EU-UK Trade Deal: What does it mean for Competition law and State aid?
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and the UK was signed on 24 December 2020 (Agreement) and runs to over 1,200 pages. In this article, Dorit McCann outlines the key provisions on com...
Review of Merger Control 2020
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published its Mergers and Acquisitions Report for 2020 (Report). The Report provides an overview of merger control activity in Ireland dur...
Transfers of Data to the UK post-Brexit
Brexit has a serious impact on the transfer of personal data from Ireland to the UK (including Northern Ireland). Many Irish businesses transfer data to the UK in many different ways, for example out...
UK-EU Trade Agreement and IP Rights
Brexit has significant implications for intellectual property (IP) rightsholders. However, the changes introduced as a result of Brexit stem not from the Trade and Cooperation Agreement which the EU ...
Merry Christmas from Beauchamps
As 2020 draws to a close, we would like to wish all our clients and colleagues and their families a merry Christmas and a very happy New Year! This Christmas we are supporting Barnardos and the Socie...
Impact of Brexit on Irish registered companies
This article looks at the impact of Brexit on Irish registered companies from a corporate and company law perspective, outlining some of the issues potentially facing Irish companies. Requirement to ...
Brexit & commercial contracts
Introduction Brexit and the new trade deal between the EU and the UK will directly or indirectly affect most transactions between Irish and UK businesses or Irish businesses doing business in the UK ...
Brexit and Intellectual Property Rights
How will Brexit impact the intellectual property rights of rights holders? Trade Marks A European trade mark (EUTM) registration covers all EU Member States. However, from 1 January 2021, an EUTM w...
New Cost Rental Equity Loan Scheme
Current housing models have not, so far, been able to provide an adequate supply of housing that meets the needs of all sections of Irish society, meaning new solutions are needed. One area that has,...
Remote working-looking back and moving forward
2020 will certainly go down in the history books as a year to remember. The much sought-after work from home (WFH) option became a reality almost overnight for many. Now nearly nine months on since t...
12 Updates of Christmas
In preparation for the festive season, Sandra Masterson Power and Patrick Watters provide a seasonal review of the typical employment law and workplace issues commonly arising at this time of the year...
Beauchamps Housing team wins Best Property Team Award at the Public Sector Magazine Excellence in Business Awards
Beauchamps housing team, led by partner Fidelma McManus, has been named by Public Sector Magazine as the outright winner of the Best Property Team Award at the 2020 Excellence in Business Awards. Awa...
Beauchamps founding signatory to Pro Bono Pledge Ireland
Beauchamps is proud to be one of the founding signatories to the Pro Bono Pledge Ireland, a new initiative that promotes access to justice and to the provision of pro bono legal assistance to those in...
Beauchamps hosts Dublin Solicitors Bar Association 2020 AGM
Beauchamps and our commercial property partner, Tony O'Sullivan, were delighted to host the physical element of this year's Annual General Meeting of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA). ...
Appointing a Receiver – a refresher
In this article Niall O'Brien sets out a useful checklist for banks who are considering appointing a receiver. Location of deeds - it might seem like an obvious point but before a bank takes any st...