Overview
Fionnghuala (Finn) advises on UK and cross-border public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures and consortia deals, and listed company matters. Finn co-leads the global Banks sector for Linklaters and has particular expertise within the financial institutions sector, including bank, insurance and asset management M&A deals, loan portfolio sales/acquisitions, Part VII FSMA transfer schemes and the UK ring-fencing regime.
As a Global Co-head of the Financial Infrastructure & Payments sector within Linklaters, Finn also has specialist knowledge of the fintech and broader tech sector, with extensive experience of later stage fundraisings, minority investments and strategic partnerships, and complex multi-party consortium transactions.
Finn was ranked one of the ‘2025 Top FinTech Lawyers in EMEA’ by MergerLinks, named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 in 2020, and is also listed as a Leading Partner in the Legal 500 UK as part of both Linklaters’ Tier 1 M&A practice and UK Fintech practice.
Experience
Finn has led on many major corporate and M&A transactions, which includes advising:
- Carne, the fund management company, on Permira’s acquisition of a significant minority stake
- GoCardless on its merger with Mollie
- Dai-ichi Life on its strategic partnership with, and minority investment in, UK-listed insurer and asset manager, M&G plc
- Canopius: advising on its sale of its tech-first MGA, Vave
- Warburg Pincus on its investment in United Trust Bank
- Ninety One on its strategic partnership with Sanlam
- Investec on the demerger and listing of its asset management business, Ninety One, and on its disposal of Kensington Mortgages
- Aristocrat Leisure on its proposed takeover of Playtech
- AUB Group on its acquisition of Tysers Insurance Brokers
- Mondi on its offer for DS Smith and on the simplification of its dual listed company structure
- Lloyds Banking Group on its acquisition of the Teso Bank mortgage book and on compliance with the UK ring-fencing regime, including its Part VII ring-fencing transfer scheme
- Deutsche Börse on its proposed merger with London Stock Exchange Group
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