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Brexit Essentials: What next for debt capital markets? This briefing explores the three possible outcomes for Brexit and what is next for debt capital markets. Whatever happens in parliament and even if Brexit is delayed for a period, there are essentially three possible outcomes to Brexit. Either the UK rev...

Brexit Essentials: Not so frustrating This briefing examines the High Court decision that the EMA's lease of its Canary Wharf headquarters will not be frustrated by Brexit The High Court has ruled that the European Medicines Agency’s lease of its Canary Wharf headquarters will not be frustra...

Brexit Essentials: Born of frustration This Briefing examines the doctrine of frustration, its application to leases and the likelihood of the EMA’s lease being held to be frustrated by Brexit. Canary Wharf has made a recent application to the High Court for a ruling that Brexit will not frus...

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 busin...

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 recently...

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 post-Bre...

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 a...

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 f...

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 an...

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&...