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Brexit Essentials: Deal or No deal - State aid This briefing summarises the challenges that might arise in relation to the state aid regime in a “deal” or “no deal” Brexit scenario In August 2018, the UK Government published a series of technical notices intended to help...

Brexit Essentials: Jurisdiction agreements: new developments Briefing on English jurisdiction agreements and how they can be upheld in the EU27 post-Brexit. Considers Recast Brussels Regulation in context of draft Withdrawal Agreement In the latest of our Brexit Essentials series of briefings, we consider...

Brexit Essentials: State aid in the UK post-Brexit - a familiar regime or a step into the unknown? State aid in the UK post-Brexit: a familiar regime or a step into the unknown? After intense speculation since the June 2016 referendum, the UK Government has announced that it is preparing to introduce a self-standing State aid regime in the UK...

Beyond adequacy – Brexit’s wider data privacy implications Brexit planning should now firmly be on everyone’s agendas as the end of the transition period looms closer. This podcast discusses the implications of Brexit on data privacy and considers the key, practical steps that organisations need to put in place...

Redundancy in Focus - Brexit and COVID-19: the perfect storm? COVID-19 has forced corporates to re-evaluate their recovery plans and consider alternative measures to protect their long-term futures. One such measure is redundancies. In the first of a new, five-part podcast series addressing business-critical areas...

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...

Brexit has happened - so what next for Debt Capital Markets? One month ago, at 11:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, the Brexit implementation period ended and the UK left the EU single market. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory detail...

A reprieve for EU-UK data flows but other data privacy implications of Brexit remain Many businesses will have breathed a sigh of relief following the announcement of interim arrangements for data flows in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 24 December. The continued free flow of personal data from the EU to the UK for a...

Brexit Essentials: IP rights post-Brexit A review of IP rights post-Brexit in the light of the recent EU/UK agreement on some key IP issues in the draft Withdrawal Agreement Following months of silence, clarity on IP issues post-Brexit is emerging for the first time. On 19 March 2018, the EU...

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...