European Union: Strategy

The High Court has issued a new Practice Direction governing the use of generative AI in litigation, establishing mandatory disclosure requirements for affidavits, witness statements and expert reports. Legal practitioners must now ensure all AI-generated content is verified, accurate and compliant with professional obligations, with significant sanctions for non-compliance including costs orders and potential referral to regulatory authorities.

Ireland's Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 has been signed into law, establishing the AI Office of Ireland as the central coordinating authority for EU AI Act compliance. The legislation creates a distributed oversight model involving multiple national bodies and introduces comprehensive supervision, enforcement mechanisms, and regulatory sandboxes to balance innovation with regulatory compliance.

The European Union has introduced targeted amendments to its AI Act through a new regulation, extending compliance deadlines for high-risk AI systems while maintaining existing prohibitions and transparency requirements. Organizations now have additional time to implement governance frameworks, documentation protocols, and monitoring systems, though obligations for general-purpose AI models and certain AI practices remain unchanged.

Luxembourg has introduced a landmark legislative reform allowing unregulated alternative investment fund (AIF) limited partnerships to adopt multi-compartment structures. This development enables fund sponsors to consolidate multiple investment strategies, investor classes, and fund-level structures within a single limited partnership, significantly reducing complexity and administrative burden while maintaining creditor protection and investor segregation.

Ireland's Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has launched a public consultation on modernising the limited partnership framework established under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907. The consultation seeks stakeholder input on three key reforms: increasing the cap on partner numbers, introducing a whitelist of permitted activities for limited partners, and allowing capital contribution withdrawals during the partnership's lifetime.

Professional services firms in the UK face critical decisions about private capital investment as firm size, generational shifts, and evolving governance requirements create new pressures and opportunities. This analysis examines how these three interconnected factors are influencing leadership attitudes and strategic choices around external investment in traditionally partnership-based businesses.

Value-Added Tax (VAT) is a key component of Portugal’s tax system. This article outlines the different VAT rates, the rules for the taxation of goods and services, and special considerations for certain types of supplies.

Ireland's Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Act 2026 has been signed into law, establishing the AI Office of Ireland as the central coordinating authority for EU AI Act compliance. The legislation creates a distributed oversight model involving multiple national bodies and introduces comprehensive supervision, enforcement mechanisms, and regulatory sandboxes to balance innovation with regulatory compliance.

Circular economy is not recycling with better branding. For Malta’s hotels and restaurants, it is about understanding where value is being lost, and how to keep more of that value inside the business.

In this episode, Lea Carina Uhd Frederiksen, a journalist who founded Fantombryg, discusses her unconventional path into the beverage industry with our host, Hanane Fathi Roswall.

Over the last few years disruption has become a constant challenge for businesses. Volatility has become ingrained, putting companies on the back foot as they react in piecemeal fashion to unforecastable shocks.

Ganado in Session returns with Episode 2 of our thesis series, continuing the conversation for law students navigating one of the most demanding stages of their academic journey, and now focusing on actually writing the thesis.