Brexit implications for the dispute resolution and international trade lawyer

Table of contents

• What will likely be the key impact of the plan to trigger Article 50 TEU by March 2017 (and Brexit by March 2019) for your practice area and why?
• What is your view on the government’s legislative plan to adopt existing EU law ‘where practical’?
• What are the key implications of a hard Brexit versus soft Brexit for your practice area?
• In the context of Brexit, does UK devolution have additional consequences in your practice area?
• What can lawyers and clients in your practice area do to prepare and when?
• How does all this fit with other developments in your practice area? What does the future hold?

Article summary

Arbitration analysis: Dispute resolution practice faces a mixture of restriction and opportunity in the wake of Brexit, with freedom of movement concerns likely hindering the UK’s need to develop its cadre of international trade lawyers. Laura Rees-Evans of Fietta, a law firm dedicated to public international law and international arbitration, assesses where change will be felt most keenly.