The application of the State aid rules in the context of sport has involved a number of high-profile cases and measures. The application of the State aid rules has also had a particularly important effect in Ireland
EU, Competition & ProcurementCross-border distribution, PRIIPs, PEPPs, ESMA (2019 work, reform, speeches, UK CCPs, UK CSD in a no-deal Brexit), liquidity stress testing, AML/CTF...
Asset Management & Investment FundsDeadlines, Brexit (location, EMIR, UK AIFMs, MoUs, GDPR, EMIR), Beneficial Ownership of Trusts.
Asset Management & Investment FundsAre there any Brexit planning implications at portfolio level for Irish UCITS?
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe British and Irish governments have recently published details of their contingency planning for an Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The overall theme is that both governments are committed to maintaining I-SEM, regardless of whether Brexit is hard or soft.
BrexitThe Government has published updated guidance on arrangements for EEA and Swiss citizens coming to the UK to visit, study, work or join family in the event of a 'no deal' Brexit.
BrexitPart 8 of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019 relates to insurance. UK insurers and insurance intermediaries that will still have Irish business (i.e. policyholders) post-29 March 2019 are understandably anxious. "Dear CEO" letters were sent by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) in Q4 2018 to all UK insurers and intermediaries passp...
BrexitThey were all set to go. The world expected them to leave. They planned to regain independence. They wanted to make new laws. There were many who were opposed but it seemed to be the "will of the people". There were court challenges. No one was sure how it would all work out. Supporters of leaving said they would do new deals with various parts of the world. At first, it all seemed a dr...
BrexitFollowing the referendum held on 23 June 2016, the UK Government submitted a notification to the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2017 of its intention to withdraw the UK from the EU.
BrexitEU and Irish competition law prohibit anti-competitive agreements between companies. In Ireland, agreements which breach EU and Irish competition law can have material adverse consequences for those involved...
EU, Competition & ProcurementIt has already been an eventful year for competition law regulators given the growing political involvement and wider geo-political effects of transactions (as well as business practices).
EU, Competition & ProcurementDr Vincent Power, Head of A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group, provides an overview of the legal framework, policies and guidance in relation to cartels and leniency law in Ireland.
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