The new trade and cooperation agreement between the EU and UK (the “Agreement”) contains a chapter governing the EU/UK aviation relationship, reflecting the EU’s intention to comprehensively address that relationship within the scope of the envisaged partnership between the EU and UK. A brief overview of the key provisions follows below. The Agreement also establishes … Read more

The post below was first published on our Data Notes blog. On Christmas Eve, the EU and UK announced that they had reached an agreement on their future relationship, which we expect to come into effect on 1 January 2021 (the “Brexit Deal”). Further details of the deal itself will be discussed by my colleagues … Read more

Below is a message from our Chair and Senior Partner James Palmer. ——— Dear clients and professional colleagues, You will have seen the news that the EU and UK have reached an agreement on their future relationship, which we expect to come into effect on 1 January 2021. This is good news. Read more

The post below was first published on our Public Law blog The UK Government has published a Green Paper proposing fundamental reforms of the public procurement rules governing the purchase of goods, works and services by the public sector and certain utilities. Those rules are currently set out in a series of UK regulations that … Read more

The post below was first published on our Litigation blog. With the end of the Brexit transition period rapidly approaching, we are still waiting to see whether the UK and the EU can reach an agreement on their future relationship from 1 January 2021. In fact, whether or not an agreement is reached has no … Read more

When (and indeed if) agreement is reached, it will need to be ratified by both sides in order to come fully into force. However, given the extended negotiations and the very short time left, the UK and EU may need to use alternative routes to the usual ratification processes for the agreement to be effective … Read more

The post below was first published on our Corporate blog. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a special Primary Market Bulletin No.32 on Brexit to remind issuers and investors of the changes to the listing regime that will take effect at the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020. Issuers will need to ensure … Read more

As an EU Member State, the UK was automatically part of a number of free trade agreements with third countries, which will no longer apply to the UK once the transition period ends on 31 December 2020. To preserve the existing trade relationships with those countries and to mitigate the expected disruption of trade if … Read more