A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement Group has published its report on merger control by Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2020.
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Businesses have had to adapt to a broad spectrum of challenges since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and so too have the Revenue Commissioners, who have been proactively engaging with taxpayers to address the extraordinary operating environment for businesses.
COVID-19The Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV)
Asset Management & Investment FundsThe 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 FundsThe 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 FundsThe Court of Appeal has issued a landmark decision on dismissals during probation, overturning the High Court's decision in O'Donovan v Over-C Technology Limited and Over-C Limited.
EmploymentALG co-hosted 'Ireland's investment limited partnership' (ILP) webinar with DMS Governance on Tuesday 9 February.
Asset Management & Investment FundsA&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement team has submitted a response to the public consultation on certain aspects of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021.
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The Commercial Court delivered its judgment on Friday 5 February 2021 on insurance claims by various publicans against FBD Insurance for business interruption losses due to COVID-19 and resulting business closures. It ruled against FBD on the four core issues.
COVID-19Pillar 1 of BEPS 2.0 is made up of two parts. One part, Amount A allocates a portion of deemed residual profits of certain in-scope multinational enterprises (MNE) to market jurisdictions.
TaxDomestically, the Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021 was published, and the Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2020 commenced; At European level, EIOPA's Insurance and Reinsurance Stakeholder Group advised EIOPA on the draft opinion on the supervision of the use of climate changes risk scenarios in ORSAs.
Financial RegulationDomestically, the majority of the provisions of the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 have entered into force; At European level, the ESAs wrote a letter to the European Commission on priority areas of uncertainty in the SFDR.
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