Two years after Ireland emerged from its bailout—and as global dealmaking gathered momentum in the wake of the financial crisis—the Marker Hotel, overlooking the waterfront in Grand Canal Square in Dublin, hosted a two-day conference of corporate finance advisers in its ground-floor meeting suites.  Opened in 2013 and financed by the now-defunct Anglo Irish Bank, the hotel’s striking, contemporary design stood in sharp contrast to a city still recovering from the crash. Members of the International Mergers and Acquisitions Partnership (IMAP) gathered in Dublin as guests of their Irish partner, Key Capital, founded by Conor Killeen.  Yes, a recovery was…

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