On the International Front we look at UCITS share classes, loan origination by investment funds, the ESMA Q&A on the application of UCITS Directive, the ESMA Q&A on the application of AIFMD, Data Protection, the PRIIPs Regulation, AML / CTF and the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive and EU Commission focus on Fund Passporting, EMIR and Reporting challenges.
Asset Management & Investment FundsOn the Domestic Front, we look at Deadlines and UCITS V.
Asset Management & Investment FundsPeter Walker, Partner and Jack Sheehy, Partner, in the Banking and Financial Services Department discuss the Irish legal guide to securitisation.
Capital Markets - DebtDr Vincent Power, EU & Competition Partner, addresses some of the key questions in relation to the UK's Brexit referendum on 23 June 2016.
BrexitThe Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has published the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 ("CDM 2016").
BelfastIn Murphy -v- O'Flynn & anor [2016] IEHC 197 a liquidator sought an order from the Court restricting William and Deirdre O’Flynn from acting as directors pursuant to Section 150 of the Companies Act 1990.
DisputesOn 21 April 2016, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") announced that it was settling, and therefore not proceeding with, its appeal to the Irish Supreme Court of the CCPC's appeal against the High Court's annulment of the CCPC's prohibition decision regard the purchase by Kerry Group of Breeo Foods.
EU, Competition & ProcurementLiam Kennedy, Partner, Caoimhe Clarkin, Partner, Stephen King and Don Collins, Solicitors, in A&L Goodbody's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department provide an insight into Securities Litigation in Ireland in 2016. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. This article was first published in Getting the Deal Through: Securities Litigation 2016 (published in March 2016).
DisputesLiam Kennedy, Caoimhe Clarkin and Paula Mullooly of A&L Goodbody give their legal insight into the commercial litigation landscape in Ireland. This chapter was first published by the Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation in September 2015.
DisputesThe Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has issued a consultation paper on the prudential treatment of problem assets including the definitions of non-performing exposures and forbearance.
FinanceLaura Mulleady, Insurance Partner, looks at the potential for regulatory enforcement in relation to Solvency II and the value to companies in being prepared. This article was first printed for conference delegates at the European Insurance Forum 2016 in Dublin
Insurance & ReinsuranceThe European Commission has launched a public consultation on the current text of the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC as well as the possible changes to the existing legal framework to make sure it is up to date with the new challenges of the digital age.
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