Brexit: Implications For State Aid/Control Of Subsidies

In a referendum on June 23, 2016, voters in the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The UK government is currently expected to trigger the Article 50 process to formally exit the EU in the spring of 2017. Once it does so, the UK will cease to be a member of the EU within two years from the date that it has given notice under Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union, unless the EU Member States (i.e., the UK plus the 27 remaining EU Member States) unanimously agree to extend that time period. This is the sixth in a series of briefing notes prepared by WilmerHale's Brexit team discussing the potential legal and regulatory implications of a future Brexit for the UK and the EU.