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.
The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has announced an updated version of the FX Global Code (Code), superseding the July 2021 version. The...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published a new Q&A on what types of services should be considered Information...
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation as regards over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives identifying reference data to be used for the...
The European Commission has published a report titled ‘Platform on Sustainable Finance report on Building trust in transition: core elements for...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an opinion responding to the European Commission amendments to the regulatory...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
E-signatures—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out how e-signatures are used in various international jurisdictions. The table provides a...
Execution of deeds—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing deeds in various international jurisdictions. The table...
Aviation finance—Islamic finance considerationsThe Islamic finance industry has seen rapid growth in recent years as financial institutions and their...
Derivatives—ISDA documentation frameworkThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade association for participants in...
Ireland—Deed of partial release: for a debenture or mortgage—single company security provider—partial releaseGeneralThis Precedent can be used for a...
Notice of assignment of contractual rights from an assignor incorporated as a limited company in Ireland with a form of acknowledgement from the...
Ireland—Counterparts clauseCounterpartsA counterparts clause is a common boilerplate clause which provides that the parties to an agreement may...
This Precedent is a governing law clause, sometimes known as an applicable law clause or a choice of law clause. The governing law clause is...
Ireland—Declaration of a director’s interests in a proposed transaction or arrangement—general noticeThe directors[Insert name of company]...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
E-signatures—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out how e-signatures are used in various international jurisdictions. The table provides a...
Execution of deeds—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing deeds in various international jurisdictions. The table...
Aviation finance—Islamic finance considerationsThe Islamic finance industry has seen rapid growth in recent years as financial institutions and their...
Derivatives—ISDA documentation frameworkThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade association for participants in...
Evaluating law firm performanceAt the outset of the engagement there will be a number of criteria, including the original selection criteria, which...
ISDA—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the International Swaps and...
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnershipsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on proper execution of simple contracts and deeds for general...
Loan Market Association (LMA)—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of the latest news from the Loan Market Association...
Metrics for law firm performanceHow does an in-house lawyer measure the performance of their external law firms? Paul Gilbert sets out some...
Working well with other functions on regulatory complianceWhat regulations need to be complied with and who is responsible for compliance...
Ireland—Deed of partial release: for a debenture or mortgage—single company security provider—partial releaseGeneralThis Precedent can be used for a...
Notice of assignment of contractual rights from an assignor incorporated as a limited company in Ireland with a form of acknowledgement from the...
International official financial sanctions listsThis Practice Note contains a table of international financial sanctions lists with links to the...
The UN-supported PRI, PRB and PSI and the FSB's TCFDGlobal sustainable finance and ESG disclosure frameworks and principles for financial...
Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU WTR2 and UK WTR2)—essentialsThe Second Wire Transfer Regulation (EU) 2015/847 (WTR2), also known as the Funds...
Conflict in Ukraine—EU sanctions tracker [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and is no longer maintained.This tracker aims to assist...
Accession of new Member States to the European Union is subject to the fulfilment of certain geographical, political, economic, legal, and administrative criteria.
means[, in relation to a party, any of the following only to the extent that they are engaged by that party in connection with the performance of their obligations in connection with the Agreement: its[ officers, directors, members, partners,] employees[, consultants, subcontractors] or professional advisers and that of its Affiliates[, and any other person who has been previously approved in writing by the other party] OR the individuals listed in Schedule [insert Schedule number] to this Agreement];
That matrimonial assets should be shared in equal proportions unless there is good reason to depart from equality.