London & Brexit
Written By
Head of Business Immigration
UK
I am head of our Business Immigration team in the UK, a member of Bird & Bird's International HR Services Group and a native speaker, reader and writer of Japanese.
Partner
UK
As one of our firm's most experienced intellectual property partners, specialising in transactional IP matters, I offer a wealth of knowledge to businesses at the cutting edge of research, development and technology, in a variety of sectors for which IP is of prime importance.
For those living and working in London, the last year has been one like no other. On the 31st of January 2020, the UK departed the European Union, the single market and the customs union.
After a turbulent four years of negotiations, the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) was announced on the 24th of December, and the transition period came to an end on the 31st of December. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged city life, causing the loss of some 300,000 jobs. London now confronts the twin challenges of the economic fallout and disturbances caused by the pandemic and by Brexit.
