Beyond Brexit Notes

Brexit Corporate Update - Regulations on the prospectus regime

The Prospectus (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/1234), which will amend the prospectus regime to ensure that it continues to operate …

Brexit Asset Management Update

In this post we summarise the latest Brexit developments related to asset management. EU Exit: FCA speech on Brexit preparations in financial services …

THE VIEW FROM BRUSSELS: IDEAS TO FIX THE BACKSTOP - INCLUDING ENHANCED EXTRADITION

The position of the EU changed almost imperceptibly over the summer from that which we noted in June 2019 of “the Withdrawal Agreement is not open for …

Brexit breakfast discussion with Daniel Finkelstein, Professor Vernon Bogdanor and Paul Stephenson - 26 September 2019

With just weeks to the 31 October Brexit deadline, and as the plans and responses of the UK Government, the UK Parliament and the EU continue to reveal …

Government publishes further competition Brexit legislation amending its original Regulations on competition law in order to address the issue of EU commitments relating to the UK

Government No-Deal Brexit Planning Assumptions Published

The Government today published an important document related to its no-deal planning (code named "Operation Yellowhammer"). This document reveals the …

Updated Brexit Legal Guide launched

Today our updated Brexit Legal Guide was released. Below is a message from our Chair and Senior Partner James Palmer which accompanied the updated guide. …

Brexit – impact of no-deal for corporate law practitioners

As a no-deal Brexit (i.e. the UK leaving the European Union without a withdrawal agreement in place) remains a possible outcome, below is a summary of …

Comments on Labour's nationalisation and tax plans – as Brexit brings General Election closer

With a change in Government in the UK by the end of this year a distinct possibility, this morning Herbert Smith Freehills held a second roundtable with …

HMT Financial Services Future Regulatory Framework Review: call for evidence on regulatory coordination

The post below was first published on our FSR and Corporate Crime blog HM Treasury ("HMT") has launched the first phase (a call for evidence on …

Updated: Eric White and Lode Van Den Hende contribute to report offering workable alternatives to Irish backstop

Prosperity UK's Alternative Arrangements Commission set up to develop credible and practical alternative arrangements relating to the Irish border has …

Brexit Asset Management Update

In this post we summarise the latest Brexit developments related to asset management. FCA extension to use of temporary transitional power The FCA has …