Matthew Van Der Want

Matthew is a senior associate in Ogier's Corporate team in Dublin, Ireland. He is a South African qualified attorney and is also an admitted solicitor in Ireland and in England and Wales. His primary focus is on transactional work including takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and restructurings. He also provides regulatory advice across a range of sectors and has a strong grounding in the underlying principles of administrative law, as it applies in common law jurisdictions.

Background and experience

Before relocating to Ireland and joining Ogier in 2022, Matthew started his legal career in one of the "big five" South African law firms in 2003. He then went on to become a director at an international law firm's Johannesburg office. In 2014, he started his own law firm where he led a team of junior legal professionals to provide legal services to commercial clients.

Matthew has 19 years of experience in advising on a wide range of commercial contracts, shareholding arrangements, private equity transactions and company law.

Recent work includes:

• Advised an Irish owner managed testing and monitoring solutions business on the sale of one of its business services divisions to an international trade buyer

• Advising Justtip in relation to investments by Enterprise Ireland and further follow on investments by institutional and private equity investors and advising the company in respect of its general commercial matters

• Advised ACASS on the acquisition of a further interest in Shannon-based private jet charter and jet management service provider, ACASS Ireland

• Advised a private equity backed Irish consumer business on the acquisition of a stake in the business by the management team

• Assisting a start-up company in respect of the conversion of loan notes issued by it into equity

• Advising Thorntons Recycling on its acquisition of City Bin

Admitted in:
2023 – Ireland
2023 – England and Wales
2005 – South Africa