“We’re probably not even halfway through our fund, so there is a lot of appetite to do more deals”
After the London private equity firm Elysian Capital made its first acquisition in Ireland three years ago, it rolled out its model where a local partner lives and works on the ground in each investment destination. Laura McCoy has been Elysian's Irish partner for just one year, and the acquisition of Fastway this month is her second deal in this job. She tells Thomas Hubert how she and the firm connected, and where they fit in the wave of private equity investment targeting Ireland.