The UK has well-established domestic antitrust and merger control regimes, enforced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As an EU Member State, however, where a deal met EU merger control thresholds the CMA – in...more
The real estate sector will welcome the stability, at least in the short term, that such a decisive election result brings. Jackie Newstead, our Global Head of Real Estate, predicts a post-election bounce in investment...more
If Brexit happens, it will impact the entire European Union (EU) in various ways, and not just economically. For instance, what about the expatriates from an EU country residing in the U.K. pursuant to the current EU...more
On March 29, 2019, Parliament voted down, for a third time, Prime Minister Theresa May’s plan for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (“EU”). As a result, it remains unclear what the next steps for the Brexit...more
On 10 April 2019, the European Union granted the United Kingdom a flexible extension, coined a “flextension”, until 31 October. This additional period of time is intended, to allow the UK to ratify the Brexit Deal, an...more
It is another critical week for the Brexit process in the U.K. Following the agreed extension between the U.K. and the European Council, the U.K. is scheduled to leave the European Union (EU) on 12 April (pushed back from 29...more
In a surprising change from his long-held position that the United Kingdom (“UK”) should leave the European Union (“EU”), Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on February 25, 2019, that he would support a second...more
I. What is Brexit? Brexit (short for “British exit”) is the United Kingdom’s (the “UK”—England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) decision to leave the European Union (the “EU”—28 countries, including the UK). The UK...more
The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 (“Exit Date”). With Brexit fast approaching, on 25 November 2018 the EU and the UK announced their consensus on a withdrawal agreement that sets out the...more
Over the last few weeks and months, complex political and trade negotiations have taken place on Brexit, which inches ever closer. On November 25, 2018, the leaders of the EU27 (the 27 EU member states, excluding the U.K.),...more
Reading the political runes is a fool's errand in 2018. So, how can we assess the risk of a no-deal Brexit? There is no doubt that the consensus view among businesses is that it has gone from a theoretical but marginal...more
In the final batch of technical notices, the UK Government has provided guidance on what impact traders can expect on food labelling and packaging in the event that the UK exits the EU without a Withdrawal Agreement on 29...more
On Monday the UK government published a series of notices on the impact of a no-deal Brexit on intellectual property right-holders....more
Following the UK government’s notice on trade marks and designs if there is no Brexit deal (the “Notice”) and the increasing likelihood of the UK leaving the EU with no deal as to the future trading arrangements with the...more
Detail of the technical notices makes clear that avoiding much of the potentially significant disruption of a no deal outcome will require good faith, cooperation and pragmatism from both sides of the English Channel....more
• The White Paper sets out in detail the shape and scope of the U.K.’s desired future “association” relationship with the EU post Brexit. The U.K. government hopes that it will accelerate negotiations with the EU with a view...more
The EU referendum was won on the back of promises to "take back control" from Brussels, but the question of where this control should reside post-Brexit has proven to be a complex and politically contentious issue in the...more
The shock waves of the UK's vote in June 2016 to leave the European Union continue to reverberate through various public policy areas. Recognising that concerns in certain sections of the British population about...more
On 28 March 2018 the Commission published a Notice to Stakeholders on the Withdrawal of the UK and EU rules in the field of Copyright. The Notice reminds stakeholders that, unless the UK comes to an agreement with the EU,...more
With around 19,000 pieces of EU legislation currently in force in the UK, EU law touches all aspects of life, from health and safety to harbours and highways; from employment rights to exotic diseases....more
The impact of Brexit on the enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU member states is increasingly at the forefront of businesses' minds. This blog describes how the current system of reciprocal enforcement of judgments...more
The UK House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has published the findings of its six-month long investigation into the impact of Brexit on medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin. ...more
• The U.K. and the EU have agreed on the substantive trade elements of the legal text set to govern the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU (the “Withdrawal Agreement”). If the other outstanding elements of the Withdrawal Agreement...more
The EU27 have agreed the terms of the UK's transitional period with the EU following its exit on 29 March 2019 and adopted guidelines setting out the EU's negotiating position on the future relationship....more
On 19 March the EU and the UK agreed the terms of a Brexit transition period ending on 31 December 2020. An updated colour-coded version of the EU’s Draft Withdrawal Agreement was published by the negotiators indicating which...more