Practice notes and precedents covering the creation and enforcement of bilateral facility agreements, security over different types of assets and guarantees in finance transactions.
Guidance on the authorisation and supervision of Irish financial institutions and the regulation of a wide range of areas include anti money laundering, fintech, payment services and e-money, credit, insurance and crowdfunding.
Transactional lawyers need to stay on top of market changes. We track developments of key industry bodies such as the LMA and ISDA as well as hot topics to help keep you updated.
Q&A guides provide jurisdiction specific information and overviews on financial services litigation, securities litigation and fintech.
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCA)) with...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that, from 2 July 2025, 24 additional banks will be incorporated into the euro short-term rate (€STR)...
The European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has published its response to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation on the draft...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft delegated decision concerning the provisional equivalence for third-country insurers...
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) has published its updated OTC derivatives compliance calendar, highlighting key regulatory...
Derivatives—ISDA documentation frameworkThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade association for participants in...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2025This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
The UK regulation of crowdfunding platforms—essentialsScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note focuses on the UK regulatory issues faced by...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
EU regulation of cryptoassetsThis Practice Note focuses on the approach of EU authorities and regulators (ie, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and...
Guarantee and indemnity deed from a company incorporated as a limited company in Ireland acting as guarantor, guaranteeing the obligations of a...
Ireland—Specimen signatures of authorised signatories of a company for use in a bilateral loan transaction[insert date]Confirmation of...
Cross guarantee and indemnity deed by companies incorporated as limited companies in Ireland acting as guarantors, guaranteeing the obligations of...
Director's certificateThis is a Precedent director’s certificate for use by the borrower of a bilateral facility. .What is a director’s...
Ireland—Confidentiality agreement—mutualThis Agreement is made on [insert date]PartiesCheck that the parties named in the contract are correct. If...
There has been ongoing debate regarding the scope of the definition of ‘ICT services’ under DORA, even in the final push towards the DORA...
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has just published its Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2025.As part of the new supervisory...
Ireland—Legal opinions—uses, scope and structureLegal opinions are invariably used in cross-border financing transactions. They are usually either a...
Ireland—Key features of debenturesDebentures are used in many types of financing where it is desirable to take security over all of the assets of a...
Ireland—GuaranteesGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Corporate tax payments have continued to bolster the Irish budget despite international tax initiatives like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
...
Ireland—Regulation of payment services providersPayment service providers—the regulatory frameworkSI No 6/2018 EU (Payment Services) Regulations 2018...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
Ireland—Releasing securityIntroductionTo deal with the discharge and release of security, it is necessary to consider:•the conditions to be satisfied...
Differences between Irish insurance and UK insurance lawThis Practice Note examines the key differences between Irish insurance law and UK insurance...
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactionsIntroductionSection 82 of the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) is a key...
AIB Group Plc announced €1.7bn worth of shareholder rewards, including a planned €700m cash dividend, after a 170% surge in profits for 2023.The...
The definition of ‘ICT services’ under DORA is intentionally broad, and encompasses digital and data services provided through ICT systems on an...
Ireland—Money laundering offences and regulationThis Practice Note looks at the principal money laundering offences in Ireland including the...
Metrics for law firm performanceHow does an in-house lawyer measure the performance of their external law firms? Paul Gilbert sets out some...
The EBA has published three sets of final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and one set of final draft ITS relating to the authorisation as...
The Chapter 2 prohibition is based on Article 202 of the TFEU and is set out in s 18(1) of the Competition Act 1988. It prohibits abuse of a dominant position. Firms with substantial market power that abuse their power will be subject to the possibility of substantial fines and actions for injunctions and, in certain cases, damages.
The sale or purchase of the right to purchase a single event (eg a boxing match or a film) as distinct from subscribing to a channel or package of channels.
A lender holding one or more debentures of the company secured (a) by a qualifying floating charge, which relates to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property, (b) by a number of qualifying floating charges, which together relate to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property, or (c) by charges and other forms of security, which together relate to the whole or substantially the whole of the company's property and at least one of which is a qualifying floating charge (Insolvency Act 1986, Sch B1, para 14).