About Kyle

Kyle is of counsel in our corporate & commercial team and he advises on a wide range of matters relating to companies (whether start-up or established), including shareholders agreements, venture capital investments, corporate restructuring projects, the sale and purchase of private companies and general corporate governance processes.

Since 2016, Kyle has been a continual core member of the corporate team at Beauchamps advising Enterprise Ireland on its strategic investments. He has advised Enterprise Ireland on hundreds of separate matters including:

  • investments, whether by Enterprise Ireland alone or along with co-investors as part of a larger funding round;
  • restructurings, redemptions, share exchanges, funding rounds, conversions and other general company law matters involving Enterprise Ireland's portfolio companies;
  • share sales, asset sales and IPOs of Enterprise Ireland's portfolio companies,

which work gives Kyle a deep understanding of Enterprise Ireland's policies and processes and the market in which Enterprise Ireland makes its investments.

Kyle also works with many start-up and early stage companies across a variety of sectors on their fundraisings, dealing with all aspects of investment transactions including, negotiating the investment agreements and related transaction documents as well as advising on corporate governance processes.

Kyle is also experienced in drafting and negotiating a whole range of commercial contracts for our corporate clients.

Relevant experience

  • Business Growth Fund (BGF) on its separate investments in Tigers Childcare and Revive Active.
  • A number of early-stage companies across a variety of sectors on funding rounds including Access Earth (an innovative company developing a disability and inclusion platform), Rezero, Abacuslabs and SiriusXT.
  • Polecat Intelligence Limited, an Irish SME, on its various fundraisings as well as on corporate governance and commercial arrangements.
  • Meptagon Ireland Limited, in the acquisition of an Irish mechanical and process engineering company.
  • Clada Medical Limited, an Irish based medical company, in the sale of the company.
  • Compass Informatics Investments Limited, an Irish based location technologies and analytics solutions and services provider, in the sale of the company.
  • Founders and key shareholders of an Irish company on its sale to a Danish private equity firm and their roll over investment into the acquiring entity.
  • BDO Development Capital Fund on its initial investment in Brodericks, a family-owned food company, in a funding round including Enterprise Ireland funding and separate bank finance.

 

Kyle Wimpress is a standout professional with a meticulous attention to detail and procedure.
Legal 500 2021