Dan is very knowledgeable about the law and very deal-oriented. He is clearly adding a lot of value.”
Chambers UK
Dan Tierney has a broad M&A and corporate finance practice, with a focus on transactions involving UK and European public companies.
Dan advises on public and private M&A and capital markets transactions for a range of corporate, private capital, and investment banking clients. He also advises on shareholder activism and corporate governance, reporting, disclosure, and ESG-related matters.
Dan joined the firm in 2014 and became a partner in 2024. He previously spent a year in the firm’s Brussels office practicing EU antitrust law.
Notable Experience
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Disney in the $8.5 billion merger of Star India with Viacom18 to form a new joint venture with Reliance.
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Open Text on its $6 billion recommended cash offer for Micro Focus International PLC.
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Engie on its acquisition of BTE Renewables from Actis and the related carve-out of BTE Renewables’ Kenyan assets to Meridiam.
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Latour Capital on its acquisition of Gutor from Schneider Electric.
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Cascade Investment on its recommended $4.7 billion offer for Signature Aviation, as part of a consortium with Blackstone and Global Infrastructure Partners, which topped a prior $4.6 billion offer from Global Infrastructure Partners on a standalone basis.
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Allied Universal on its recommended £3.8 billion offer for G4S plc, topping a hostile competing £3.7 billion bid from GardaWorld.
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Euronext on its €4.4 billion acquisition of Borsa Italiana from the London Stock Exchange Group (Winner, “Corporate Team of the Year,” 2021 Legal Business Awards).
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Goldman Sachs on numerous M&A engagements across Europe, including most recently as financial advisor to Swedish Match AB on its $16 billion recommended cash offer from Philip Morris International.
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Brookfield on the UK aspects of its $5.8 billion acquisition of Scientific Games’ lottery business.
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LivaNova plc, a UK plc listed on NASDAQ, on numerous matters, including its $345 million equity offering in August 2021 and its $287.5 million exchangeable notes offering in June 2020.
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Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of CDPQ, on its recommended offer (as part of a consortium) for easyHotel plc, which was subsequently converted to a mandatory offer.
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The Walt Disney Company on numerous matters, including the sale of its stake in A+E Networks® (which broadcasts, among others, the History Channel) in Europe to Hearst, required to obtain EU antitrust approval for Disney’s $85 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
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The Coca-Cola Company on the $28 billion combination of its western European bottlers to form Coca-Cola European Partners plc (a UK plc listed on NYSE, LSE, Euronext Amsterdam, and the Spanish exchanges).
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Lafarge on the UK aspects of its €40 billion merger with Holcim and various related transactions, including its £885 million acquisition of Anglo American’s 50% interest in their Lafarge Tarmac joint venture and the subsequent divestment by competitive auction of Lafarge Tarmac, as part of a package of assets, to CRH plc for approximately €6.5 billion, required to obtain EU antitrust approval for the merger.
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The Abraaj Growth Markets Health Fund, a $1 billion impact health care fund, and its LPAC and interim manager on the fund’s separation from its original manager, Abraaj, in response to allegations of misconduct, and a complex transaction whereby TPG Growth took over the management of the fund’s asset portfolio (comprising eight health care assets across India, Pakistan, Nigeria, and Kenya).
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Schroders plc, the FTSE 100 asset manager, on its acquisition of Adveq, a private equity fund of fund manager.
Publications
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FRC publishes updated UK Corporate Governance Code and Guidance
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Action Filed in UK Against Shell’s Board Members Regarding Management of Climate Risk
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Corporate Transition Plans in the UK, the EU, and the U.S. - Regulation and Practice
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Activists are Increasingly Seeking Novel Ways to make Directors Personally Liable
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UK’s FCA Extends Climate-related Disclosures to Standard Listed Issuers, Including GDR Issuers
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UK Introduces Mandatory Climate-Related Financial Reporting for Large Public and Private Companies
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How Target Shareholders Are Attacking Bids on Valuation Grounds
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UK Bids: Take-Private Boom Sees Negotiating Power Shift From Target Boards to Shareholders
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New EC Policy Anticipates Merger Referral Even if National Thresholds Not Met
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View from the UK: Recent Developments in Brexit and Corporate Governance
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The Rising Influence of Shareholder Activism in M&A Transactions: Recent Trends in the UK
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Getting the Deal Through 2019: Public M&A – England and Wales
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Social Good, Shareholders’ Interests and Directors’ Duties: Recent Developments in the UK
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UK Proposes a New Corporate Governance Code for Large Private Companies
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FRC Consults on Significant Revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code
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UK Government Announces Reforms to the Corporate Governance Regime