Adam Griffiths

Adam is a partner and head of our Dublin office. He specialises in M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions. Adam primarily works with clients from the technology, media and communications, and life sciences and healthcare sectors.

Adam has particular experience in advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, having acted on a wide range of leveraged buyouts and related transactions. He frequently advises private equity-backed management teams on buyout transactions and incentive plans.

Working primarily in intellectual property-rich industries, Adam also advises institutional, corporate and individual investors, and the companies they invest in, on a wide range of corporate matters, including venture, growth and development capital investments.

Adam is qualified in Ireland, and England and Wales, and has significant experience in managing cross-border transactions.

Adam is recognised in Legal 500. Clients describe him as personable, attentive and highly committed.

Dealonomics

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Selling your business: a guide for founders and management teams in Ireland

A comprehensive guide to preparing your business for sale including information on understanding buyers, optimising tax strategy and navigating the sale process.

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International Expansion Guide

Our guide will help you to develop your expansion plans by providing answers to many of the most frequently asked legal and regulatory questions.

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The Corporate Collection

Explore our extensive experience helping clients navigate cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital transactions and read how we've delivered deals that made a difference.

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CV

Since 2021 Partner and head of Dublin office, Taylor Wessing

2019 – 2021 Partner, Regan Wall LLP

2017 – 2018 Senior Associate, Ronan Daly Jermyn

Career

Since 2021 Partner and head of Dublin office, Taylor Wessing

2019 – 2021 Partner, Regan Wall LLP

2017 – 2018 Senior Associate, Ronan Daly Jermyn

Education

2017 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland

2011 Admitted as a lawyer, England and Wales

2009 LLB (Hons) (GDL and LPC), College of Law, Birmingham

Awards

Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

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Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2025

Experience

Advising Hims & Hers, USA on the acquisition of European telemedicine provider Zava

Advising and coordinating a comprehensive transaction team across five jurisdictions relating to the acquisition of the Zava Group including complex legal issues

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Hassan Sohbi

Stephan Doom, Solicitor (England & Wales)|LL.M. (Nottingham)

Rudi Hasenberg

Karolina Lange-Kulmann, LL.M. (Medizinrecht)

Mark Barron

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Nicolas De Witt

Zabdaj Pollen

Verdane

We have advised Verdane, the European specialist growth investor, on its acquisition of a majority interest in UrbanVolt, a European leader in clean energy.

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Dannie Hanna

Ameer Gazder

Jonny Bethell

Emma Tait

Emma Oakley

Management team of a global compliance and learning firm

Advising the management team of a leading compliance and online learning firm on its sale to a global education technology corporation backed by a US-based private equity house

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Shareholders of a university spin-out in the technology sector

Advising the shareholders of a university spin-out specialising in neural machine translation solutions on the sale of the business to an AIM-listed global provider of translation, localisation, and life sciences language services

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University spin-out in the technology sector

Advising a university spin-out specialising in AI-powered procurement solutions on its series A funding round, led by leading US and European VC investors

Adam Griffiths