A look at the options available to Irish aircraft leasing companies facing distress as a result of COVID-19 and examine the legal and tax implications of formal and informal debt...
Aviation & Transport FinanceThe Bulletin sets out the outcomes from a recent series of inspections and outlines the Central Bank's current regulatory expectations in relation to transaction monitoring. The key aspects of the...
Financial RegulationA number of new additions to the Central Bank's list of pre-approval controlled functions will require action from affected financial services providers before 16 November 2020.
Financial RegulationIn Dempsey v An Bord Pleanala1, the question arose as to whether the High Court (the Court) retained a discretion to rule on the validity of a planning permission which...
Environmental & PlanningThe ongoing COVID-19 pandemic required an urgent and unprecedented response from the government in an attempt to safeguard the healthcare service and to protect the economic wellbeing of the country....
COVID-19Our Global Fund Registration Services team looks at implications for investment funds marketed in the UK of the Financial Conduct Authority's temporary permissions regime, which has re-opened its notification window...
Asset Management & Investment FundsOn 19 October 2020, the Irish government decided that, as of midnight on Wednesday 21 October 2020, the whole country will be placed on Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19, with a...
COVID-19The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has issued an industry letter to all FMCs following the conclusion of its thematic inspection of compliance with its Fund Management Companies – Guidance (Guidance)....
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe temporary permissions regime operated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, or TPR, reopened on 30 September 2020. Our team put together some answers for fund managers of Irish investment...
Asset Management & Investment FundsWith the UK's immigration system set to change fundamentally in the coming months, companies across Northern Ireland must act now to ensure that EU national employees preserve their right to...
Employment & Incentives BelfastOn Tuesday 13 October 2020, Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohue TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, presented Budget 2021. In this publication we look at Budget 2021 and...
DisputesOn Tuesday 13 October 2020, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, presented Budget 2021. In this publication, we look at Budget 2021 and...
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