Legal Updates & Insights

Jan 2020

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Domestically, CBI Supervisory Priorities for 2020; At European level, ESMA's pan-EU review on the use of supervisory sanctions for UCITS

Jan 2020

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Domestically, the CBI has released its final markets update of 2019; At European level a new regulation on the powers, governance and funding of the ESAs has been published...

Jan 2020

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Domestically, the CBI published the second Financial Stability Review of 2019, and the Department of Justice published an independent evaluation of community banking in Ireland; At European level the European Commission...

Jan 2020

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Dawn raids - practical advice for general counsel

Dec 2019

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The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy TD, and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Richard Bruton TD, launched a public consultation on proposed revisions...

Dec 2019

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A legal guide to Acquisition and Leveraged Finance in Ireland

Dec 2019

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The Central Bank of Ireland has updated its Minimum Competency Code 2017 and Minimum Competency Regulations 2017 Questions and Answers, in order to take account of the Mortgage Credit Directive, MiFID II...

Dec 2019

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The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Cheque Cashing Offices) Regulations 2019 (the Regulations) were signed into law by the Minister for Finance on 2 December 2019. The Regulations amend section 108A of the Criminal...

Dec 2019

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The three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, ESMA and EIOPA) have published Joint Guidelines on cooperation and information exchange between competent authorities supervising credit and financial institutions (the Guidelines)...

Dec 2019

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Alan Roberts, Partner and joint Head of A&L Goodbody's Environmental & Planning Group, recently provided the Irish contribution to the Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2019 guide