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.
Ireland-Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Financial Regulation Advisory team. Domestically, the...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its first central counterparty (CCP) resolution aiming to support National...
The European Payments Council (EPC) has launched the extended pilot phase of its EPC Directory Service (EDS) in the test environment. This phase is...
Ireland—Banking and Financial Services analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody’s Capital Markets Debt team....
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published advice from its Securities and Markets Stakeholder Group (SMSG) on its consultation...
Ireland—Term sheets in lending transactionsThis Practice Note provides introductory information on term sheets in lending transactions. It...
Ireland—Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (Ireland)The Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (Ireland) (STCTA 2023 (IRL))...
Listing debt securities on Euronext DublinIn March 2018, the Irish Stock Exchange plc was acquired by Euronext. The Irish Stock Exchange plc joined...
EU regulation of financial innovations and FintechThis Practice Note on financial technology (Fintech) examines strategies implemented by the EU...
ISDA—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the International Swaps 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...
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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...
The Communications Act 2003: the main legislation dealing with broadcast media in the United Kingdom, giving rise to Ofcom and containing a number of controversial new offences in relation to misuse of public electronic communications networks that have been used amongst others to prosecute users of social media platforms who have sent threatening or abusive messages or, in some cases, made unintentional threats to public safety.
The lower tier in two-tier authorities, responsible for delivery of local services such as housing, planning and waste collection. They are established by the Local Government Act 1972 Sch 1, Pt I, Sch.3 and the English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039). 'District', without more, means, in relation to England, a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan district: Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972), s 270(1); 'non- metropolitan district' means any district other than a metropolitan district: LGA 1972, s 270(2).
A person who makes an offer or is contemplating the making of an offer. The Code definition of offeror states that any reference to an offeror includes a potential offeror and that, in the case of a scheme of arrangement, a reference to an offeror should normally be construed as a reference to the person who it is proposed will acquire offeree shares under the scheme.