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I. The UK’s EEA Membership after Brexit In a previous article titled ‘The (Uncertain) Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom’s Membership in the European Economic Area’, that appeared in issue 7 [...

When European banks were hit by financial calamity, a lack of alternative funding arrangements deepened the crisis. Stronger European capital markets would have changed that picture, because savers...

Theresa May’s speech on Brexit covered many of the topics that were central to the Brexit referendum debate. Immigration, the European Court of Justice, and Parliamentary sovereignty all had starring...

In our article ’The (Uncertain) Impact of Brexit on the United Kingdom’s Membership in the European Economic Area’ that has just appeared in issue 7 [2016] of European Business Law Review, pp. 921–...

In Europe free movement of capital is enshrined in Article 63 TFEU. However, this freedom had a very slow start; it was recognised as having direct effect only after the CJEU Bordessa judgment. Yet,...

Introduction On 23 November 2016, the European Commission published a package of proposals amending the Capital Requirements Directive and associated Regulation (CRD and CRR, together CRD 4), the...

Four months after the United Kingdom voted to exit the European Union, the scope and timing of Brexit remain unclear. Until such details are determined, there will be economic and political...

My article is intended as a primer on questions that Brexit raises with respect to EU law and UK constitutional law. Article 50 TEU states that ‘[a]ny Member State may decide to withdraw from the [...

Three months after the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the Prime Minister, Theresa May, has clarified the time line and mode of operation for the eventual exit. It is envisaged that Article 50 TFEU will...

Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union (TEU) sets out the process by which an EU Member State may withdraw from the European Union. It provides that a Member State may decide to withdraw “in...

The UK referendum vote in favour of Brexit on 23 June has inevitably raised questions as to how English law contracts will be affected and whether English law remains an appropriate choice for...

What are the consequences of Brexit from a financial markets law perspective? Given that the precise form of Brexit is not yet known – is Britain going to choose the New York, Swiss, Turkish or any...

The UK's vote to leave the EU has raised questions across the financial markets and answers are only beginning to trickle through. For CLO (Collateralised Loan Obligation) market participants – and...

On 23 June 2016, the UK voted in a referendum to determine whether it should remain a member of the EU. The country voted by a margin of 52% for a future outside the EU. As of today, there is...

In the immediate aftermath of the UK's vote to the leave the EU, it has become commonplace in Britain for the news to be viewed through a Brexit prism: what does it tell us about the UK's position in...