Irish companies can now avail of various methods with which to merge, migrate or spin off all - or portions of - their businesses with other European Union (the "EU") limited liability companies.

Claire McLoughlin and Karen Reynolds, partners in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and co-heads of the Regulatory and Investigations Group ...

2024 was another significant year for the energy sector in Ireland. We saw major legislative and regulatory changes, significant deal activity and the introduction of a variety of measures...

2025 was a significant year for the Irish energy sector. A new government introduced major legislative and regulatory changes.

It was great to see the Irish energy sector continue to grow from strength to strength in 2021, in spite of many challenges. We hope that this growth will continue in 2022 and onwards.

Fund managers may have been relieved to see out a very busy 2021. However, legislative and regulatory change will continue apace in 2022.

On 21 July 2021, the Central Bank of Ireland published its final report on its Differential Pricing Review with respect to both the private car and home insurance markets.

On 14 January 2021, the Central Bank of Ireland issued the much anticipated CP135: Consultation on Competent Authority Discretions in the Investment Firms Directive and the Investment Firms Regulation, signaling its ...

Representatives of the Irish Funds ESG Policy, Legal and Regulatory Working Group, including Head of Matheson's Asset Management and Investment Funds Department, Tara Doyle, recently met...

Our update outlines the background to the Central Bank's announcement and the known elements of the Central Bank's fast-track process.

The Central Bank of Ireland ("Central Bank") has updated its guidance on how pre-contractual disclosures required under the Taxonomy Regulation are to be addressed in the period until 1 January 2023.

Ireland's implementation of AIFMD 2.0 brings significant regulatory changes for alternative investment funds, alongside evolving requirements for ESG disclosure and board effectiveness. The Central Bank of Ireland explores emerging opportunities in distributed ledger technology, tokenisation, and artificial intelligence while addressing future modifications to venture and growth capital fund regulations.

Corporate M&A partner Fergus Bolster together with Tax partner Mark O'Sullivan and Financial Institutions senior associate Lorna Daly look at the regulation of ICOs in Ireland.

The long-awaited updated supervisory statement on the application of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR") was recently published by the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs")...

Darren Maher, Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Matheson and a member of the firm's Brexit Advisory Group, discusses Brexit relocations to Ireland in The International Comparative Legal Guide...

It addresses topics such as contract regulation, licensing, penalties, policyholder protection, alternative dispute resolution as well as personal insight and opinion as to the future of the insurance...

Carina Lawlor provides an analysis on the legal framework, practice and procedure applicable to cross-border investigations in Ireland.

Following on from the Gravity Construction Limited v Total Highway Maintenance Limited case, the High Court has again confirmed the enforceability of an adjudicator 's decision in the recent case of Principal Construction Limited v Beneavin Limited ...

In this second edition of the Construction / Infrastructure update, we highlight for you some very informative and telling statistics in relation to adjudications held in this jurisdiction in recent times.

John Gill and Lydia McCormack co-author the Irish chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Private Client 2018.