English lawyers are scrambling to find alternative ways to access the EU post-Brexit transition after Irish regulators closed a route being used by thousands of solicitors from some of the City’s largest law firms to retain access to the EU legal system.
More than 4,000 lawyers from the UK from firms such as Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer had registered on the Irish roll of solicitors to ensure continued access to the EU legal system in the event the UK and EU do not strike a deal before the end of the transition period on 31 December.
