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Beyond Brexit: Competition law and subsidy control in EU-UK Agreement In this briefing, we discuss the implications of the competition law and subsidy control commitments in the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. After many months of challenging negotiations set against the backdrop of a global pandemic, the EU and...

Brexit: Edging Closer This briefing contains an overview of the most-discussed aspects of the Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration On 14 November, the UK Government and European Commission published a further version of the Withdrawal Agreement in relation ...

Brexit Essentials: No deal - the competition regime This briefing considers what we now know about the future application of the EU and UK antitrust rules in a no deal scenario On 30 October 2018 the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published a series of statements setting out how it intends to pro...

Brexit and insurers - two years on Continuity of contracts; where is business being carried on?; outsourcing and reinsurance; policyholder protection; HMT approach to financial services legislation Immediately following the Brexit vote, the key question facing insurers with significant EE...

Brexit Essentials: EU Withdrawal Bill receives Royal Assent EU Withdrawal Bill receives Royal Assent Following some dramatic Parliamentary ping-pong, on 20 June the House of Commons approved the EU Withdrawal Bill (the Withdrawal Bill), which received Royal Assent on 26 June. The Government has successfully limi...

Brexit Essentials: Deal or no deal - the competition regime This briefing considers what this technical notice tells us about the future application of the EU and UK antitrust and merger control rules - deal or no deal On 13 September 2018 the UK Government published a technical notice on how merger control and a...

All change, no change? Corporate reporting in the post-Brexit world With little sign of substantive progress in the negotiations on the future of the UK-EU relationship, UK companies must once again consider preparing for the possibility of a no-deal or “minimal deal” scenario at the end of the transition peri...

The ECB eligibility criteria and asset purchase programmes after the Brexit implementation period In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, central banks across the world set out a range of monetary stimulus packages. One such scheme is the European Central Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (“PEPP”), aimed at supporting Eurozo...

Brexit: Will there be a deal? The Brexit talks are ongoing – until a deal is in clear sight, businesses must remain mindful of the WTO alternative. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, contains a reminder of the key aspects of the WTO regime. On 31 ...

Brexit has happened – so what’s next for securitisations? The Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU that has applied since then does not deal with the regulatory detail of cross-border financing transactions. Accordingly, in the context of securitisations, the EU Securitisation Regulation con...