Tuesday 12 February
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UK legal services, like many other parts of the economy, will be enormously affected by Brexit. The impact will be both direct and indirect – the former through any changes in market access and future cooperation between the UK and the EU in justice matters and the latter through the implications of Brexit for the users of legal services. It is therefore critically important that all stakeholders in UK legal services - law firms, in-house legal teams, central and local government solicitors, and barristers - keep themselves fully informed about current negotiations and what Brexit will mean under the various possible scenarios.
The Legal Services Brexit Summit will be held on 12th February 2019 in London and it has been jointly organised by the Law Society of England and Wales and City & Financial Global. This highly topical event will examine the implications of Brexit for the provision of legal services in different practice areas, as well as its impact on clients and any potential opportunities that may arise.
Key themes in the programme include:
- Market access: prospects for mutual access for legal services
- Strategic, organisational and HR considerations
- Continuation of civil and family justice cooperation
- Impact of Brexit on the users of legal services
- Collaboration in policing, security and criminal justice
- Legal uncertainty and continuity of contracts, including during any transitional period
- Protecting the leading role of England and Wales as the governing law of contract, jurisdiction of choice and preferred centre of arbitration
- Evaluating the new opportunities in legal services that Brexit may herald
The full list of speakers:
1. Bernardine Adkins, Partner, Head of EU, Trade and Competition, Gowling WLG
2. Alison Atack, President, The Law Society of Scotland
3. Professor Rebecca Bailey-Harris, Barrister, 1 Hare Court
4. Eric Benedict, Managing Director, Local Market Leader - UK, AlixPartners
5. Dr Anna Bradshaw, Partner, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP
6. Mark Brown, Partner, Linklaters LLP
7. Michael Burd, Chair and Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP
8. Gary Campkin, Managing Director, External Relations & Strategic Issues, TheCityUK
9. Kurt Crommelin, Head of Legal, Europe, Standard Chartered Bank
10. Simon Davis, Vice President, The Law Society of England and Wales and Litigation Partner, Clifford Chance LLP
11. Stephen Denyer, Director of Strategic Relationships , The Law Society of England and Wales
12. Jonathan Djanogly MP, Chairman of All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, and Member of the Committee on Exiting the European Union, House of Commons
13. Robert Elliott, Chairman Emeritus and Partner, Linklaters LLP; Chair of the Brexit Law Committee
14. Lucy Frazer QC MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
15. The Rt Hon The Lord Garnier QC
16. Sarah Garvey, Counsel, Litigation, Allen and Overy, and Chair of the Law Society EU Committee
17. The Rt Hon The Lord Goldsmith QC, London Co-Managing Partner and Chair of European and Asian Litigation, Debevoise & Plimpton and Former UK Attorney General
18. Simon Goldsworthy, Director, Associate General Counsel, Legal UK, Deutsche Bank
19. David Greene, Senior Partner, Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Edwin Coe LLP and Deputy Vice President, The Law Society of England and Wales
20. The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, Chair of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee and former UK Attorney General
21. Chris Hale, Senior Partner and Head of Corporate, Travers Smith LLP
22. Glenn Hall, Partner, Co-Head Government Relations & Public Policy, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
23. Paul Hardy, Brexit Director, DLA Piper UK LLP
24. Jane Hunter, Executive Director and Senior Vice President at Aon Risk Solutions
25. Debbie Jukes, General Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland LLP
26. Baroness Ludford, Member of EU Justice Sub-Committee and Liberal Democrat Europe spokesman, House of Lords
27. Hugh Mercer QC, Avocat, Essex Court Chambers; Chair, Brexit Working Group of the Bar and the CCBE European Lawyers’ Committee
28. Bob Neill MP, Chair of the Justice Select Committee, House of Commons
29. Dr Joanna Perkins, Chief Executive, Financial Markets Law Committee
30. Yasmin Qureshi MP, Shadow Justice Minister
31. Nick Rollason, Partner and Head of Department, Immigration, Kingsley Napley LLP
32. Tom Snelling, Partner, Head of the Commercial Disputes Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
33. Phillip Souta, Head of UK Public Policy, Clifford Chance LLP
34. Dan Tench, Partner, CMS
35. The Rt Hon The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, QC, former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and Member of the EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee, House of Lords
36. Sir David Wootton, Alderman and former Lord Mayor, City of London