Hill Dickinson and Norton Rose Fulbright partners aboard UK-US trade talks
Hill Dicks shipping chief leads trade delegation to New York for talks over post-Brexit deal
November 02, 2018 at 07:23 AM
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Hill Dickinson has taken a lead role on trade talks between the US and UK, as the two countries lay the groundwork for a potential post-Brexit trade deal.
The firm's global shipping head Julian Clark led a maritime trade delegation – including secretary of state for international trade Liam Fox – which travelled to New York this month to discuss post-Brexit trade arrangements with its US counterparts.
The inaugural Maritime Nations Forum took place on the HMS Queen Elizabeth (pictured), currently docked in New York, after the US recently announced its intention to negotiate a new trade deal with the UK as it prepares to leave the European Union next year.
On the US side, Norton Rose Fulbright US transport head Brian Devine was among the delegation, along with Keith Heard, a senior maritime lawyer at New York firm Lennon Murphy & Phillips.
Clark told Legal Week: "Over my 30 years of practice I've never seen this kind of synergy between the entire UK maritime sector. There's a real feeling of opportunity, and a real buzz."
Clark chaired sessions on various topics during the summit, including the potential synergies between maritime clusters, fintech, cybersecurity and blockchain.
"Although we can't enter formal negotiations until after March, the forum was about laying down foundations and creating synergies between our two countries, and finding further ways to co-operate and develop our existing cross-border relationships," he added.
Clark joined Hill Dickinson in January 2017 after more than six years at Campbell Johnston Clark, the shipping specialist firm he co-founded in 2010 with two other ex-HFW partners.
He added that he remains confident there will be a deal in place when the UK leaves the EU, but that Hill Dickinson was "prepared for a no-deal, if necessary".
Earlier this year, research by the Law Society revealed a 'no-deal' Brexit could lose 12,000 jobs and £3bn in turnover for the UK legal sector. Uncertainty over a deal has also prompted some international firms to look to open offices in Ireland as an "insurance policy".
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