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As Europe's largest law firm, CMS can help you assess the risks and opportunities resulting from Brexit, and give you the legal tools and insights to manage them successfully.

Since 2016, we have been advising a wide range of clients - in the UK, the EU27 and beyond - on their planning and preparations for Brexit.

With the so-called transition period apparently likely to end in December 2020, businesses have only a limited time to develop and implement their Brexit strategies. And however advanced their Brexit planning is, all companies still have to deal with a continuing lack of certainty, as the UK and the EU seek to determine the shape of their future relationship. As the situation develops, businesses will need to adapt quickly in order to succeed.

Our offices in the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands all have specialist Brexit web pages. Please contact any of the partners listed on those pages for more information on our Brexit services.

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26/06/2023
Revised guidance on the application of EU State aid rules in the UK post-Brexit
On 9 June 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) adopted a revised Notice on the application of the EU State aid rules to the UK following the end of the Brexit transition period.  On the same day...
26/01/2023
Address the risk: Appoint a UK address for service
Owners of all UK trade marks and designs and UK designations of International Registrations should appoint a UK address for service[1] following a change in the UK IPO’s practice, which came into effect...
08/12/2022
New UK Subsidy Control regime takes full effect from 4 January 2023
The Subsidy Control Act 2022 (the “Act”) comes fully into force on 4 January 2023. This follows a 12-month period in which the UK has been operating under a post-Brexit set of interim arrangements...
22/11/2022
UKCA marking deadline extension
The UK government has extended the deadline by when businesses need to use the UKCA mark. For many products the CE marking and reversed epsilon marking may be used on the GB market until 31 December 2024...
21/11/2022
Energy Sector: Retained EU law reform – bonfire of laws or death by judicial...
The UK retained a substantial body of laws and regulations based on the status quo at the end of the “Transition Period” following the UK’s departure from the European Union. At that time, the Government...
04/11/2022
Sunset Strip: the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill and its...
Having retained EU law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA), which came into force on 31 December 2020, the Government has put in train the process by which such “retained law” is...
14/10/2022
The Retained EU Legislation Bill: Part 1: What does this mean for Copyright...
In late September, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-2023 (“the Bill”) was introduced to the House of Commons. The Bill is the latest Brexit statement piece from the Government...
29/08/2022
House of lords votes for controversial Northern Ireland bill
The British House of Lords has voted in favour of a controversial Northern Ireland Protocol Bill in its second reading. With the planned law, the Brexit agreements on Nothern Ireland are to be able to...
13/07/2022
Spotlight on UK Design Law – Part 7 - UPDATE – UKIPO publishes initial...
The UKIPO has published its response to the ‘Call for Views’ consultation on the reform of the UK designs framework. By way of re-cap, the UKIPO had invited submissions from design industry stakeholders...
04/07/2022
Detailed scrutiny needed to make the Procurement Bill deliver against its...
The Procurement Bill introduced to Parliament in May goes to Committee Stage in the House of Lords this week. The political ambition behind the proposed legislation has been clearly voiced, but does not...
29/04/2022
UK Subsidy Control regime: Royal Assent
On 28 April 2022, the Subsidy Control Bill received Royal Assent, formally making the Bill into an Act of Parliament – the Subsidy Control Act 2022. However, as highlighted in our horizon scanning...
18/03/2022
Post-Brexit: UK plaintiffs must provide cost security for proceedings in...
Last year, long lorry jams made it clear to everyone what consequences Brexit will have for crossing the border to mainland Europe. Far less known is the hurdle which UK companies must overcome when they...