Former Linklaters lawyer Dominic Raab takes Brexit brief after David Davis resignation
Dominic Raab MP appointed as new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
July 09, 2018 at 06:30 AM
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Former Linklaters lawyer Dominic Raab MP has been appointed as the new Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, following the resignation of David Davis last night (8 July).
Raab. who supported Britain leaving the European Union in the 2016 referendum, studied law at Oxford before joining Linklaters, where he specialised in project finance, international litigation and competition law.
He left the firm to join the Foreign Office in 2000, where he led a team at the British Embassy in The Hague which pursued and prosecuted war criminals, and from 2006 to 2010 he worked as chief of staff to Davis when he was then shadow home secretary.
He was elected to parliament in the 2010 general election, and has since held a number of roles including Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Civil Liberties, Minister of State for Courts and Justice and Minister of State for Housing and Planning.
In December, Raab addressed conservative thinktank the Policy Exchange following the release of a report by Linklaters titled The Rule of Law: everyone has a part to play.
In his address, he joked that he was "not blaming Linklaters for becoming a Brexiteer", despite the firm sending him to Brussels for six months to work in its EU, competition law and World Trade Organisation practice during his training.
He added that Brexit brought with it the opportunity "to reinforce the rule of law, increase predictability of our laws and lawmaking, and strengthen the UK's underlying competitiveness".
The appointment comes after former Macfarlanes lawyer David Gauke MP was made Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in January's cabinet reshuffle. In March, Gauke told Legal Week that he wanted to "bang the drum for the UK's legal services".
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