Business Movers

New roles: (top row) Matthew Cole, Moira Grassick, Simon Montgomery; (bottom row) Leigh Yeaman, Gavan Smyth, Pat Clancy.

Here is a selection of people starting new roles with DLA Piper, Peninsula Ireland, ID-Pal, Investec Wealth & Investment, Blueface and Dairygold.

Matthew Cole has been named as a partner with law firm DLA Piper in its corporate practice in Dublin. He will join the firm at the end of 2020 from A&L Goodbody, where he is a corporate partner. His practice focuses on M&A and equity capital markets (ECM) as well as private equity and corporate advisory. Matthew has led on some of Ireland’s most significant cross-border M&A and private equity transactions over the past five years, particularly in the real estate, insurance and financial services sectors. Matthew’s arrival brings DLA Piper Ireland’s Corporate team to six partners and legal directors including David Carthy, Éanna Mellett, Caroline Kearns, Micheál Mulvey and Edel O’Kelly. Steve Duggan, an equity capital markets specialist, recently joined the team as a senior associate from A&L Goodbody. DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.