Bio

Cian Leary is a Partner in the Firm’s Corporate and Commercial department. Cian has over 10 years of experience acting on corporate mergers and acquisitions, venture capital transactions, and commercial and regulatory matters. He has expertise across a number of sectors. Cian advises clients (including private clients, angel investors, start-ups and more established companies) on a wide range of corporate and commercial law matters including on business formation, corporate restructuring, financing, investments, acquisitions, disposals and commercial agreements. Cian also provides advice in relation to all shareholder matters including shareholder disputes. He has experience in advising clients in mediations as an alternative dispute resolution process. Cian has also advised investors on setting up a number of the angel investment syndicates in Ireland. Cian’s practice also focuses on advising clients on regulatory matters. He regularly advises clients on the authorisation regime applied by the Central Bank of Ireland when authorising financial service providers (including retail credit firms and insurance intermediaries) and in respect of their ongoing obligations and responsibilities once authorised.