Practice notes and precedents covering the creation and enforcement of bilateral facility agreements, security over different types of assets and guarantees in finance transactions.
Guidance on the authorisation and supervision of Irish financial institutions and the regulation of a wide range of areas include anti money laundering, fintech, payment services and e-money, credit, insurance and crowdfunding.
Transactional lawyers need to stay on top of market changes. We track developments of key industry bodies such as the LMA and ISDA as well as hot topics to help keep you updated.
Q&A guides provide jurisdiction specific information and overviews on financial services litigation, securities litigation and fintech.
Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody’s Asset Management and Investment Funds Team. The Team...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Insurance & Reinsurance team. Domestically, the...
Law360, London: The EU's financial markets regulator said 10 October 2025 it will expand its supervisory responsibilities into a raft of new areas in...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Service analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Financial Regulation Advisory team. Domestically, the...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final report recommending amendments to the Regulatory Technical Standards...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2024 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments...
Ireland—English law v Irish law governed ISDA documentsThis Practice Note outlines the primary differences between the International Swaps and...
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
Ireland—Jurisdiction in civil litigationFor a checklist with guidance on how to determine whether an Irish court has jurisdiction to deal with the...
Derivatives—ISDA documentation frameworkWhat does this Practice Note cover?The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade...
Ireland—Aircraft Owning Entity (AOE) Specific Power of Attorney[MSN xxx]POWER OF ATTORNEYOF[Insert name of Aircraft Owning Entity]AppointmentThis...
Ireland—Appointment of process agent letter: for a bilateral facility agreementAppointment of process agentThe general rule is that proceedings under...
Ireland—Board minutes—Board minutes for the approval or ratification of the company's entry into a guaranteeCOMPANY NUMBER: [insert number][insert...
Place of the meetingSome company boards may opt to hold their meeting on an electronic or virtual platform, or to hold a hybrid meeting where some...
Conditions precedent satisfaction letter—lender's lawyer to lenderThis is a precedent conditions precedent satisfaction letter for use by the law firm...
There has been ongoing debate regarding the scope of the definition of ‘ICT services’ under DORA, even in the final push towards the DORA...
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has just published its Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2025.As part of the new supervisory...
Ireland—Legal opinions—uses, scope and structureLegal opinions are invariably used in cross-border financing transactions. They are usually either a...
Ireland—Key features of debenturesDebentures are used in many types of financing where it is desirable to take security over all of the assets of a...
Ireland—GuaranteesGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Corporate tax payments have continued to bolster the Irish budget despite international tax initiatives like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
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Ireland—Regulation of payment services providersPayment service providers—the regulatory frameworkSI No 6/2018 EU (Payment Services) Regulations 2018...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
Ireland—Releasing securityIntroductionTo deal with the discharge and release of security, it is necessary to consider:•the conditions to be satisfied...
Differences between Irish insurance and UK insurance lawThis Practice Note examines the key differences between Irish insurance law and UK insurance...
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactionsIntroductionSection 82 of the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) is a key...
AIB Group Plc announced €1.7bn worth of shareholder rewards, including a planned €700m cash dividend, after a 170% surge in profits for 2023.The...
The definition of ‘ICT services’ under DORA is intentionally broad, and encompasses digital and data services provided through ICT systems on an...
Ireland—Money laundering offences and regulationThis Practice Note looks at the principal money laundering offences in Ireland including the...
Metrics for law firm performanceHow does an in-house lawyer measure the performance of their external law firms? Paul Gilbert sets out some...
The EBA has published three sets of final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and one set of final draft ITS relating to the authorisation as...
A disposition of property granted by a party who has no title to it. This was a legitimate device for making good a lack of title if the grantee occupied the property openly peaceably and without judicial interruption for a period of ten years, following the registration of the a non domino disposition. Since 8 December 2014 with the introduction of the Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012 (LRE(S)A 2012), a party looking to acquire title to land where no owner can be traced must comply with the prescriptive claimant provisions in LRE(S)A 2012, ss 43–45 before submitting an a non domino disposition for registration
Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, as amended by Directive 2009/140/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
[means a class of organic chemical compounds predominantly consisting of hydrogen and carbon, which includes fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil and natural gas. OR means an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon, which includes crude oil and natural gas. OR means organic chemical compounds consisting of hydrogen and carbon, which are found in fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil and natural gas. OR means principally oil, gas and coal or other fuel source derived from an organic compound made up of hydrogen and carbon.]