Blayre McBride

Senior Associate

About

Blayre is a corporate lawyer with experience advising on cross-border and domestic public and private M&A and private equity transactions.

Blayre has also advised international and domestic clients on corporate structuring and restructuring projects and on corporate governance responsibilities under Irish law.

Areas of FocusInsurance Life Sciences Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Private Equity Emerging Growth and Venture Capital

Professional QualificationsAdmitted as a Solicitor with the Law Society of Scotland

EXPERIENCE

Advised Slate on its takeover of publicly-listed Yew Grove REIT plc.
Advised the management teams of Valeo Foods and UDG Healthcare on their private equity buy-outs.
Advised PIB Insurance on more than 5 acquisitions of Irish insurance brokers.
Advised the shareholders of Glofox on its acquisition by ABC Fitness Solutions.
Advised Overhaul, a software-based, supply-chain visibility, risk, compliance and insurance solution for the world's leading brands, in the acquisition of SensiGuard® security services from Sensitech®.
Advised various insurers as underwriter counsel on multiple domestic and cross-border W&I insurance transactions.
Advising PIB Insurance Group on multiple acquisitions of Irish Insurance Broker firms in 2020 and 2021.
Advising Euclid Transactional on various W&I transactions.
Advising University of Pittsburgh Medical Center on the acquisition of Clane General Hospital in Kildare, Ireland in partnership with the Institute of Eye Surgery.
Advising Medica Group plc on its acquisition of Global Diagnostics Ireland, the market leader for teleradiology services in Ireland from Irish private healthcare group, Centric Health.
Advising a biopharma business on a pre-transaction spin-out of a new business into a standalone entity.
Advising the management of Valeo Foods Group in connection with the acquisition of Valeo Foods Group by private equity firm Bain Capital and management’s subsequent re-investment alongside Bain.
Advising private equity firm Columbia Capital on its stragetic investment in NearForm, a global software development and consultancy firm that recently developed contact tracing technology used to track the spread of COVID-19 in several US states and European jurisdictions.
Advising the Sellers on the disposal of Cork Plastics and Floplast through a competitive bidding process, including a pre-sale corporate reorganisation.
Advising Waterlogic Holdings on its acquisition of Tipperary Pure Irish Water Sales from C&C Group plc.