Eamonn Hayes

Eamonn is the managing partner and co-founder of Capnua, Oaklins’ member firm in Ireland, He specialises in corporate finance advisory for mid-market companies across a range of sectors, including industrial services (particularly in relation to the delivery of mission critical infrastructure for multi-national companies) technology/technology enabled services, healthcare and specialist contracting. Eamonn has 20 years of experience in mergers & acquisitions, debt & equity capital advisory and restructuring. Operating both buy-side and sell-side, Eamonn has led many major transactions, including the sale of Linesight to IPS (a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation), sale of Ethos Engineering to Exponent Private Equity, sale of Accuscience to Diploma plc, sale of iCabbi to RBI Banque (a division of Renault), the sale of Digital Marketing Institute to Spectrum Equity, the sale of Fitzpatrick Lifestyle Hotels to MHL Hotel Collection and the acquisitions of Sisk Healthcare Group by Uniphar plc, Cahill May Roberts by Uniphar plc and the acquisition of H2 Group by Corrib Oil. He has worked on some of the higher profile MBOs in Ireland, including Mercury Engineering and Ardmac. Since the establishment of Capnua, Eamonn has led in excess of €2.0 billion of bank financings ranging in size between €10m and €350m and has deep relationships in the Irish and International debt markets for debt funding for private companies. Eamonn has acted on financings ranging from sourcing debt to assist in the funding of acquisitions and MBO’s through to securing growth funding to assist in the scaling of high-growth businesses.

Eamonn was part of the founder team that developed the concept for Activate Capital (a direct lending fund for residential development) and led the €500m fundraising for the establishment of Activate Capital. Eamonn sits on the Board and Investment Committee of Activate Capital.