Financial Services Regulatory
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 3
Email address
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+353 1 829 0000About
Provided by McCann FitzGerald LLP
Our Financial Services Regulatory team provides a full range of advisory, transactional, compliance as well as disputes and enforcement-related services. The team comprises significant legal expertise and an immense depth of experience in all aspects of financial services regulation, including authorisations, EEA passporting, supervisory engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland and other regulatory authorities, conduct of business requirements, compliance projects and regulatory enforcement actions. We work on many of the most innovative transactions in the Irish market and guide clients on their most complex regulatory issues. Combined with this, practitioners from our top-ranked Disputes practice have leading expertise in regulatory disputes acting for both regulators and regulated entities in the financial services sector.
Our clients include retail and wholesale banks, payment institutions, retail credit firms, credit servicing firms, insurers and reinsurers, investment firms, FinTech companies, brokers and other intermediaries as well as the Central Bank of Ireland, to whom we provide a range of services. We have advised many international banks and other financial institutions on establishing operations (including branches and regulated subsidiaries) in Ireland.
Chambers Review
McCann FitzGerald is well positioned to advise international financial institutions on regulatory and compliance matters within the sector. The law firm provides support in establishing branches and subsidiaries in Ireland, advising on the application process to the Central Bank. The department also assists with the financial regulatory topics connected to loan portfolio transactions as well as M&A.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"McCann FitzGerald is extremely efficient, detailed and commercial in its advice."
"It is an experienced team with very good knowledge of the regulatory and legal environment."
"McCann FitzGerald is extremely efficient, detailed and commercial in its advice."
"It is an experienced team with very good knowledge of the regulatory and legal environment."
Notable Practitioners
Joshua Hogan acts for major Irish banks and international funds on a range of advisory regulatory topics. He advises on the acquisition of mortgage portfolios as well as M&A within the financial services sector. He also assists with applications to the Central Bank. He is also experienced in cryptocurrency matters.
"Joshua Hogan is a very effective communicator with the ability to deliver and pitch the subject to all levels."
"He's very practical, pragmatic and solution-focused."