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DVRX provides strategic, legally-informed advisory services to empower business leaders to make better decisions in the moments that really matter.
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DVRX is the go-to boutique consulting firm for business advisory services, led by Barry Devereux. With over 25 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer in M&A and corporate finance in Ireland, the UK and South East Asia and 7 years as Managing Partner of McCann FitzGerald, Barry brings a unique and highly-informed perspective.

By combining extensive transactional expertise with first-hand management experience of running a major law firm, DVRX is an ideal partner for business owners who are contemplating a merger or sale of their business.

Working with DVRX means gaining access to unmatched insight, judgement and knowledge. Whether you’re preparing to merge or sell, we provide tailored, effective solutions to help you achieve your ambitions.

How we
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How we
can help

We provide sell-side M&A advisory services, including
  • Preparing companies for sale or merger
  • Assembling and managing the right advisory team and managing the engagement process
  • Managing the sale process alongside professional advisers, including transaction structure, negotiation of key terms and delivery of optimal outcomes
  • Ensuring the owners’ key interests are properly protected by:
    • Minimising post-sale contingent liabilities
    • Reducing conditionality so as to increase deal certainty
    • Preserving as far as possible the headline deal value throughout negotiations
  • Merger of Alchelyst (an Irish fund administration business specialising in the provision of modern infrastructure to the alternative investment industry) with Lyra Client Solutions, a US business owned by Apollo Capital Partners and Motive Partners (delivering end-to-end client services for private market investors across institutional, global wealth, and global family office channels (completed in 2026)
  • Auction sale of Devenish Nutrition’s US business to Easy Bio Corporation, a South Korean publicly quoted trade buyer (completed in 2024)
  • Auction sale of a Primary Care Centre by a large medical practice to Valley Healthcare (completed in 2025)
  • An Post (2025)
  • Dunnes Stores (2024)
  • Commercial Court defence litigation following the sale of an Irish food manufacturer to a UK trade buyer, ultimately resolved through mediation (2025)
  • Successful negotiated settlement of an excise duty dispute with Revenue for an Irish food and drinks distributor (2023)
“Barry is seen as the star of capital markets in Ireland...not only a great lawyer but a really good guy. A pleasure to work with.”
International Financial Law Review
“Barry Devereux is one of the best I have worked with in Ireland. He is clear, honest and hard-hitting in his advice” and a “calm, reasoned, considered individual who gets to critical points quickly.”
Chambers
“Corporate finance star Barry Devereux is lauded as “one of the best M&A lawyers around. He is commercial, has great attention to detail, and gets the deal done quickly.”
Chambers
“Barry Devereux is a "hugely impressive" lawyer who is "an absolute leader in corporate work and is always available to his clients." Other enthusiastic clients consider him "amazingly pragmatic, never allowing things to drag into disputes. He has great sight of end objectives.”
Chambers
Barry Devereux has extensive expertise in advising on complex multibillion-dollar transactions. Clients appreciate his dedicated nature, with one commenting that "he has a robust character but he has a nice way about him; it still makes for a positive meeting even when things are difficult.
Chambers
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