Recent Work by Industry

Recent work relevant to Food & Drink   Diageo     C&C Group plc     Advice in relation to a broad range of commercial contracts including outsourcing, IT services agreements, software development agreements and confidentiality agreements.     We advised C&C Group plc on the sale of its soft drinks division to Britvic. The transaction involved a horizontal overlap and was cleared by The Competition Authority in Phase 1.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Paul Lavery                           Date : August 2007 Value : €249.2m    Partners :  Guy French                      David Lydon                      Damian Collins                                       An Bord Bia     C&C (Group)     Legal advisers to An Bord Bia, the Irish food board.     Advised C&C Group on its disposal of the Tayto business, including the most important Irish snack brand, to its main Irish-owned competitor. We advised on the merger control aspects of the deal which was cleared by the Competition Authority in Phase 1     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Daire Hogan                           Date : September 2006 Value : €62m    Partners :  Philip Andrews                      Damian Collins                      David Lydon                      Guy French                                       BWG Foods     C & C Group PLC     Advised the management team and the purchasers on the management buyout of BWG Foods Limited     Advice in relation to a broad range of commercial contracts.     Date : October 2006 Value : €390m    Partners :  Alan Fuller                      Ben Gaffikin                      Paul Heffernan                      Eamon de Valera                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  David Lydon                      Guy French                                       Campbell Soup Company     Associated British Foods     Acted as Irish Counsel to Campbell Soup Company on the sale of its Irish and UK companies, Campbell Soup Ireland Limited and Campbell Grocery Products Limited, to Premier Foods Investments Limited. The combined value of the deal was Stg£460m     Advised Associated British Foods plc on its acquisition of the international yeast and bakery ingredients division of Burns Philip Group     Date : August 2006 Value : Stg£460m    Partners :  Paul Heffernan                      Philip Andrews                           Date : October 2004 Partners :  Paul Heffernan                                       McDonald's Restaurants of Ireland     Food & Drink Suppliers     Advising McDonald's in relation to franchising and property arrangements for its Irish outlets.     We represent the owners of many of Ireland's best-known brands in food and drink in consumer and product liability claims.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Lonan McDowell                      Daire Hogan                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Henry Lappin                                       McDonalds Restaurants of Ireland     ARAMARK Corporation     Advising McDonald's in relation to a long-running dispute with the owner of the ILAC Centre concerning interference with its quiet enjoyment and rights arising on the reconfiguration of the McDonald's unit following redevelopment of the centre. The matter is currently before the Commercial Court     We acted for ARAMARK in obtaining Competition Authority merger control approval for ARAMARK's acquisition of a controlling stake in Campbell Catering Services.     Date : Ongoing     Date : April 2004 Partners :  Paul Heffernan                                       C&C (Wholesale)         Advising C&C (Wholesale) in an investigation and civil action by the Competition Authority concerning allegations of price fixing in the sale of packaged beers and soft drinks. On foot of a settlement agreement, the Authority’s action was struck out without any admission of liability by C&C (Wholesale)           Date : December 2005 Partners :  Damian Collins