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Brexit Essentials: The future of competition litigation in the UK Brexit Essentials: The future of competition litigation in the UK The English courts have historically been a popular choice for claimants wishing to bring private competition damages claims in respect of European cross-border cartels. Currently, the UK&...

Brexit and EEA insurers This insurance update reports on the Chancellor’s December written statement to the House of Commons regarding continuity of financial services contracts post-Brexit and the PRA’s consultation on supervision of branches of international insure...

Cartel Regulation 2018 - Brexit chapter Introduction to cartel regulation in the context of Brexit for inclusion in a book containing an international comparative analysis of various jurisdictions With ever greater cooperation between antitrust authorities, cartel regulation is increasingly en...

Brexit Essentials: The Cross-Border Trade Bill Brexit Essentials: The Cross-Border Trade Bill The Cross-Border Trade Bill provides the framework on which, post-Brexit, the UK’s import duty, excise duty and VAT regimes for cross border transactions will hang. It is drafted to allow a hard Brexit...

Brexit Essentials: an update on data protection and privacy This edition of Brexit Essentials looks at the impact of Brexit on data flows and on other aspects of the GDPR. It considers the options for companies post Brexit to legitimise data flows, including considering the future partnership paper published by th...

Brexit Essentials: update on dispute resolution clauses Assesses practical implications for parties to dispute resolution clauses of latest developments in Brexit negotiations. Considers governing law clauses, jurisdiction clauses and enforcement of judgments. This briefing, an update to our November 2016 pap...

Brexit - next steps following the triggering of Article 50 The next steps in the Brexit process following the triggering of Article 50 On 29 March 2017, the UK notified the European Council of its intention to withdraw from the EU, pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union. This starts the forma...

Brexit Briefing: Implications for Intellectual Property With IP likely to be heavily affected by Brexit, we outline the key issues for IP rights owners in this briefing. IP is likely to be one of the areas of law that is most affected by Brexit. Difficult questions and considerable uncertainty remain for IPR ...

Brexit: potential impacts on energy markets and regulation Considers the implications of Brexit on the UK's data protection regime. This briefing note reviews the possible impacts of the UK’s Brexit vote on energy regulation in the UK, in two scenarios: The UK re‑joins the European Economic Area (&l...

Extra-territoriality in a post-Brexit world As UK and EU businesses grapple with the complexities of the post-Brexit world, one of the first key questions for businesses from a data privacy perspective is whether their processing is subject to the UK or EU regime (or both). This briefing consi...