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*'''[[Pinsent Masons]]''' hired former Labour cabinet minister [[Douglas Alexander]] as a Brexit adviser in March 2016.
 
*'''[[Pinsent Masons]]''' hired former Labour cabinet minister [[Douglas Alexander]] as a Brexit adviser in March 2016.
 
*'''[[Herbert Smith Freehills]]''' hired in lobbying agency [[Hanbury Strategy]] to provide clients with Brexit policy advice. It is also working with Lord [[Peter Mandelson]]'s firm, [[Global Counsel]] and [[Boston Consulting Group]] on Brexit. Hanbury is run by an ex-Cameron advisor, a leading Brexit campaigner and employs [[Theresa May]]'s former press secretary.
 
*'''[[Herbert Smith Freehills]]''' hired in lobbying agency [[Hanbury Strategy]] to provide clients with Brexit policy advice. It is also working with Lord [[Peter Mandelson]]'s firm, [[Global Counsel]] and [[Boston Consulting Group]] on Brexit. Hanbury is run by an ex-Cameron advisor, a leading Brexit campaigner and employs [[Theresa May]]'s former press secretary.
*'''[[Linklaters]]''' has done the same. [[Hanbury Strategy]] has been hired to provide the law firm with policy advice 'in connection with the impact of Brexit on their clients’ businesses'.
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*'''[[Linklaters]]''' has also hired [[Hanbury Strategy]] to provide the law firm with policy advice 'in connection with the impact of Brexit on their clients’ businesses'. It also employs former foreign secretary [[William Hague]] as chair of its international advisory group.  
 
*[[Mishcon de Reya]], is another law firm to join forces with a lobbying agency, in its case [[Kreab]].
 
*[[Mishcon de Reya]], is another law firm to join forces with a lobbying agency, in its case [[Kreab]].
  

Revision as of 16:48, 16 January 2018

Brexit badge.png Part of the Powerbase Brexit Portal.

Ever since the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, major law firms have been busy creating dedicated teams to advise companies on Brexit.

Specialist legal recruiters FRS is helping law firms build their Brexit teams. It says that 'the most successful teams are being built with trade partners from law firms in both London and Brussels; and lawyers currently working within Governmental entities.'[1]

Former government lawyers can earn significantly more money in the private sector. In return, law firms get people with not just the relevant legal skills, but also insider knowledge, or as FRS puts it: people with 'a unique understanding of the administrative and political processes across Westminster, Whitehall and Brussels'.

'Clients are already looking for advice on how to navigate new legislation and trade arrangements,' says FRS.

As a consequence, law firms are hiring politicians, government lawyers and other officials in a bid to position themselves as the go-to people for such advice.

Squire Patton Boggs' Brexit services have a dedicated website
DLA Piper says it 'will ensure' clients' priorities are 'recognised and included in the Brexit process and the resulting EU/UK trade agreement'

Law firms and Brexit-related, political hires

Click on the links for more info, including details of these law firms' Brexit services

References

  1. Building your Brexit Team, Fox Rodney publication (pdf), uploaded June 2017