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In welcome news for companies with EU operations, the Mobility Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/2121) (the "Mobility Directive") has, following its transposition into Irish law...
William Fry
The Supreme Court, by majority decision, has found that an assignee of a company's interest in litigation may in principle be permitted to pursue the action by being substituted as plaintiff...
Matheson
As the 6 July 2024 deadline for member states to transpose the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") gets closer, our ESG Advisory Group continues...
Matheson
Companies are increasingly focused on simplifying their corporate structures as part of efficient entity consolidation projects and / or as part of global post-acquisition integration projects.
Arthur Cox
Significant updates to Irish charity law are now in sight with the recent publication of the Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023 (the "Charities Bill").
William Fry
William Fry recently acted for the first named defendant TechAds Media Limited (TechAds) in successfully challenging the jurisdiction...
William Fry
The number of M&A deals involving a PE investor decreased in 2023 with 58 transactions announced, down 11% from 2022; these were collectively worth €2.2bn, down 33% on the previous year.
William Fry
Investments in Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) rose to €1.35 billion in 2023, marking a 2% increase from the previous year, according to the VenturePulse report by the Irish...
William Fry
Around two-thirds of the deals in 2023 involved an overseas bidder (67%), with 225 inbound transactions overall. Those deals were collectively valued at €11.3bn – 96% of the market.
William Fry
In value terms, Ireland's financial services sector recorded more M&A activity than any other industry during 2023 (Figure 4).
William Fry
Against a global backdrop of negative economic and political news, Ireland's mergers and acquisitions market in 2023 proved itself to be resilient.
William Fry
William Fry has issued its annual report on Irish M&A activity in 2023. A total of 334 qualifying deals were recorded within the Irish M&A market, an increase of 10% on figures from 2022.
William Fry
The Financial Reporting Council published its new UK Corporate Governance Code on 22 January 2024 (available here).
William Fry
At William Fry, we view our impact on the world as integral to our success and approach sustainability not just as a business priority, but as a reflection of who we are.
Arthur Cox
Parties will need to continue to consider the impact of the updated Irish merger control regime, and the new Irish FDI and EU FSR regimes in relation to M&A transactions in 2024.
Maples Group
Lawyers advising a lender who is proposing to make a loan to a borrower incorporated or doing business in another jurisdiction need to be aware of a variety of issues that can affect the structure...
Matheson
The Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") has updated its Fitness and Probity ("F&P") Standards ("Standards") and its GuidanceOpens in new window on F&P Standards ("Guidance").
European Union
Matheson
The landmark Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD") was adopted in January 2023 but has since seen some of its more ambitious features curtailed.
Worldwide
Arthur Cox
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its 2024 Proxy Voting Guidelines for the UK and Ireland and the US effective for meetings held on or after 1 February 2024.
Matheson
During the course of 2021 and the first half of 2022, we continued to see financial sponsors being a key driver of M&A activity in the Irish market. However, as Central Banks across the world...
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