Last night, the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 commenced the Second Stage of the legislative process when it was introduced in Dáil Eireann by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys. The Audits Bill will further transpose the current EU statutory audit package, consisting of an Audit Directive and an Audit Regulation (both of which were adopted in 2014), into I
Companies ActJack Sheehy, Partner, and Conor Kiernan, Associate, in the Finance Department provide an overview of structured finance and securitisation in Ireland. This article appeared in the 2018 edition of Practical Law's Structured Finance and Securitisation Global Guide; published by the Thomas Reuters Ltd.
Capital Markets - DebtThe Government recently published its legislative agenda for Spring/Summer 2018. Of particular note in the employment space is a new Bill, the Gender Pay Gap (Wage Transparency) Bill 2018. The Bill is yet to be published but it is important to note that the Bill has been given priority drafting status.
EmploymentIt has been a busy start to 2018 with a number of developments in a range of areas both in Employment Law and Immigration Law. Karen Killalea, Partner A&L Goodbody, reviews the trends and what we can expect in the coming year.
EmploymentOn 10 January 2018, David Stanton, the Irish Minister of State in the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for gambling, received approval from Cabinet on proposals to introduce updated gambling legislation in Ireland.
Betting, Gaming & LicensingDr Vincent Power, Partner, A&L Goodbody wrote a short article in Public Affairs Ireland on whether Ireland should liberalise its State aid laws because of Brexit.
BrexitThe Central Bank of Ireland has published its response to a 2016 Law Reform Commission Issues Paper which had called for submissions on the reform of Ireland's laws regarding white collar crime.
DisputesMost employers will no doubt already be swamped by the variety of commentary on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into force on 25 May 2018. Most of this is generic, so what we will focus on is what an employer in Northern Ireland needs to do, on a practical basis, in readiness.
EmploymentThe Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has published Guidelines on Data Protection Officers (DPOs).
TechnologyThis month the EU and the European Parliament reached political agreement on the proposed Fifth Anti- Money Laundering Directive, while in Ireland the Central Bank amended its Fitness and Probity Individual Questionnaire application (F&P IQ) in advance of the revised Payment Services Directive coming into effect in Ireland on 13 January 2018.
Financial RegulationMiFID II and MiFIR were implemented on 3 January 2018. In advance of this, ESMA continued to issue a number of updates to its Q&As on both pieces of legislation as well as providing a number of opinions and guidance on relating MiFID/ MiFIR related topics.
Financial RegulationOn the domestic front, the Central Bank published its fourth Insurance Quarterly Newsletter of 2017. They also published research into the attitude, behaviour and experience of consumers when buying gadget insurance and identified potential consumer risks in this area. On the European front, EIOPA published an Opinion on service continuity following Brexit. The European Commission adopted...
Financial Regulation
