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According to specialist legal recruiters, FRS, which is helping law firms build their Brexit teams, '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.'<ref>[http://www.foxrodney.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Brexit-.pdf Building your Brexit Team], Fox Rodney publication (pdf), uploaded June 2017</ref> | According to specialist legal recruiters, FRS, which is helping law firms build their Brexit teams, '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.'<ref>[http://www.foxrodney.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Brexit-.pdf Building your Brexit Team], Fox Rodney publication (pdf), uploaded June 2017</ref> | ||
| − | Former government lawyers can earn significantly more in the private sector. In return, law firms get people with not just the relevant legal skills, but 'a unique understanding of the administrative and political processes across Westminster, Whitehall and Brussels. | + | Former government lawyers can earn significantly more in the private sector. In return, law firms get people with not just the relevant legal skills, but also the inside track on government, 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. Law firms are jostling to become the ‘go-to’ firm for Brexit advice, it adds. | 'Clients are already looking for advice on how to navigate new legislation and trade arrangements,' says FRS. Law firms are jostling to become the ‘go-to’ firm for Brexit advice, it adds. | ||
Revision as of 10:58, 15 November 2017
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.
According to specialist legal recruiters, FRS, which is helping law firms build their Brexit teams, '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 in the private sector. In return, law firms get people with not just the relevant legal skills, but also the inside track on government, 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. Law firms are jostling to become the ‘go-to’ firm for Brexit advice, it adds.
Law firms and Brexit-related, political hires
Click on the links for more info, including on these law firms' Brexit services
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer hired Jonathan Hill, former European Commissioner for Financial Services as a Brexit adviser in March 2017. In September 2016, it also hired Anthony Parry, former legal adviser to the Treasury.
- Covington & Burling LLP hired former cabinet minister Francis Maude as a senior adviser in its government affairs practice in September 2016.
- Dechert hired Andrew Hood, the former legal adviser to then prime minister David Cameron, to its Brexit advisory team in February 2017.
- DLA Piper hired as its Brexit director Paul Hardy who was most recently EU Legal Adviser to the House of Lords.
- Squire Patton Boggs hired former Conservative minister James Wharton in October 2017 as a consultant.
- Pinsent Masons hired former Labour cabinet minister Douglas Alexander as a Brexit adviser in March 2016.
References
- ↑ Building your Brexit Team, Fox Rodney publication (pdf), uploaded June 2017
