Category Archives: UKSALA news

UKSALA News – moving on

When Kelyn Bacon (now Mrs Justice Bacon) and I set up the UK State Aid Law Association in 2012 we could not have anticipated that some 10 years later most of the United Kingdom would no longer be in the … Continue reading

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New Subsidy Control Newsletter

The UK State Aid Law Association is working with Lexxion to produce a new free, bi-monthly newsletter focussing on the latest developments in Subsidy Control Law. This newsletter is designed to be capable of being read during a commute into … Continue reading

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UKSALA event on 30 March on the Subsidy Control Act 2022: “Putting the UK’s new regime into practice – early insights and what we have learned so far”

March 30 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Almost three months since the Subsidy Control Act 2022 came into force, it’s time to reconnect and reflect on how the new regime is working in practice and share early insights and lessons learned … Continue reading

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BEIS consults on draft statutory guidance on subsidy control

Section 79 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 allows the Secretary of State to issue guidance on various matters arising under the Act, including on the definition of subsidy, and the practical application of the exemptions and of the subsidy … Continue reading

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UK State Aid Law Association – Seminars on the Subsidy Control Bill

The UK State Aid Law Association invites you to attend two seminars on the Subsidy Control Bill currently before Parliament. The first seminar will be hosted at Shearman & Sterling offices in London on Wednesday, 24 November between 6:30–7:30 pm … Continue reading

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UKSALA first webinar on the BEIS subsidy control consultation: recording now online

For anyone who missed the first of the two UKSALA webinars on the BEIS consultation paper on a new UK subsidy control regime, a recording is now available here. Details of the second event, on Monday 22 March at 5pm, … Continue reading

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UKSALA discussions on the future of UK subsidy control

The Government’s consultation paper “Subsidy control: Designing a new approach for the UK” sets out its ambition for a new subsidy control regime that addresses the specific needs of the UK economy whilst also meeting the UK’s international commitments (including, … Continue reading

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Leading UK lawyers write to PM on subsidy control after transition

On 18 September, a number of leading lawyers with expertise in the area of subsidies and State aid, many of them members of UKSALA and with a wide spectrum of views on Brexit, wrote a joint letter to the Prime … Continue reading

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UKSALA event on UK subsidy control after Brexit now available to watch online

Particularly at the moment when we are all more or less confined to our homes, we are grateful again to Shearman & Sterling for making available a full video recording of the UKSALA panel discussion of UK anti subsidy law … Continue reading

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State-aid handcuffs in Brexit backstop?

Lewis Crofts and Matthew Holehouse from MLex have written an interesting article about the State aid provisions in the Brexit backstop, which can be read here: MLex_Content For further discussion on this hot topic of State aid after Brexit, we hope … Continue reading

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