Ireland: Corporate and Company Law

New merger control thresholds apply from this date

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The European Commission has proposed a voluntary EU-wide corporate framework, commonly known as "EU Inc.", designed to allow companies to operate across Europe under a single set of rules with a digital-by-default approach.

The Central Bank of Ireland Governor addresses Europe's fragmented single market and its impact on capital formation, while new compliance assessments reveal governance weaknesses across MiFID firms. Meanwhile, AMLA advances its supervisory framework and the European Commission launches a comprehensive review of crypto-asset regulations.

The European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has released draft guidelines establishing a harmonised framework for Business-Wide Risk Assessments across EU Member States, expanding requirements...

Large multinational enterprises face unprecedented public scrutiny as new EU transparency rules mandate the disclosure of country-by-country tax information for the first time. With the first wave of public reports set to be published in the coming months, how will MNEs navigate this new era of tax transparency and prepare for potential media attention around their global tax strategies?

Irish merger control is being reshaped at both policy and enforcement level. Ongoing debate as to the appropriate breadth of jurisdiction under Part 3 of the Competition Act 2002...

Against a backdrop of sustained political pressure to address Europe’s innovation and competitiveness gap, the European Commission has published its long-anticipated legislative proposal for an EU-wide corporate legal form, commonly referred to as “EU Inc”. The proposal forms the centrepiece of a new “28th regime” corporate legal framework, introducing a harmonised EU-wide company form aimed primarily at supporting startups and scaleups, while being open to all founders and companies across the Union.

The Central Bank of Ireland (“Central Bank”) has published its findings from a review of board effectiveness through the lens of diversity and inclusion (“D&I”) in the fund management company (“FMC”) sector — the first standalone D&I review conducted in this sector. The Central Bank’s overall assessment is that, while some positive practices were identified, more work needs to be done to enhance board effectiveness through the lens of D&I, with issues identified in governance processes across all firms reviewed and varying levels of understanding of D&I leading to uneven embedding of D&I across those governance processes.