Corporate Crime & Regulation Summit 2026

A new frontier – AMLA's objectives, powers and approach

The establishment of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) marks a significant shift in how AML compliance is supervised across Europe, and its impact will be felt by businesses operating in Ireland. The session will cover the new authority's objectives, powers and influence on the supervision and enforcement of AML rules in Ireland. Following the keynote address, the panel will explore how the following will reshape the compliance landscape:

• direct supervision of some businesses by AMLA
• a single European AML rulebook
• enhanced coordination of Financial Intelligence Units

Speakers: Dario Dagostino, Partner, Head of Litigation and Regulatory Investigations, A&L Goodbody (Moderator), | Derville Rowland, Executive Board Member, AMLA

Lessons from the boardroom: governing AI risk

AI adoption across financial services is rapidly outpacing the governance and risk-management frameworks needed to support it. This session will feature a role-play illustrating practical issues boardrooms and senior management will come across in the face of AI risk, including:

• the Central Bank's expectations
• how enforcement proceedings might play out in practice
• the regulatory toolkit available under the AI Act, IAF, SEAR and DORA
• how firms might mitigate the consequences for both the business and senior management

The role play will be followed by a brief discussion exploring trends in the market around AI risk and financial services.

Speakers: Stephen D’Ardis, Partner, A&L Goodbody (Moderator) | Catherine Moloney, Solicitor, A&L Goodbody

Accountability in action: three years of the Central Bank's Individual Accountability Framework

Three years on from the introduction of the Individual Accountability Framework and the Senior Executive Accountability Regime, this session takes stock of the practical impact on regulated firms. What has the framework meant for governance and decision-making in regulated firms? What enforcement trends have emerged, and what does the recent High Court decision in Central Bank of Ireland v CD [2026] IEHC 203 signal for individual conduct?

The panel will then broaden to consider the growing regulatory focus on non-financial misconduct – including bullying, harassment and discrimination – drawing on UK experience where the FCA now treats such conduct as directly relevant to fitness and propriety assessments. Bringing together financial regulation and employment law perspectives, the session will explore what Irish firms should be doing now to align their policies, investigations and governance frameworks with the evolving regulatory landscape.

Speakers: Eimear O’Brien, Partner, A&L Goodbody (Moderator) | Noeleen Meehan, Partner, A&L Goodbody | Aisling Ennis, Senior Associate, A&L Goodbody

Scaling global compliance: cross-sectoral lessons from the frontline

Regulatory obligations are growing in volume, complexity and speed, while compliance resources remain finite. Whether handling AML transaction screening, requests for data, or reporting to regulators, the core challenge is the same: how to scale compliance without it breaking. This session brings together senior legal and compliance practitioners from Big Tech, financial services and pharma to explore:

• how they build compliance functions that absorb regulatory surges across different jurisdictions
• how governance is structured under individual accountability regimes
• how technology and AI are deployed in operations

Speakers: Eoin O Connor, Partner, A&L Goodbody (Moderator)

When AI goes wrong: a live crisis simulation

What happens when your organisation’s AI system triggers a full-blown regulatory crisis? This immersive exercise places the audience in the boardroom of a fictional Irish-headquartered company as a significant failing in an AI tool is discovered, requiring an urgent response – unfolding over a number of escalating phases:

• the detection of biased AI outcomes and a protected disclosure
• multi-regulator engagement with the DPC and Central Bank
• litigation risk mitigation against the backdrop of a public media crisis

Attendees vote on critical decisions using live polling, with expert panellists unpacking the consequences.

Speakers: Katie O'Connor, Partner, A&L Goodbody (Moderator)

Better structures, better decisions, better outcomes: reducing risk

With the Central Bank's enforcement activity ramping up significantly, firms are focused on a pressing question: how do you mitigate the risk of regulatory breaches occurring in the first place and, where breaches do occur, reduce the risk that they escalate into a full regulatory investigation? This panel draws on real enforcement cases and detailed settlement notices from the CBI, FCA and PRA to identify where firms could have achieved a different outcome across five key themes:

• structures
• communication
• decision-making
• remedial action
• people

Speakers: Mark Devane, Partner, A&L Goodbody (Moderator)