A Partner in our Corporate/Commercial Department and IR Global Commercial Committee member Oksana Howard, who frequently deals with international clients and transactions, co-chaired Commercial Meeting break-out sessions during the IR Global March virtual event.

The first break-out session has focused on discussions in relation to the post-Covid business environment and the opportunities it will bring to various businesses worldwide, as well as the new reality and expected legislative changes in other jurisdictions.

During the second break-out session various business development and network collaboration opportunities were discussed by the participants of this virtual event.

Oksana was delighted to re-connect with her IR Global friends and colleagues and is looking forward to seeing some of them hopefully later this year.

Oksana Howard, a Partner in our Corporate and Commercial Department, has presented the webinar on the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which was hosted by the Greater London Authority’s London Business Hub on 21 January 2021.

As part of her presentation Oksana has provided a general overview of the key areas of the new Trade and Cooperation Agreement and also gave a useful guidance to UK businesses in relation to the following issues:

1. Trading in goods with the EU – new requirements on import and export, application of rules of origin when claiming preferential tariffs treatment
2. Trading in services and digital services with the EU – service trade barriers, data flows and appointing EU representatives
3. Employing EU nationals in the UK or employing UK nationals in the UK companies’ European offices
4. Intellectual Property rights and transfer of EU data

If you have questions with regards to the application of the new EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement to the operations of your business and if you would like to know what you can do to prepare your business for the changes, please contact Oksana Howard at oksana.howard@colmancoyle.com.

Oksana Howard

Partner