Full coverage: Private equity

The Waterford medtech company has brought on a new investor in US firm Five Arrows and is eyeing a major R&D and manufacturing expansion stateside.

There has been a surge in the number of Irish deals involving UK private equity. A&L Goodbody partners Richard Grey and London-based Phil Fogarty explain the trend and argue more is still to come.

British IT procurement fintech Ooodles just raised $2.7 million to fund its expansion into Ireland. Co-founder Leonardo Poggiali talks to The Currency about the post-Brexit allure of the Irish market.

Norway’s Verdane bought a majority stake in the Irish regtech company earlier this year. Chief executive John Byrne tells The Currency what the company’s priorities are now.

Feargal McCormack built one of the largest accountancy firms in the North from the ground up, before selling it to private equity. He talks about his journey, how Brexit impacted Anglo-Irish relations and maintaining “work-life harmony”.

Grant Thornton Ireland’s advisory and tax business is being acquired by its PE-backed US counterpart. The deal follows months of behind-the-scenes negotiations and comes after the firm examined several other options with Deutsche Bank.

Today, the games services firm closed its acquisition by EQT. In the last few months, it has been shedding jobs in some markets to cut costs but unions in Italy are putting up a fight.

The Wicklow-headquartered company has made its fourth acquisition in the past three years in the form of Bristol-based RHC Lifting.

The London firm has around £11bn in assets under management. Partner Malcolm Coffin and assistant director David Collins talk about the private-equity "snowball effect" taking hold in Ireland.

Deloitte is now the largest professional services network in the world and one of the big-four firms in Ireland. Managing partner Harry Goddard talks about its record financial performance, its future strategy and investing in Ireland.