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The uncertain economic climate has led to unprecedented challenges in the banking and financial services sectors. It is more difficult than ever to get your deals done. Lexis+ Ireland - Banking & Financial Services gives you time-saving precedents,
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We provide guidance on investment, funds, debt markets, insurance, derivatives, and virtual assets, along with Central Bank regulation, investigations, and news on ISDA and
LMA documents.
Lending & credit support
Practice notes and precedents covering the creation and enforcement of bilateral facility agreements, security over different types of assets and guarantees in finance transactions.
Regulation of financial institutions in Ireland
Guidance on the authorisation and supervision of Irish financial institutions and the regulation of a wide range of areas include anti money laundering, fintech, payment services and e-money, credit, insurance and crowdfunding.
Key developments and horizon scanning
Transactional lawyers need to stay on top of market changes. We track developments of key industry bodies such as the LMA and ISDA as well as hot topics to help keep you updated.
International guidance
Q&A guides provide jurisdiction specific information and overviews on financial services litigation, securities litigation and fintech.
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Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services News
The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a new risk appetite indicator to track shifts in market sentiment across the euro area. Published on 10...
The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) submitted its response to the European Commission's consultation on EU capital markets...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has detailed reforms to its Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) in its latest Supervision Newsletter....
The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Cryptoassets Regulation (MiCA)) with...
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that, from 2 July 2025, 24 additional banks will be incorporated into the euro short-term rate (€STR)...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Practice Notes
Derivatives—ISDA documentation frameworkThe International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) is a trade association for participants in...
Ireland—Banking & Financial Services horizon scanner 2025This horizon scanner tracks key dates and developments affecting the Irish Banking &...
The UK regulation of crowdfunding platforms—essentialsScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note focuses on the UK regulatory issues faced by...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
EU regulation of cryptoassetsThis Practice Note focuses on the approach of EU authorities and regulators (ie, the European Banking Authority (EBA) and...
Latest Ireland - Banking & Financial Services Precedents
Guarantee and indemnity deed from a company incorporated as a limited company in Ireland acting as guarantor, guaranteeing the obligations of a...
Ireland—Specimen signatures of authorised signatories of a company for use in a bilateral loan transaction[insert date]Confirmation of...
Cross guarantee and indemnity deed by companies incorporated as limited companies in Ireland acting as guarantors, guaranteeing the obligations of...
Director's certificateThis is a Precedent director’s certificate for use by the borrower of a bilateral facility. .What is a director’s...
Ireland—Confidentiality agreement—mutualThis Agreement is made on [insert date]PartiesCheck that the parties named in the contract are correct. If...
Featured Ireland - Banking & Financial Services content
DORA–The long-awaited guidance on the scope of ‘ICT services’ is here
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Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfers
Ireland—Insurance portfolio transfersScope of this Practice NoteThis Practice Note provides guidance on an insurance portfolio transfer pursuant...
CBI Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook Report 2025—Insurance
The Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) has just published its Regulatory & Supervisory Outlook Report 2025.As part of the new supervisory...
Ireland—Legal opinions—uses, scope and structure
Ireland—Legal opinions—uses, scope and structureLegal opinions are invariably used in cross-border financing transactions. They are usually either a...
Ireland—Key features of debentures
Ireland—Key features of debenturesDebentures are used in many types of financing where it is desirable to take security over all of the assets of a...
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±õ°ù±ð±ô²¹²Ô»å—G³Ü²¹°ù²¹²Ô³Ù±ð±ð²õGuarantees are typically used in banking transactions as a form of collateral for a debt. In such circumstances, they are a...
Irish corporate tax revenue growing, with risks, says tax authority
Corporate tax payments have continued to bolster the Irish budget despite international tax initiatives like the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
New Practice Note—Ireland—Releasing security
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Ireland—Regulation of payment services providers
Ireland—Regulation of payment services providersPayment service providers—the regulatory frameworkSI No 6/2018 EU (Payment Services) Regulations 2018...
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland
Ireland—Regulation of crowdfunding in IrelandThis Practice Note discusses the regulation of crowdfunding in Ireland under Regulation (EU) 2020/1503...
Ireland—Releasing security
Ireland—Releasing securityIntroductionTo deal with the discharge and release of security, it is necessary to consider:•the conditions to be satisfied...
Differences between Irish insurance and UK insurance law
Differences between Irish insurance and UK insurance lawThis Practice Note examines the key differences between Irish insurance law and UK insurance...
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactions
Ireland—Financial assistance in secured lending transactionsIntroductionSection 82 of the Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) is a key...
Ireland—AIB to return €1.7bn to shareholders, including Irish state
AIB Group Plc announced €1.7bn worth of shareholder rewards, including a planned €700m cash dividend, after a 170% surge in profits for 2023.The...
DORA Compliance: What is an ICT Service?
The definition of ‘ICT services’ under DORA is intentionally broad, and encompasses digital and data services provided through ICT systems on an...
Ireland—Money laundering offences and regulation
Ireland—Money laundering offences and regulationThis Practice Note looks at the principal money laundering offences in Ireland including the...
Metrics for law firm performance
Metrics for law firm performanceHow does an in-house lawyer measure the performance of their external law firms? Paul Gilbert sets out some...
EBA publishes final draft technical standards on Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation
The EBA has published three sets of final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) and one set of final draft ITS relating to the authorisation as...
Associated legal terms
Company constitution
The company constitution refers to the set of legal documents that define the company and indicate its general nature, powers and limitations. These documents also impose duties and limitations on the actions of directors and members of the company.
Contingent assets
Assets explicitly set aside by the sponsor on which a pension scheme would have a claim in the event of an employer becoming insolvent, but which the trustees do not hold.
Long term incentive plan (LTIP)
LTIP is an acronym for ‘long-term incentive plan’, which is a term that is commonly used among listed companies to describe an executive share incentive plan under which share-based awards are made to senior employees with a vesting period of at least three years.
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