Gareth Cosgrove

Gareth joined Grant Thornton in 2014 and was admitted to the Partnership in 2021. His main areas of expertise are in Transaction Advisory Services and Debt Advisory Services. Gareth has also led a number of Lead Advisory engagements, both buy-side and sell-side.

Sector experience

Gareth has advised clients across a range of sectors including engineering and manufacturing, tourism and hospitality, transport and logistics, financial services, food and agriculture and business services. Gareth’s recent experience includes:

• Lead advisor to the shareholders of 8 West Consulting on the sale of the business to Delta Dental of Washington.
• Lead advisor to the management team of Abbey Group on their successful MBO.
• Lead advisor to the shareholders of Lucey Transport Logistics on the sale of the business to DFDS.
• Sell-side advice to McMahon Galvin on the sale of the company to Aston Lark.
• Sell-side advice to TEAM Accessories on the sale of the company to MOOG Inc.
• Sell-side advice to Swift Fine Foods on the sale of the company to Dublin Meat Company.
• Corporate finance advice to Linnaeus on multiple acquisitions.
• Transaction support to Amaryt plc on the acquisition of Chiasma Inc.
• Multiple due diligence assignments for a range of Irish and international clients including Nostra IT Services, Viatel, Groupe RG, Moyne Roberts, Apleona, Murphy Geospatial.
• Debt advisory services for a large private school in relation to a campus redevelopment plan.
• Debt advisory services for a leading property investment business in relation to the refinance of c.€110m of facilities.