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The Department of Finance has this week issued a consultation paper on proposed legislation which will require the purchaser of certain Irish retail credit loans to become authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland ("CBI"). The key points to note are as follows:

The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has launched a public consultation on targeted reforms to Ireland's limited partnership regime, seeking views on measures to modernise a legislative framework still largely governed by the Limited Partnerships Act 1907. The proposals aim to increase the maximum number of partners from 20 to 149, introduce a statutory whitelist of permitted activities for limited partners, and provide greater flexibility regarding capital contributions.

The European Directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (Directive 2011/1/EC) is now high up on the agendas of most managers.

European Long-Term Investment Funds ("ELTIFs") are regulated EU alternative investment funds ("EU AIFs")...

Corporate insolvency rates have been relatively low during the pandemic, but as government support measures fall away, there is an expectancy of an increase in corporate restructurings, together with an increase in distressed M&A activity.

Will ESMA be given certain direct supervision powers in relation to prospectuses, market abuse, product intervention and benchmarks.

This monthly legal update from William Fry explores critical developments across technology regulation, AI transparency obligations, and commercial litigation frameworks. The edition examines emerging challenges in data centre connectivity, merger control threshold changes, and the evolving landscape of warranty insurance in M&A transactions, while addressing novel legal arguments in nervous shock claims and regulatory consultations on crypto-asset markets.

This note sets out a summary of some of the key changes in company law that came into effect on 1 June 2015 that may be of relevance to you.

Assets under management of Irish alternative investment funds (AIFs) are at an all-time high.

The latest statistics published by the Central Bank of Ireland show that the net asset value (NAV) of Irish-domiciled funds exceeded EUR3.7 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2021,...

In the first half of 2020 ("H1 2020"), the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") received 18 merger notifications – a nominal increase on the 17 filings received ...

The Credit Guarantee Bill 2012, published in April of this year, is the draft legal embodiment of the Government's proposals for such a scheme.

Private assets are generally understood to mean non-publicly traded assets and include, for example, private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate.

Consistent with global M&A activity, 2021 was a busy year for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) with 74 merger clearances.

The CCPC have previously reviewed 'below threshold' deals eg, in Eason / Argosy, and Matheson has been increasingly advising on this issue recently.

On Tuesday, the government published the Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 (the "Bill").

New merger control thresholds apply from this date