Diarmaid Gavin
Partner, Cork Office
Diarmaid is the Head of RDJ’s Corporate and Commercial team. He also leads our EU & Competition and Research Innovation and Technology practices. He brings a dynamic blend of expertise to the role across a range of commercial transactions, from technology and outsourcing projects to intellectual property and research and development arrangements, as well as advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate group restructurings, joint ventures and investment transactions. Diarmaid also advises private and public sector clients on a variety of competition law matters including compliance, State Aid and merger control. With expansive insights across industries, Diarmaid delivers well-rounded and insightful solutions to clients.
Experience
Significant transactions include advising:
- Rowa Pharmaceuticals Limited on the sale of its shareholding in Rowex Limited to Sandoz AG.
- AventaMed DAC on its sale to Karl Storz SE & Co. KG.
- PMT Premier Machine Tools Limited on its acquisition by Sandvik.
- Independent Irish Health Foods Limited on its sale to BellCap IHF (a part of the Bellingham Capital Group).
- Capstone Financial Services (t/a Pet Insure) on its acquisition by Agria Djurförsäkring.
- O’Leary Insurances on its sale to Brown & Brown (NYSE: BRO), the sixth largest independent broker in the US.
- Lead advisor to a number of Irish Universities on intellectual property and research contract matters.
- Knowledge Transfer Ireland on the development of its model collaborative research and joint ownership management agreements, a consortium agreement for the Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund and a its practical guide for directors and observers and on State aid considerations in research, development and innovation collaborations.
Education
University of Dublin, Trinity College (LLB)
Collège d'Europe, Bruges (LLM in Advanced European Law)
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (Diploma in Professional Legal Studies)
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.
Accolades
Diarmaid has been recognised by The Legal 500 for his work across EU and Competition, Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media and Entertainment Law
Practice Areas