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In June 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the merger of the Department for International Development (‘DFID') and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (‘FCO').

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has published its proposed voting policy changes for 2023 for comment.

On 9 April 2009 the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment introduced the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009. The Bill proposes to change the Companies Acts in three important respects and the Minister has indicated that the Bill is to be enacted as a priority.

The Arbitration Act 2010 (the 'Act') came into effect on 8 June last year. It applies to all arbitrations beginning on or after that date.

Shareholders often expect an annual dividend. Yet what right does a shareholder have to dividends? We examine how dividends are declared in practice and how companies can satisfy both...

The Remedies Regulations state that the obligation to give unsuccessful tenderers "may" be fulfilled by giving the successful tenderer's name and its scores together with the unsuccessful tenderer's scores.

Irish funds structured as investment companies under Part XIII of the Companies Act, 1990 will be relieved to hear that the Act is largely a restatement of existing company law.

Welcome to the February 2023 edition of Legal News. Here is a selection of our recent publications on subjects that may affect you or your business.

It is expected that the recently published Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 (Bill) will be enacted in Q2 of 2018.

On 31 July 2023, the European Commission formally adopted the first set of EU sustainability reporting standards (ESRS), bringing the new EU corporate sustainability reporting regime one step closer.

On 7 May 2021, new disclosure rules for reporting the environmental performance of activities and investments were published for consultation by the EU Commission.

Directive (EU) 2019/2021 of the European Parliament and of the council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers...

The regulatory technical standards (RTS) setting out ESG disclosures for STS securitisations (both non-ABCP traditional and on-balance sheet) where the underlying exposures are residential loans...

As readers will be aware, Regulation (EU) 2023/606, which amends the existing EU ELTIF regime (Amending ELTIF Regulation), entered into force on 9 April 2023 and will apply from 10 January 2024.

Attracting, motivating and retaining staff is one of the critical challenges many businesses face. In light of cash flow constraints arising as a result of COVID-19, many employers...