Initial Public Offerings (IPO) Law Review 2019 - Ireland Apr 2019 article Matthew Cole, Corporate and M&A Partner at A&L Goodbody provides an insight into the legal and procedural IPO landscape in Ireland. READ MORE
Re-registration of a company as another company type in the course of legal proceedings - Start Mortgages v Kavanagh Apr 2019 article In Start Mortgages v Kavanagh [2019] IEHC 216, the High Court confirmed that, where legal proceedings had commenced, it was not necessary for a company to make a formal application to court... READ MORE
Beneficial Ownership requirements affecting trusts and corporate entities Apr 2019 article The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 came into force on 22 March 2019, with the exception of Part 3 (which deals with the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership... READ MORE
EDPB issues draft guidelines on the contractual necessity legal basis in the context of online services Apr 2019 article The EDPB has released new draft guidelines 2/2019 on the contractual necessity legal basis for processing personal data in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects. The... READ MORE
Deputy Data Protection Commissioners discuss GDPR implementation with Oireachtas Committee Apr 2019 article On 3 April 2019, the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality met to discuss the implementation of the GDPR with Ms Anna Morgan (Deputy Commissioner), Ms Jennifer O’Sullivan (Deputy Commissioner), and... READ MORE
Court of Appeal refuses to extend one-year limitation period in defamation action Apr 2019 article In Morris v. Ryan [2019] IECA 86 (Court of Appeal, Whelan J, 22 March 2019) the Court of Appeal affirmed the order of the High Court dismissing the Plaintiff's defamation claim on the basis... READ MORE
Government’s Gender Pay Gap Bill now published Apr 2019 article The much-anticipated text of the Government's Gender Pay Gap (GPG) Information Bill (the Bill) has now been published. In amending the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015, the Bill envisages that the... READ MORE
Financial Regulation and Compliance Bulletin - Cross Sectoral March 2019 Apr 2019 article On the domestic front, Brexit is unsurprisingly the dominant theme. The CBI has published several speeches and interviews communicating their determination to be Brexit-ready in the event of no deal... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Insurance March 2019 Apr 2019 article Cost of Insurance Working Group (CIWG) publishes latest progress update On 4 March 2019, the CIWG published its Eighth progress update on the Action Plan of the Report on the Cost of... READ MORE
Financial Service Regulation and Compliance - Investment Firms March 2019 Apr 2019 article On the domestic front, the Central Bank of Ireland published updates to its Q&As on Investment Firms. On the European front, ESMA has published two relevant documents relating to... READ MORE