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Libby Garvey is “recommended and widely praised” by European Legal 500 2012.
Banking and Finance: European Legal 500 2012
Libby Garvey is "applauded" as “commercial and responsive”.
Banking and Finance: European Legal 500 2011
Libby Garvey is a “well-regarded lawyer” in the sector.
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global 2011
Libby Garvey is a "true expert in both industry knowledge and awareness of market trends" say sources.
European Legal 500 2010
Highly recommended as "a knowledgeable, commercial and proactive lawyer".
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2010
Libby is recognised as a leading lawyer by international legal directories Chambers Global and Chambers Europe.
Expertise
Libby is a partner in the Banking and Financial Services Department at Matheson Ormsby Prentice. Libby returned to Ireland in April 2004 when she joined Matheson Ormsby Prentice, having spent five years in the London office of leading US law firm law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges. Whilst there, she advised on a broad range of cross-border leveraged finance and acquisition finance transactions in addition to a number of high profile workouts and restructurings.
Libby currently acts for a wide range of leading Irish and international banks and financial institutions in relation to domestic and international bilateral and syndicated facilities, property financings, acquisition financings (incorporating management buy-outs, bid financings and private financings) and restructurings. She also provides banking legal advice to a large number of leading Irish corporates.
Education
University College Dublin, BCL
University College Dublin, LL.M in European Law
Diploma Professional Legal Studies, Queens University Belfast
Highlights
Libby has advised:
- Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group plc on the banking aspects of its acquisition of Reed Elsevier's Harcourt US Schools Education business, for a total consideration of US$4 billion
- Australian investment company Babcock & Brown on the Irish law aspects of the financing of acquisition by them (along with Eircom's Employee Share Ownership Trust) of Eircom Group plc. The senior facilities agreement provided for facilities of approximately €3.85 billion and were arranged by Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse London Branch, Deutsche Bank AG London Branch, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited and J.P. Morgan plc. The acquisition (and the related refinancing of the existing indebtedness of Eircom group) was also part financed by a mezzanine tranch and by a high yield bond issue
- Walsh Western in relation to the financing of its acquisition of TDS Logistics Inc by a US$272 million term facility arranged by Goldman Sachs
- Riverdeep Group PLC on the debt financing arrangements relating to its acquisition of leading US publishing house Houghton Mifflin, valuing the combined group in excess of US$4.5 billion, the largest ever acquisition by an Irish company in the US
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