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.
Law360, London: The Central Bank of Ireland has said that it will investigate whether insurers in the republic have sufficient guardrails against the...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its final report summarising the actions taken by all 40 competent authorities in response to its...
The European System of Central Banks (ESCB) has renewed its Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code following the Code's update in December...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published its report on supervisory responses to money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks in...
The Council of the EU has adopted a Regulation amending the Central Securities Depositories Regulation (Regulation (EU) 909/2014) (CSDR), to introduce...
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactionsIntroductionSection 82 of the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) is a key...
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersSTOP PRESS: An upgraded version of the Courts Service website went live on 15 September 2025. This Practice Note...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2024 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments...
Ireland—Jurisdiction in civil litigationSTOP PRESS: An upgraded version of the Courts Service website went live on 15 September 2025. This Practice...
ESG integration measures under AIFMD/UCITS/MiFID—essentialsThis Practice Note discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) (also referred to...
Ireland—Aircraft Owning Entity (AOE) Specific Power of Attorney[MSN xxx]POWER OF ATTORNEYOF[Insert name of Aircraft Owning Entity]AppointmentThis...
Ireland—Appointment of process agent letter: for a bilateral facility agreementAppointment of process agentThe general rule is that proceedings under...
Ireland—Board minutes—Board minutes for the approval or ratification of the company's entry into a guaranteeCOMPANY NUMBER: [insert number][insert...
Place of the meetingSome company boards may opt to hold their meeting on an electronic or virtual platform, or to hold a hybrid meeting where some...
Conditions precedent satisfaction letter—lender's lawyer to lenderThis is a precedent conditions precedent satisfaction letter for use by the law firm...
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...
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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...
Costs that have been incurred in the past. For the purposes of: —the costs budget, they are costs which are incurred up to or including the costs management conference (CPR 3.17) —variation of a costs budget, they are costs incurred up to the date of the variation (CPR 3.15A)
Bodies who perform obligations under statutory powers, for example, utility companies.
Magistrates’ courts exercising jurisdiction over offences committed by, and other matters related to, children and young persons who are aged between 10 to 17.