Dannie Hanna

Dublin Republic of Ireland

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Dannie is Of Counsel in our Dublin office. He specialises in advising domestic and international clients across both public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, capital raisings, restructuring, and corporate governance issues.

Dannie has acted on some of the most high-profile transactional work undertaken in both the European and Australian markets in recent times. His clients range from venture capital and private equity funds, publicly traded companies and state/semi-state bodies to private companies, angel investors and family offices. Dannie also recently worked as Senior Group Legal Counsel for the world’s largest betting and gaming company, focusing on group M&A and treasury functions.

Dannie has particular experience in leading cross-border and multi-disciplinary teams on complex transactional work. Dannie is qualified in Ireland and England and Wales, and also practised with a leading Australian law firm in Sydney, Australia.

CV

Since 2023 Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2021 – 2022 Senior Group Legal Counsel, Flutter Entertainment plc

Career

Since 2023 Of Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2022 - 2023 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2021 – 2022 Senior Group Legal Counsel, Flutter Entertainment plc

Education

2017 Admitted as a lawyer (non-practising), England & Wales

2015 Admitted as a lawyer, Ireland

2010 LLM, University of Cambridge (awarded the Cambridge European Trust Scholarship 2009/2010)

Experience

Advised Molten Ventures plc

(AIM: GROW, Euronext Dublin: GRW) on its recommended all share offer for Forward Partners plc and a related GBP55 million fundraising.

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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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