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This legislative update examines Ireland's Autumn 2026 legislative agenda, including reforms to director address disclosure and cooperative societies law, while analyzing key governance trends from the UK proxy season and the European Commission's corporate law harmonization priorities. The analysis explores shareholder activism, board diversity expectations, and the EU's ambitious "EU Inc." framework aimed at creating unified company law across Member States.

From 1 December 2012 the Regulations and Standards of Fitness and Probity will apply to all staff in existing Controlled Function ("CFs") positions.

The Government has approved the publication of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021. This will allow a transition of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE)...

International Business Group partner Emma Doherty and Corporate M&A partner Fergus Bolster continue the Directors' Guidance Series with a statement covering the summary approval procedure ...

The Central Bank has recently published the Corporate Governance Requirements for Insurance Undertakings 2015 and the Corporate Governance Requirements for Captive Insurance and Captive Reinsurance Undertakings 2015.

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD"). The Council of the EU is expected to adopt the CSRD proposal on 28 November 2022...

The Central Bank of Ireland has published findings from its thematic assessment of MiFID Investment Firms' compliance functions, identifying critical weaknesses in succession planning, training programmes, monitoring effectiveness, and board documentation. Firms must now conduct comprehensive self-assessments against Article 22 of the MiFID II Delegated Regulation and ESMA Guidelines, addressing any gaps through proactive remediation while ensuring their compliance functions support consumer protection stan

Finance and Capital Markets Partners Vincent McConnon and William Foot, knowledge management lawyer John Adams, senior associate Nicole Burke and senior associate Graham Bloomfield recently authored the Ireland Trends and Developments section of Chamber’s Securitisation 2026 Global Practice Guide.

At William Fry, we view our impact on the world as integral to our success and approach sustainability not just as a business priority, but as a reflection of who we are.

The Women on Boards DirectiveOpens in new window is the next in a series of ESG-related measures moving quickly through the EU legislative process.

The Irish implementing statutory instrument has not yet been published by the Department of Finance but is expected in the next few months.

Euronext Dublin is consulting on the proposed introduction of an Irish Corporate Governance Code.

The Council of the EU has approved the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ("CSRD"). The CSRD was approved by the European Parliament on 10 November 2022.

The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 was signed into law on 12 November 2024. Commencement orders are needed for its provisions to become operational.

The Companies Registration Office ("CRO") will not accept paper forms after the end of 31 May 2017.

Under new legislation, a company's seal and related countersignatures can be on separate copies of a document and still be considered one document.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published its final recommendations (the Recommendations) and cross-sector guidance which are designed to provide organisations...