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practical guidance and expert commentary to help you stay up to date.
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 European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published Statement on Avoiding Misperceptions: Guidance for CryptoAsset Service Providers...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched three consultations proposing new guidelines and regulatory measures for third-country branches...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published amended guidelines on outsourcing to cloud service providers, narrowing their scope...
Ireland—Banking & Financial services analysis: This article was written by the Patrick Brandt and Jill Shaw of A&L Goodbody LLP and discusses the...
Ireland—Banking & Financial services analysis: This article was written by the Asset Management & Investment Funds team at A&L Goodbody LLP and...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Practice Notes
Ireland—Certificate of title—commercial transactionsWhat is a certificate of title?A certificate of title is a particular type of report on title...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2025This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
Ireland—The role of boilerplateThis Practice Note discusses the role and importance of the boilerplate clauses in an agreement. It identifies the...
ISDA—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the International Swaps and...
Ireland—Authorisation of a UCITS in IrelandScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides a guide on the authorisation of UCITS in Ireland. It...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Precedents
Ireland—Aircraft Owning Entity (AOE) Specific Power of Attorney[MSN xxx]POWER OF ATTORNEYOF[Insert name of Aircraft Owning Entity]AppointmentThis...
Ireland—Material adverse change definitionGeneralThis Precedent is a definition for the term 'material adverse change' (MAC), to be included in the...
Bilateral debenture for a chargor incorporated as a limited company in Ireland to secure the chargor’s obligations to the lender on an all monies...
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contractThis Precedent execution clause is for use by a partner on behalf of the partnership when entering into a...
Ireland—Proforma checklist of documents for execution at signing and completion meetings in loan transactionsProforma checklist of documents for...
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
Application to re-register—public to unlimited
An application for re-registration from public to unlimited will be made on a Companies House form RR07.
Nomad Rules
The AIM Rules for Nominated Advisers published by the London Stock Exchange which set out the eligibility requirements, ongoing obligations and disciplinary matters relating to nominated advisers.
Supervisory authority
A key objective of the EU GDPR is to achieve a level of consistency in relation to how data protection is implemented and enforced across the EU. Under Article 51 of the EU GDPR, Member States can provide one or more independent public authorities to be responsible for monitoring the application of the EU GDPR, ie a ‘supervisory authority’. Under UK GDPR, the Information Commissioner is the equivalent authority in the UK but falls outside of the EU GDPR regime.
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