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Legal Updates & Insights

  • Article

    Financial Services Regulation and Compliance - Banking and Payments January 2024

    Domestically, client asset requirements become applicable to credit institutions. At European level, ECB to conduct cyber-resilience stress testing this year.

    Finance
  • publication

    Irish merger control 2023 review and 2024 preview.

    This review examines the merger control practice of the CCPC under Part 3 of the 2002 Act during 2023 and is based on information available at the date of publication.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • article

    Update on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

    We have written extensively on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU) 2022/2464 (the Reporting Directive), most recently here.

    Corporate & M&A
  • article

    Climate-Related Litigation Risks for Corporates

    What is typically called ‘climate litigation’ is an increasing fact of life for corporates as well as state bodies in many jurisdictions. Individuals, investors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have sought orders requiring specific actions, targets and policies to be taken or adopted by governments, regulators and/or corporates.

    Corporate & M&A
  • publication

    Streamlining of Ireland’s Investment Limited Partnership

    The Central Bank of Ireland has announced the discontinuation of its requirement for the general partner of an Irish Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) to be authorised as an AIF management company.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
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    Fund Structure: The Unit Trust

    A unit trust is a contractual fund structure constituted by trust deed. A unit trust is not a separate legal entity and does not have legal personality.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • publication

    Fund Structure: The Investment Limited Partnership (ILP)

    The Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) fund structure does not have an independent legal existence and all of the assets and liabilities belong jointly to the individual partners.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • publication

    Fund Structure: The Variable Capital Company (VCC)

    Irish Investment fund products can be constituted in various legal forms. A range of factors can influence the choice of legal vehicle, including tax treatment, risk spreading requirements, local market requirements and market preferences.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • publication

    Fund Structure: Common Contractual Fund (CCF)

    The Common Contractual Fund (CCF) fund structure is a contractual arrangement whereby investors participate as co-owners of the assets of the CCF.

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • publication

    Fund Structure: The Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV)

    The Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV)

    Asset Management & Investment Funds
  • article

    Irish merger control. 2023 review and 2024 preview

    This report highlights key time periods and trends in Irish merger control in 2023 and also looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2024.

    EU, Competition & Procurement
  • publication

    Trends and developments in Gaming Law in Ireland

    The Ireland chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide to Gaming Law provides an overview of the trends and developments in the gaming industry in Ireland

    Betting, Gaming & Licensing