Brexit

Brexit: M&A deals will face higher filing fees in post-Brexit world

Dec 2019

Right now, businesses in the UK and Ireland involved in large-scale mergers and acquisitions are able to notify their deals to the European Commission (EC) for free.

EU Gives “Flextension” to the UK

Oct 2019

Three days before the UK was due to leave the EU on 31 October 2019, the European Council agreed to give the UK a further extension on its notice period to leave...

BREXIT: Michel Barnier will lead the EU’s new Brexit Phase-Two Task Force 

Oct 2019

In a shrewd move by the EU, Michel Barnier (the European Commission's Chief Brexit Negotiator) has been appointed to lead the new European Commission "taskforce". He will handle, among other...

Brexit: Pretend and Extend?

Oct 2019

On 19 October 2019, after a day in the House of Commons which the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson must have found frustrating (because the Meaningful Vote on his Revised Withdrawal Agreement...

If there is a Brexit deal then what happens next?

Oct 2019

Let us assume that the negotiators in the “tunnel” agree a deal, then what happens next?

Vesatger 2.0 - The New European Competition Commissioner

Sep 2019

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On 10 September 2019, the new European Commission President-Designate, Ursula von der Leyen, was widely expected to nominate the new - and 13th - European Commissioner for Competition Policy.

Is a No-Deal Brexit Inevitable?

Aug 2019

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There is a great deal of commentary that a No-Deal Brexit (NDB) on 31 October 2019 is inevitable. While one cannot rule out the possibility, it is far from inevitable and definitely...

Brexit and Ireland – Impact on UK service providers of leaving without a deal

Aug 2019

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If the UK leaves the EU on 31 October 2019 without a deal, the UK will become a ‘third country’ to the EU. Trade with the EU would be based on the...