Eamonn Hayes

Managing Partner

Eamonn is the managing partner and co-founder of Capnua, Oaklins’ member firm in Ireland, He specializes in corporate finance advisory for mid-market companies across various sectors, including industrial services (particularly in relation to the delivery of mission critical infrastructure for multi-national companies), technology and 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, such as the sales of Linesight to IPS, a subsidiary of Alleghany Corporation; Ethos Engineering to Exponent Private Equity; Accuscience to Diploma plc; iCabbi to RBI Banque, a division of Renault; Digital Marketing Institute to Spectrum Equity; and Fitzpatrick Lifestyle Hotels to MHL Hotel Collection. He also advised on the acquisitions of Sisk Healthcare Group by Uniphar PLC; Cahill May Roberts by Uniphar PLC; and 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 billion in bank financings, ranging from €10 million to €350 million, and has deep relationships in the Irish and international debt markets for debt funding for private companies. Eamonn has acted on financings from sourcing debt to assist in the funding of acquisitions and MBOs through to securing growth funding to assist in the scaling of high-growth businesses.

Eamonn was part of the founding team that developed the concept for Activate Capital, a direct lending fund for residential development, and led the €500 million fundraising for the establishment of Activate Capital. He sits on the board and investment committee of Activate Capital.