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UK procurement of EU-based services (including outsourcing) in a no-deal Brexit: legal, regulatory and contractual checklist

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Brexit: From exit day (11 pm on 31 January 2020), the UK ceased to be a Member State of the EU. Nevertheless, consistent with the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK entered an implementation period, during which it remains subject to EU law.

Accordingly, this has implications for this Checklist and its contents.

For more detail, consult the Brexit Bulletin—key updates, research tips and resources—and the Brexit collection for further support.

On 3 February 2020, the UK and the EU outlined their initial negotiating stances for the post-Brexit UK-EU relationship.

Although the Political Declaration, which sits alongside the Withdrawal Agreement, describes the framework for the future EU relationship, it carries no legal force, so either party may depart from some or all of it.

If talks on a trade deal between the UK and the EU were to collapse (a no trade deal Brexit), the UK’s commerce with the EU would default to World Trade Organization (WTO) terms...

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Chris Bryant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Chris is a partner based in the London and Brussels offices of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. He has over 15 years' experience advising on UK & EU competition law, international trade law, and EU regulatory issues and processes. Chris heads the firm's Tier 1 ranked Brexit taskforce and is one of the leading experts and media commentators on the subject. He has worked with clients across virtually all sectors of the economy, including financial services, automotive, retail, chemicals and telecoms in relation to their Brexit planning. His work has included scenario and contingency planning, providing legal and political insights and helping clients to formulate strategies for influencing the UK and EU governments. Chris has provided commentary for the BBC, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and Reuters amongst many others. In addition to advising on some very significant Brexit projects for key clients, Chris Bryant has found time to...

Sonja Hainsworth

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Sonja is a Senior Associate based in the London office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. She advises on UK and EU competition, regulatory and trade-related issues, representing clients in these matters in a diverse range of sectors, including financial services, infrastructure, retail, automotive, telecoms and chemicals sectors. In particular, Sonja has extensive experience advising on the full spectrum of EU and UK competition law, including cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, commercial deals and competition compliance. She has acted on competition law cases before the European, UK and other national competition regulators, and on investigations by sector regulators. Indeed, Sonja's practice also has a strong focus on sector regulation, in particular in the infrastructure, utilities and telecoms sectors. Sonja also provides advice to clients on EU regulatory law, including compliance with product and general regulation in relation to toys, tobacco, cosmetics and medical...

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