The Impact of Brexit.
Practice Areas
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Banking & Finance
The implications of Brexit for the financial services sector are potentially far reaching given that much UK legislation and regulation implements,...
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Commercial Law
Depending on the sector, many commercial contracts refer to EU legislation with varying layers of complexity and application. It would be prudent f...
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Corporate - M&A
It is unlikely that we will see substantial change occurring to the legal framework underpinning private company M&A activity as a result of Brexit...
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Employment Law
A significant proportion of the UK’s employment laws derive from EU law which means that Brexit could have a significant impact on employment laws....
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Energy and Renewables
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have a combined Single Electricity Market (SEM). The SEM is regulated by the SEM Committee which consi...
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Environmental Law
The impact of Brexit on planning and environmental law is difficult to predict, but early indications are that most of the central tenets of enviro...
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EU and Competition
It is unlikely that the UK competition rules i.e. the prohibition on anti-competitive arrangements and the prohibition on abuse of a dominant posit...
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General Data Protection Regulations
EU data protection laws are implemented in the UK in the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA”). The DPA will continue to apply until it is either amend...
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Insolvency and Restructuring
The implications of Brexit for the financial services sector are potentially far reaching given that much UK legislation and regulation implements,...
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Intellectual Property
UK businesses currently enjoy the benefit of EU harmonisation across a spectrum of intellectual property rights. Following Brexit, it is likely tha...
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Litigation and Dispute Resolution
While the court process in this jurisdiction is governed by Northern Irish law, it is clear that a number of rules relating to litigation and dispu...
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Planning Law
The impact of Brexit on planning and environmental law is difficult to predict, but early indications are that most of the central tenets of enviro...
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Procurement Law
The European procurement directives are implemented into UK law in the form of the Public Contracts, Utilities and Concessions Regulations. These p...
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