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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has announced significant changes to Ireland's merger control financial thresholds, effective 1 July 2026.

Commission (the "CCPC") announced that a simplified merger notification procedure regime (the "simplified procedure") will commence on 1 July 2020. This procedure will be available to notifiable mergers...

This recovery follows a difficult second quarter when funding fell to €112.6m, its lowest level in a decade.

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 Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023 (STCT Act) was signed into law on 31 October 2023 but has not yet been commenced. The DETE anticipates that the screening mechanism under the STCT.

On 2 October 2018, Minister Heather Humphries, the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, signed the Competition Act 2002 (section 27) Order 2018.

We provide broad-based legal solutions and tax advice in relation to the negotiation and structuring of a variety of transactions including...

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 highest ever number of antitrust merger notifications (98 in total), was made to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") in 2018.

There were 275 inbound transactions worth a total of €23.6bn during 2024. In volume terms, that figure represented a 2% decrease on deals in 2023 but by value, inbound M&A was up 111%.

We wrote last summer about an investigation by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission ("CCPC") into a suspected case of ‘gun-jumping',

Ireland is raising the financial thresholds for mandatory merger control notifications from July 2026, increasing the combined Irish turnover requirement from €60 million to €100 million and the individual turnover threshold from €10 million to €15 million. This change follows recommendations from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and a public consultation process, with significant implications for transaction notification requirements and regulatory oversight.

ACTIVITY Our firm enjoyed another strong year in 2022. We did see some headwinds in the global economy, but our clients remained incredibly resilient.

A key innovation under the Companies Act 2014 (the "Act") is the summary approval procedure ("SAP").

There were 309 inbound deals for Irish companies last year, worth a combined €14bn – that was up 9% by number of transactions on the prior year, but down 47% in total value...

Prepared by our Corporate and M&A Group, this guide discusses relevant law and practice related to cross-border joint ventures in Ireland.

Ireland's economy bounced back remarkably strongly in 2021 from the Covid-19 disruption of the previous year.