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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...

BLOG: And what about Brexit? During a debate on the Spring Finance Bill, Gareth Davies, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, emphasised the UK government’s intention to take “full advantage of the opportunities arising from the UK’s exit from the European Union”, and to “make the mos...

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 period (31 Decem...

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 Eurozone monetary policy...

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 Januar...

And what about Brexit? During a debate on the Spring Finance Bill, Gareth Davies, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, emphasised the UK government’s intention to take “full advantage of the opportunities arising from the UK’s exit from the European Union”, and to “make the mos...

Some reflections (and concerns) over the ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ As the legal, business and political communities continue to consider the implications and likely outcomes of the UK’s government’s proposal for a so-called ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ (and associated policy paper on ‘The benefits of Brexit’), a few reflection...

Brexit carries on: the EU and UK are reforming their securitisation regulations separately The truism “Brexit is a process rather than an event” holds good for securitisers. More than five years ago, the referendum made huge political headlines but it did not change the law. Instead, the expiry of the Brexit implementation period at the end of ...

UK to capitalise on post Brexit independence in new data strategy Last week was a busy one in the world of data - the UK Government published its response to the National Data Strategy consultation, and laid the ICO’s Data Sharing Code of Practice before Parliament. In relation to the strategy response, the Government c...

Looking beyond Brexit The UK/EU deal After much uncertainty throughout the Brexit transition period that any UK/EU deal was going to be possible, the Trade and Co-operation Agreement was finally reached at the last minute on 24 December 2020. As widely anticipated, agreement ...