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UK Government has ratified a new multilateral treaty on the enforcement of judgments: the Hague Judgments Convention 2019

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The UK Government has ratified a new multilateral treaty on the enforcement of judgments: the Hague Judgments Convention 2019, which will take effect in the UK from 1 July 2025 and will apply to any judgment of the Courts of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Brexit’s Effect on Judicial Cooperation Between the United Kingdom and European Union

When the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020, several questions remained as to the nature and extent of future judicial cooperation between the United Kingdom and the European Union....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

European Commission Opposes UK’s Bid to Join Treaty to Enforce Judgments

In a potentially major setback to judicial cooperation across Europe, the European Commission has issued a statement that the UK should not be allowed to join the 2007 Lugano Convention (the “Convention”). In their...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

What Rules Will Apply to Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments After Brexit? Part Four

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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement has now been agreed. So what rules will apply to jurisdiction and foreign judgments in the UK from 1 January 2021? Introduction - It has been a long time in the making, but the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Brexit: Jurisdication Implications For Contracting Parties And Disputes - January 2019

The Brexit date of 29 March 2019 is fast approaching, and there is now a distinct possibility of the UK leaving the EU without agreed terms. Our MoFo Brexit Task Force is coordinating Brexit-related legal analysis across all...more

A&O Shearman

Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses protected by Brussels Recast anti-torpedo rules

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In a helpful decision for financial institutions, the High Court has held in Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft v Liquimar Tankers Management Inc [2017] EWHC 161 (Comm) that an asymmetric (or ‘hybrid’) jurisdiction clause is...more

Locke Lord LLP

BREXIT - The impact on English law loan and finance documentation

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Given the primacy of English law in international finance and loan documentation (English law and New York law being the most commonly selected globally), since the Brexit referendum in the UK, financiers and borrowers have...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Brexit: Overview of Potential Impact on Derivatives

The process of Brexit will take many years, and the implications for our clients’ businesses will unfold over time. Our MoFo Brexit Task Force is coordinating Brexit-related legal analysis across all of our offices, and...more

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