Brexit:hub
When law, policy and politics converge, you need advisors who do not see Brexit through a narrow lens. You need advisors who see the big picture but don't miss the details.
26 February 2018
While Brexit is likely to result in sweeping changes to the UK’s life sciences sector, the rate of M&A and foreign investment is a positive sign that the region will uphold its reputation as a global leader.
19 October 2017
As negotiations continue, so do business preparations. Change is almost inevitable but the extent, nature and timing is uncertain. How can such change be addressed in one-off transactions (e.g. M&A) and in on-going relationships (e.g. key contracts)?
10 October 2017
As the UK negotiates its new relationship with the European Union, the provision of crossborder healthcare as well as the development and regulation of medical technology pose important questions. Hein van den Bos, Counsel at Hogan Lovells, provides commentary on the objectives of the Brexit negotiations for the UK and the EU, and considers how and why both sides will look to continue collaborating to develop digital health without border restrictions.
6 October 2017
A compilation of videos of the corporate panel - speakers share highlights from the launch of COBCOE's Brexit - The voices of European Business Report.
26 September 2017 - Macro
A group representing the UK’s financial and professional services sector, the International Regulatory Strategy Group (IRSG), has today published a Brexit blueprint, in collaboration with Hogan Lovells, for how the UK can continue trading with the EU after leaving the bloc.
14 September 2017 - Macro
In the common interest: business perspectives on priorities for a Brexit that secures prosperity for Europe
11 July 2017 - Macro
Infographic depicting the UK's current domestic legal framework and what will need to change post-Brexit. Leaving the EU will require the most comprehensive re-writing of the UK's statute book ever undertaken by the UK. Parliament must unpick over 40 years of integration between the UK and EU legal systems and ensure that no gaps are left in the process.
12 June 2017 - Macro
While the fallout from the result of the UK General Election continues, the Brexit process itself is due to enter a new phase, with formal negotiations between the UK and the EU scheduled to begin during the week commencing 19 June.
9 June 2017 - Macro
This raises a number of issues for an already uncertain Brexit process. Will the Brexit deal the UK seeks remain unchanged? Can negotiations realistically start on 19 June as planned? There seems little doubt that there will be increased instability in the UK political position for the foreseeable future. Will the minority government be able to operate effectively?
7 June 2017
Life sciences companies with operations in the UK or Europe are wondering where to even start when it comes to Brexit-related legal issues.
19 May 2017
Has the Court’s opinion on the EU Singapore FTA shaped future EU trade agreements and a future EU-UK FTA?
18 April 2017
Life sciences companies with operations in the UK or Europe are wondering where to even start when it comes to Brexit-related legal issues. To give you a jumpstart, our colleagues from different practice groups across multiple countries have prepared a series of questions you should ask to better understand how Brexit will impact your business and to clarify what steps need to be taken. In this edition, we share questions to ask when reviewing existing contracts and negotiating new agreements.
Read the full article here.
Following the EU referendum in the UK, businesses around the world are assessing what impact Brexit could have on their operations and relationships in the UK, the EU, and internationally.
If you're a business operating in the UK you will need to understand how the EU laws and regulations that affect you will be translated into English law. This tool will help you do that, by helping you understand how the Withdrawal Bill will deal with the specific legal instruments you are concerned about.
16 July 2018
On 12 July, the UK government published its long-awaited White Paper on "The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union". One major focus was the UK's future trade arrangements, both with the EU and worldwide. Below, we set out some thoughts on these proposals, their effect on the UK trade and likely responses from the EU.
13 July 2018
The UK Government is realistically ambitious in terms of achieving two objectives: (a) the continued exchange of personal data between the UK and the EU, and (b) the ICO’s participation in the One Stop Shop mechanism of regulatory oversight.
The UK Government published its White Paper on The Future Relationship between the UK and the EU on 12 July 2018. In that White Paper, the UK Government reaffirmed its commitment to broad cooperation on energy post Brexit, but there continues to be real uncertainty as to the form that this cooperation will take.
With 9 months to go before Britain leaves the EU, the UK Government yesterday published its most detailed proposals to date for the future relationship between the UK and EU.
11 July 2018
Given what is happening at a macro political level, a Brexit crash landing looks increasingly possible. It's the worst case scenario for the UK's energy markets.
UK electricity and gas trade with the EU27 is worth approximately EUR 6 billion annually. 80% of that trade is natural gas. The UK imports gas from the EU27 but the UK is significantly more reliant on imports of gas from Norway and LNG historically from Qatar.
It seems axiomatic that immediately prior to the UK’s exit from the EU on 29 March 2019, the UK's domestic laws (in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) will be aligned with EU law.
Assuming a crash-landing "no deal" scenario can be avoided, any future trading arrangement between the UK and the EU27, will need to provide a framework through which agreed levels of market access can be maintained and post Brexit divergences between UK and EU law and regulation can be managed.
9 July 2018
The complex politics of Brexit are already swirling around the communique issued by the UK Government following the cabinet awayday. The full extent of the UK political fallout will only become clear in the coming hours, weeks and months as will the response from EU leaders. Whether it represents "British pragmatism at its best" or "the worst of all worlds", Chequers is only a potential "base camp" for the UK's efforts - with the clock ticking on the time available to reach the summit
1 May 2018
The Commission Notice says that all EU “primary and secondary law will cease to apply to the United Kingdom from 30 March 2019”. It goes on to point out that, although the UK is a party to many of the main international copyright treaties, including the WCT, WPPT and TRIPS, these treaties do not provide the same level of protection as EU copyright laws nor do they provide any particular cross-border measures for the benefit of rights-holders or users within the EU internal market.
The EU CTR entered into force in 2014 but will not apply until 6 months after the European Commission issues a notice confirming that the new EU clinical trials portal and database are fully functioning. The development of the portal and database is taking longer than anticipated and the date of application of the EU CTR is currently expected be March 2020. This means that, as drafted, the EU CTR will not be caught by the EU (Withdrawal) Bill (which will implement EU law into UK national law when the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 as far as possible), leading to uncertainty as to the status of EU CTR in the UK.
16 April 2018
The Geo-blocking Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/302) was adopted by the EU on 27 February 2018 and will apply from 3 December 2018 (see our blog here), prohibiting online sellers (from the EU, UK or any other third country) who direct sales to customers in an EU Member State from discriminating against customers elsewhere in the EU based on their nationality or residence. In particular, traders cannot re-route customers, block or limit access to their websites, apply different terms and conditions of sale or place restrictions on the means of payment they accept because of a user’s nationality or residence. The Regulation applies to both B2C and B2B sales.
5 April 2018
Rules of origin are the detailed content requirements that determine whether goods are produced “locally” in order to benefit from preferential tariff rates. Food manufacturing is an internationalized business, with UK producers regularly sourcing ingredients from across the EU and globally, often because sourcing equivalent ingredients in the UK would not be economically or practically feasible.
28 March 2018
By Paul Chaplin, Neil Mirchandani, Philip Parish and Ivan Shiu
The impact of Brexit on the enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU member states is increasingly at the forefront of businesses' minds. This blog describes how the current system of reciprocal enforcement of judgments operates throughout the EU and considers the positions expressed by the EU and the UK on what may happen post-Brexit.
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