May 2019

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Heather Hill Management Company CLG and Gabriel McGoldrick (the Applicants) challenged a decision of An Bord Pleanala (the Board) to grant permission for a strategic housing development.

May 2019

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Prior to joining A&L Goodbody, I spent a number of years working for the UK Serious Fraud Office, investigating and prosecuting corruption cases which have made headlines worldwide. This gave me an insight into the internal workings of various companies who found themselves on the wrong end of corruption investigations. In all cases, there were a number of corruption indicators which should ha...

May 2019

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On March 19, 2019, the European Union (EU) formally adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) into the EU (the Regulation). The Regulation, which covers a broad category of foreign investments affecting “security or public order” will came into force on April 10, 2019 and will apply

May 2019

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With the Summer break just around the corner, the question of childcare is at the forefront of many parents' minds, and so too the issue of parental leave entitlement.

Apr 2019

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ESMA UCITS Q&A, ESMA AIFMD Q&A, ESMA MAR Q&A, ESAs on cyber resilience, EU Legislative Proposals, Distance Marketing Directive, Brexit, AML/ CTF/ Corruption

Apr 2019

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Central Bank expectations on Fitness & Probity, Central Bank expectations on outsourcing risks, Central Bank Strategic Workplan in Securities and Markets Supervision, EU Financial Sanctions return.

Apr 2019

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The dates for reporting by counterparties of securities financing transactions to trade repositories are now known. What does this mean for UCITS and AIFs?

Apr 2019

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Matthew Cole, Corporate and M&A Partner at A&L Goodbody provides an insight into the legal and procedural IPO landscape in Ireland.

Apr 2019

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In Start Mortgages v Kavanagh [2019] IEHC 216,  the High Court confirmed that, where legal proceedings had commenced, it was not necessary for a company to make a formal application to court to reflect its change in status from a limited liability company to a designated activity company under the Companies Act, 2014.  The point arose in the course of proceedings taken by Start Mortgages for p...

Apr 2019

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The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 came into force on 22 March 2019, with the exception of Part 3 (which deals with the Central Register of Beneficial Ownership and which will come into force on 22 June 2019). See here for more detail. We are re-issuing this In Focus paper to clarify that PPS numbers are not required to be, a...