Keavy Ryan is a partner within the firm’s Corporate and M&A Group and chair of A&L Goodbody. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions and company law. She advises leading Irish and international public and private companies, equity funds and financial institutions with significant operations in Ireland across a range of legal, regulatory, commercial and financial affairs. In addition to her corporate and M&A practice, Keavy manages the firm’s equity benefits group. Keavy advises on all aspects of share incentives, including its treatment in M&A transactions, and corporate governance, regulatory and shareholder issues arising from the establishment and operation of share plans and executive remuneration programs. Keavy is the current vice-chair of the IBA Securities and Capital Markets Committee. She is also a board member of NOW Group, an award-winning social enterprise, supporting individuals who are neurodiverse and/or have a learning difficulty into jobs with a future.
Publications
Co-author of the Ireland - Market Insights chapter in the Corporate Governance Law Guide , published 25 August 2026 , alongside Anne O’Neill .