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 European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has announced that, in anticipation of the Digital Operational Resilience Act...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published its Single Programming Document for 2024-2026, outlining the...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a Feedback Statement summarising the responses to its consultation paper on...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has issued a statement announcing its plans to enhance its floor methodology for assessing capital buffers for Other...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a consultation on guidelines on internal controls for benchmark administrators,...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2024This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
ISDA—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the International Swaps and...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
EU eIDAS Regulation-electronic signatures [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.STOP PRESS: On 30 April 2024,...
Ireland—GuaranteesGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Ireland—Declaration of a director’s interests in a proposed transaction or arrangement—general noticeThe directors[Insert name of company]...
Ireland—Deed of release: for a debenture or mortgage—single company security provider—full releaseGeneralThis Precedent can be used for full release...
Ireland—Appointment of process agent letter: for a bilateral facility agreementAppointment of process agentThe general rule is that proceedings under...
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—deedThese Precedent execution clauses are for use by a partnership entering into a deed (rather than a simple...
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contractThis Precedent execution clause is for use by a partner on behalf of the partnership when entering into a...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2024This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
ISDA—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of new and updated documents published by the International Swaps and...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
EU eIDAS Regulation-electronic signatures [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.STOP PRESS: On 30 April 2024,...
Ireland—GuaranteesGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Listing debt securities on Euronext DublinIn March 2018, the Irish Stock Exchange plc was acquired by Euronext. The Irish Stock Exchange plc joined...
Ireland—Central Bank of Ireland—enforcement essentialsCentral Bank of Ireland (CBI) enforcementThe Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) relies on regulatory...
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnershipsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on proper execution of simple contracts and deeds for general...
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
ISDA Credit Support Annex: Transfer—English lawEnglish law ISDA credit support documentsThere are four forms of credit support documentation published...
The UK regulation of crowdfunding platforms—essentialsScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note focuses on the UK regulatory issues faced by...
Ireland—Priority between security interestsThis Practice Note examines the rules which determine the priority of competing security interests where...
Ireland—Regulation of payment services providersPayment service providers—the regulatory frameworkSI No 6/2018 EU (Payment Services) Regulations 2018...
EU regulation of electronic money—essentialsScope of this Practice NoteAs a result of a European Commission report in October 2008 which stated that...
ESG measures to amend AIFMD/UCITS/MiFID—essentialsThis essentials note discusses the EU environmental social governance (ESG) (also referred to as...
Loan Market Association (LMA)—latest news on documentationThis Practice Note contains a summary of the latest news from the Loan Market Association...
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