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Legal Updates & Insights

  • Article

    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Investment Firms

    On the Domestic Front: Central Bank publishes Markets Update, Issue 3 2017. On the EU Front: ESMA publishes final report on Product Governance Guidelines under the MiFID II; ESMA publishes opinions and updated Q&As in relation to MIFID II; European Commission publishes a proposal for a regulation amending the EMIR

    Financial Regulation
  • Article

    Tracker, Financial Services Regulation & Compliance - Banking

    On the Domestic Front: Initial public offering of shares in AIB announced by the Minister for Finance. On the EU Front: EBA publishes opinion on "own funds" in the context of the CRR and CRD review proposal; ECB publishes guidance on Fit and Proper Assessments and on Leveraged Transaction.

    Finance
  • Article

    Using tax monies to fund the running expenses of a Company led to restriction of Directors

    In Leahy v Doyle & anor [2016] IEHC 177, the High Court issued orders of restriction in respect of directors of two companies (Gingersnap and Scappa), under Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990 (now Section 819 of the Companies Act 2014).

    Disputes
  • Article

    Update on the Gambling Control Bill

    Significant reforms to Ireland’s outdated gambling laws have long been promised. Most notably, in July 2013 the Government published the draft scheme of the Gambling Control Bill (the Bill).

    Betting, Gaming & Licensing
  • Article

    Revised Timelines for the Launch of the Beneficial Ownership Central Register for Companies and Industrial and Provident Societies

    Since the publication of our Client Alert dated 16 May 2017, the Companies Registration Office has published revised information regarding: (1) the timelines for the launch of the central beneficial ownership register for companies and industrial and provident societies(Central Register); and (2) the time frame for companies and I&Ps to make relevant beneficial ownership filings on the Central Reg

    Corporate Governance & Compliance
  • Article

    The Front Page - Q&A: May 2017

    What does a Fund need to do to prepare for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will come into force on 25 May 2018?

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: EU & International Developments

    On the International Front we look at the ESMA principles on a supervisory approach to relocations from the UK, ESMA Q&As for AIFMD and UCITS, MMF Regulation, PRIIPs, FinTech and Anti- Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terror/ Corruption.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    The Front Page, Asset Management & Investment Funds: Irish Practice Developments

    In Irish practice developments: we look at some approaching deadlines, a CBI Markets Update, ETFs, GoAML, Central Beneficial Ownership Register for Companies, Companies (Accounting) Act 2017, FATCA/ CRS and a Speech by Gerry Cross, Director of Policy and Risk at the Central Bank.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • Article

    Irish court grants Order to discharge International Registry registrations following novel application of Article 44(1) Cape Town Convention

    Our client, a US aircraft lessor, had contracted to sell an aircraft and related engines. However, the purchaser indicated that it would not complete the purchase, unless a series of international interests registered in the International Registry against the Aircraft, in respect of a long expired sublease, were discharged

    Aviation & Transport Finance
  • Article

    High Court Rejects Proposal to Warehouse Mortgage

    In a High Court decision of 22 May 2017, Baker J rejected a proposal by a secured lender to write down a portion of a debtor couple's mortgage debt. This proposal was rejected because future repayment of the warehoused part of the loan was not predicated on an ability to repay and the proposal was therefore capable of creating circumstances amounting to insolvency at the end of the mortgage term.

    Restructuring & Insolvency
  • Article

    Court of Appeal Breathes Much Needed Life into the Offer of Amends Procedure

    The Offer of Amends procedure is designed to provide parties in a defamation dispute with a fast track resolution process; encouraging earlier and more cost effective settlements

    Disputes
  • Article

    Supreme Court says Third Party Funding a Matter for the Legislature

    The Supreme Court today (23 May 2017), by a majority of four to one, upheld a High Court ruling which found that commercial funding of the litigation in Persona Digital Telephony Ltd & anor v The Minister for Public Enterprise, Ireland & ors would amount to maintenance and champerty and was prohibited by law. The Supreme Court observed that issues surrounding litigation funding were complex matter

    Disputes