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Brexit Briefing: Implications for Intellectual Property With IP likely to be heavily affected by Brexit, we outline the key issues for IP rights owners in this briefing. IP is likely to be one of the areas of law that is most affected by Brexit. Difficult questions and considerable uncertainty remain for IPR ...

Brexit: potential impacts on energy markets and regulation Considers the implications of Brexit on the UK's data protection regime. This briefing note reviews the possible impacts of the UK’s Brexit vote on energy regulation in the UK, in two scenarios: The UK re‑joins the European Economic Area (&l...

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 consi...

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 de...

Beyond adequacy – Brexit’s wider data privacy implications Whilst adequacy and international transfers are important considerations given the amount of personal data that currently flows freely, there are other Brexit-related data privacy issues that have received less attention which also need to be addressed. A...

Brexit: Pension Scheme Preparedness This Brexit update considers actions pension schemes should be taking in preparation for 1 January 2021. At the end of the update is a short checklist of actions for pension scheme trustees. This update considers actions pension schemes should be taking...

Brexit and the Capital Markets – does equivalence need to be mutual? Analysis of capital markets “equivalence” determinations by the EU and the UK for prospectuses and accounting standards and their impact on market participants after the end of the Brexit implementation period. In the non-binding Political Declaration th...

Preparing Pension Schemes for Brexit In his latest podcast Richard Goldstein focuses on Brexit - specifically the actions pension schemes should be taking now in preparation for 1 January 2021, when the transition period comes to an end. The podcast is split into three sections...

How Brexit might limit challenges to HMRC decisions Looking at the CJEU decision in Luxembourg v B in the context of the UK's proposed new Financial Institution Notice (which would allow HMRC to request information from financial institutions without prior tribunal approval – and without the...

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...