Legal Updates & Insights

Mar 2019

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The application of the State aid rules in the context of sport has involved a number of high-profile cases and measures. The application of the State aid rules has also...

Mar 2019

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Cross-border distribution, PRIIPs, PEPPs, ESMA (2019 work, reform, speeches, UK CCPs, UK CSD in a no-deal Brexit), liquidity stress testing, AML/CTF...

Mar 2019

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Deadlines, Brexit (location, EMIR, UK AIFMs, MoUs, GDPR, EMIR), Beneficial Ownership of Trusts.

Mar 2019

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Are there any Brexit planning implications at portfolio level for Irish UCITS?

Feb 2019

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The British and Irish governments have recently published details of their contingency planning for an Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The overall theme...

Feb 2019

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The Government has published updated guidance on arrangements for EEA and Swiss citizens coming to the UK to visit, study, work or join family in the event of a 'no...

Feb 2019

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Part 8 of the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019 relates to insurance.   UK insurers and insurance intermediaries that will still have Irish business (i...

Feb 2019

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They were all set to go.  The world expected them to leave.  They planned to regain independence.  They wanted to make new laws.  There were many who were opposed but...

Feb 2019

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Following the referendum held on 23 June 2016, the UK Government submitted a notification to the European Union (EU) on 29 March 2017 of its intention to withdraw the UK from the EU.

Feb 2019

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EU and Irish competition law prohibit anti-competitive agreements between companies. In Ireland, agreements which breach EU and Irish competition law can have material adverse consequences for those involved...