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The British people have spoken. The vote for Britain to leave the European Union opens a new phase of uncertainty with new complexities and unknowns. Many businesses will now be concerned as to how the vote will impact their activities and ambitions in the UK, particularly in regards to access to the Single Market and

“The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision. The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom’s membership in NATO remains a vital cornerstone of U.S. foreign, security, and economic policy. So too is our relationship with the European Union, which has

In October 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor Program in the landmark Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner decision. The Safe Harbor was a 15-year old program that had allowed American firms to transfer EU citizens’ data to the United States, subject to certification of compliance with privacy principles equivalent to

Client alert: What Womble Carlyle Clients Need To Know About the U.K. Brexit Vote In the short term, the U.K.’s unprecedented—and unexpected—vote to exit the European Union creates considerable uncertainty for U.S. companies operating in the U.K., EU and beyond. A wide range of questions has yet to be answered regarding how the U.K. will