Jul 2023

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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority recently launched a consultation relating to reinsurance concluded with third country (re)insurers.

Jul 2023

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AIFMD/UCITS, ESMA CSA on sustainability disclosures and risks, EU/UK MoU, MMFs, LMTs, leverage, CBDF, PR, definition of advice, MiFID II, pre-hedging, sanctions under UCITS, AIFMD and MiFID II, ML/TF risks affecting EU financial sector.

Jul 2023

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CBI discussion paper on macroprudential policy for investment funds, CBI markets updates, speech on CBI’s ASP, IAF.

Jul 2023

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On 5 July 2023, The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, signed into law the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 (the Bill). The Bill amends a variety of legislation, including the Arbitration Act 2010 (the AA 2010).

Jul 2023

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When it was (largely) commenced in 2022, the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021 (the Act) established the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) in Ireland on 7 July 2022.

Jul 2023

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A new European regulatory regime, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR), will be fully operational shortly. The FSR is intended to allow the EU to minimise distortions in the EU’s internal market as a result of non-EU subsidies granted to businesses operating in the EU. The FSR begins to apply from 12 July 2023.

Jul 2023

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In a highly publicised decision now over 10 years ago, Paul Begley was found guilty by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in 2012 of avoiding the payment of customs duty on more than 1,000 tonnes of garlic imported from China by having the product labelled as apples.

Jul 2023

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In our note of July 2022 we considered European developments regarding the $8b acquisition of GRAIL Inc. (Grail) by Illumina Inc (Illumina), both US headquartered businesses.

Jul 2023

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In our recent three-part webinar series, ‘Dismissals – It’s Complicated’, we provided our insights on what employers need to know when faced with the most common, and often tricky, dismissals in Ireland. Read our key takeaways here.

Jul 2023

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The Supreme Court has recently handed down its judgement in Sara Hossein Asset Holdings Ltd v Blacks Outdoor Retail Ltd, which will be of interest to commercial landlords and tenants in NI and persuasive to the NI judiciary. Read more on the decision here.