Brexit: Implications for European Litigation

Brexit: Implications for European Litigation

December 31, 2020, Covington Alert

On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK reached agreement on the terms of the “EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement” (the “Brexit Deal”). Despite this eleventh-hour agreement, the Brexit Deal is silent on judicial cooperation in civil matters. In this alert, we consider how Brexit, and the Brexit Deal, are likely to affect litigators in Europe going forward and considerations for parties with a preference for English law and jurisdiction clauses.