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We provide guidance on investment, funds, debt markets, insurance, derivatives, and virtual assets, along with Central Bank regulation, investigations, and news on ISDA and
LMA documents.
Lending & credit support
Practice notes and precedents covering the creation and enforcement of bilateral facility agreements, security over different types of assets and guarantees in finance transactions.
Regulation of financial institutions in Ireland
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.
Key developments and horizon scanning
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.
International guidance
Q&A guides provide jurisdiction specific information and overviews on financial services litigation, securities litigation and fintech.
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Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services News
The Central Bank of Ireland's Quarterly Bulletin 2025:2, released on 19 June 2025, forecasts Modified Domestic Demand growth of 2% for 2025, down from...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has launched the first selection procedure for a Consolidated Tape Provider (CTP) for shares and...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a public statement on supervising sustainability reporting under the European...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a new Q&A on the non-compliance of the shared order book model with the Markets in...
The European Commission has adopted a package of targeted measures aimed at revising the EU securitisation framework. Published on 17 June 2025, the...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Practice Notes
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2025This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
Execution of deeds—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing deeds in various international jurisdictions. The table...
Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU WTR2 and UK WTR2)—essentialsThe Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (WTR2), also known as the Funds...
ESG measures to amend AIFMD/UCITS/MiFID—essentialsThis essentials note discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) (also referred to as...
Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLRs)—essentials for financial servicesThis Practice Note considers the application of the Money Laundering,...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Precedents
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...
Featured Ireland - Banking & Financial Services content
DORA–The long-awaited guidance on the scope of ‘ICT services’ is here
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 transfers
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
CBI Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report 2025—Insurance
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 structure
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 debentures
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—Guarantees
Ireland—GuaranteesGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Irish corporate tax revenue growing, with risks, says tax authority
Corporate tax payments have continued to bolster the Irish budget despite international tax initiatives like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
New Practice Note—Ireland—Releasing security
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Ireland—Regulation of payment services providers
Ireland—Regulation of payment services providersPayment service providers—the regulatory frameworkSI No 6/2018 EU (Payment Services) Regulations 2018...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
Ireland—Releasing security
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 law
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 transactions
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactionsIntroductionSection 82 of the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) is a key...
Ireland—AIB to return €1.7bn to shareholders, including Irish state
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...
DORA Compliance: What is an ICT Service?
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 regulation
Ireland—Money laundering offences and regulationThis Practice Note looks at the principal money laundering offences in Ireland including the...
Metrics for law firm performance
Metrics for law firm performanceHow does an in-house lawyer measure the performance of their external law firms? Paul Gilbert sets out some...
EBA publishes final draft technical standards on Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation
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...
Associated legal terms
Coaxial cable
A type of cable commonly used in cable television systems which is composed of two concentric conductors: an inner wire, and an outer braided sleeve.
Deferred annuity
Annuity that starts to pay out from a future date.
Postal service
“Postal service” means a service that— (a) consists in the following, or in any one or more of them, namely, the collection, sorting, conveyance, distribution and delivery (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) of postal items, and (b) has as its main purpose, or one of its main purposes, to make available, or to facilitate, a means of transmission from place to place of postal items containing communications.
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