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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has published its annual Mergers & Acquisitions Report for 2020, providing details and statistics regarding the mergers and acquisitions examined by the CCPC in 2020.

Ireland's Budget 2027 introduces a capital gains tax cut to 31%, reduces fund exit tax to 35%, and promises simplification of interest relief rules for acquisition finance. While incremental rather than transformative, these measures modestly improve exit returns for private equity sponsors, enhance fundraising conditions, and strengthen portfolio company cash flow through R&D credit enhancements and more flexible preliminary tax rules.

Irish and other EU businesses continue to grapple with the many challenges resulting from Brexit. Indeed, the UK's break from the EU is likely to have significant implications for EU companies...

The exempted limited partnership is estab- lished as a contractual arrangement between its passive investor limited partners and one or more managing general partners.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ireland originating from outside the EU is not currently subject to any specific regulatory requirements.

The Irish tax rules are found in a group of statutes that have been enacted by the Irish Parliament (the Oireachtas).

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (the "CCPC") announced in July that it had opened an inquiry in the GAAGO Media online streaming service...

For UK listed issuers, inside information declaration form must be included with first submissions of equity documents, including guidance requests, to FCA from this date

The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 (the "Act") was signed into law on 29 June 2022. The primary purpose of the Act is to implement the ECN+ Directive ("ECN+")...

Transaction values exceed €33.2bn in H1 2026 despite lower deal volumes, as large-scale deals and international investment underpin market resilience.

The Competition (Amendment) Act 2022 ("Amendment Act") amending the Competition Act 2002 ("Principal Act") came into operation on 27 September 2023...

Following the recent consultation by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment on the disclosure of company directors' and secretaries' residential addresses...

While Ireland is widely recognised as a centre for UCITS funds and it led the way in the development of regulated hedge fund structures, its offering in relation to real estate and private equity funds is less well known.

UCITS IV is the latest step in the European Commission’s UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) project to create a genuine pan-European single market for investment funds.

The Irish Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the Act) is currently expected to enter into force by 30 June 2024.

The first Annual Report (2025 Annual Report) regarding the operation of the Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (the 2023 Act)...

What is the current state of the market for these transactions?