作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

If the UK leaves the EU what’s the impact likely to be on commercial contracts and on disputes?

英国退出欧盟,会对商事合同及争议产生哪些影响?

It is unclear at the moment what the UK’s arrangements would be in the event that there is an exit from the EU, but it might be helpful to start with something that won’t change. One area that won’t change is English contractual law, so there will be no impact on the general law that affects commercial contracts in terms of interpretation, breach, frustration, and implied terms and so on. None of that will be affected by an exit from Europe. There will be discreet areas such as commercial agents where that won’t be the case, but by and large none of that will change.

目前很难确定英国如果退出欧盟会制定哪些安排,但我们可以先分析哪些方面不会发生变化。英国合同法不会变,因此,不会改变影响商事合同的一般法,如合同的解释、违约、合同落空及默示条款,等等。英国退出欧盟对这些方面不会产生任何影响。一些不起眼的领域如商事代理人会受到影响,但大体而言以上几方面均不会发生变化。
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naunton_wThere are several areas of issue for the Real Estate sector. One is in the run-up to a referendum, which may create a period of instability and stagnation in the property market, whilst people think about what may happen if there were to be a Brexit or what would happen if we stay in. Now that in itself can manifest opportunities for investors because they see the market stalling and that should mean that prices come off and therefore, it could present an opportunity. But I think the more likely concern is that if people believe a Brexit will really happen, that that may just create stagnation.

英国退欧会给房地产行业带来几个问题。一是在公投的预备阶段,房地产市场可能出现一段不稳定和停滞期,人们会考虑英国退出和留在欧盟分别会发生什么事情。这种情况本身可能给投资者带来一些机会,因为他们看到市场停滞,可能意味着价格下跌,这可能是一个机会。但是,我认为更可能发生的情况是,如果人们相信英国真的会退出欧洲,这只会带来市场停滞。Continue Reading “英国退欧”视频专访(字幕版):房地产

作者:金杜律师事务所 King & Wood Mallesons

Tday_rhere’s been a lot of talk about pros and cons of Brexit, but very few hard facts. In fact, there are hardly any economic predictions about the potential pros and cons of Brexit and even when you look at some of the wider reports, they are talking about potential GDP impacts by 2030, ranging from somewhere between minus 0.8 per cent and plus 0.6 per cent — so pretty small differences in both directions.

对于英国退欧的利弊已有很多讨论,但可靠的事实极为少见。实际上,对于英国退欧的潜在利弊几乎没有任何经济预测,甚至浏览主题更加广泛的报告时,也会发现它们所讨论的到2030年对潜在GDP的影响在-0.8%到+0.6%之间,但无论是正还是负,差别都非常小。Continue Reading “英国退欧”视频专访(字幕版):经济预测与谈判过程

作者:金杜律师事务所

如果英国退出欧盟,英国仍需继续与欧洲进行贸易。

因此,如果英国退出,它将面临以下选择:

  • 不再遵守欧盟规则,也无法再进入欧盟统一市场;或
  • 照搬欧盟规则,但不对该等规则的制定发表任何正式意见。

在撰写本报告时,支持英国退出欧盟的阵营就英国退出欧盟的方式提出了众多替代方案,但尚未有一份统一的提案。
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作者:金杜律师事务所

四个多月来,金杜律师事务所就“英国退欧”话题与一些重要客户进行了面对面的交流,并与伦敦金融城若干企业的首席高管、执行董事、风控官和政府事务负责人坐下来讨论了这一话题。我们访谈的客户大多从事的是金融服务业,其年度收入总和超过1200亿英镑。

我们向他们询问了商界对于英国退欧问题是否存在着真正的共识。所有谈话均按照查塔姆研究所规则进行,以便客户畅所欲言,就可能是本时代最重要的政治和宏观经济决策进行自由讨论和深度分析。

在此献上我们的调查结果。
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