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The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) currently applies to importers of cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertiliser, electricity and hydrogen from outside the EU.

Published in association with William Fry, the latest report from the Irish Venture Capital Association shows the highest level of VC investment in Ireland to date but there has been a worrying drop in early-stage funding.

A legal framework to permit cross-border mergers between limited liability companies from member states in the European Economic Area

While Ireland saw 17 deals in 2024 valued at €250m or more, the majority of transactions where the value was publicly disclosed – some 89% – fell squarely into the mid-market category, worth between €5m and €250m.

Ireland remains an attractive proposition for international acquirers – both corporates and private equity investors...

There were 148 deals announced for Irish companies by overseas buyers and investors in the first half of the year – that included 83 first-quarter transactions, more than in any other quarter in the past five years.

M&A worldwide has reduced as rising interest rates, high inflation and fears of a recession have impacted confidence and made acquisitions more expensive.

Irish M&A activity has been relatively muted in the first half of the year in line with the global M&A market.

The first half of the year has seen two very different trends in the Irish M&A market.

One striking aspect of Irish M&A this year has been the range of industries that have seen notable deal activity, with the 20 largest transactions in the first half spread across no fewer than seven sectors of the market.

Following on from our July 2019 article on the Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2019 (the "Bill") (link here), the Bill progressed to the next stage of the Irish legislative process

The Central Bank of Ireland published Consultation Paper 162 (CP162) on September 9, 2025, proposing important amendments to its AIF Rulebook that the private asset industry has been eagerly awaiting.

The rise of digital adoption and the implementation of digital transformation strategies in recent years has led to significant M&A growth in the technology space.

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.

Corporate M&A partner Fergus Bolster and International Business partner Emma Doherty launch the series with two Guidance Statements covering the Principal Duties of Directors under Irish Law and ...

H1 was the busiest period for Irish PE investment since the pandemic, underscoring continued investor appetite despite increasingly challenging global conditions. Activity moderated in H2, as geoeconomic uncertainty...

On 18 October, the Houses of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament) approved legislation (SI No 388/2018) increasing substantially the financial thresholds ...