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As Europe’s largest law firm, CMS is in a unique position to advise businesses as they address both the challenges and opportunities presented following Brexit and the introduction of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

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Please get in touch with any member of the CMS Brexit team or your usual contact if you would like to discuss how we can help your business as the UK and the EU enter a new phase and trading relationship.

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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...
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...
11/02/2022
UK subsidy control regime: The year ahead 
As reported in our previous Law-Now here, in June 2021 the UK Government began its formal process of implementing legislation to replace the EU State aid rules by introducing the Subsidy Control Bill...
31/01/2022
UKIPO issues ‘Call for Views’ on UK design regime
In the aftermath of Brexit and with the advent of new and emerging technologies, the UKIPO recognises that certain features of the United Kingdom’s design system may need to be updated and/or simplified...