Flying visits? Challenges for UK lawyers working in the EU post Brexit – Belgium

Ilda de Sousa, Partner at Kingsley Napley, discusses the challenges that a post no-deal Brexit will have on UK-based lawyers working in Belgium and Belgian lawyers working in the UK with Bernard Caris, Partner at Younity in Brussels. From a regulatory perspective, Jessica Clay, Senior Associate at Kingsley Napley, provides an overview of what law firms should be doing for their employees when flying them in and out of Belgium.

About Ilda de Sousa

Ilda de Sousa is a Partner in the Immigration team at Kingsley Napley. She is a South African-qualified attorney and a British-qualified solicitor with more than ten years of UK corporate immigration law experience, managing large company clients as well as handling complex matters for individuals, British nationality applications, appeals, judicial reviews and applications under European law, including Brexit-related advice. She also has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of the Points Based System and in advising investors, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.

About Jessica Clay

Jessica Clay is a Senior Associate with over a decade of experience specialising in legal services regulation. Jessica advises clients on complying with regulatory obligations, understanding the importance of legal ethics within regulation, regulatory investigations and public law matters, including reviewing regulatory frameworks and decision-making processes. Outside the legal services sector, she acts both for and against the regulators of the accountancy and actuarial professions.

About Bernard Caris

Bernard Caris is a Partner at Younity and has been a member of the Dutch-speaking section of the Brussels Bar Association since 1994. His practice focuses on business immigration. Bernard is a regular speaker on business immigration at conferences organised by the International Bar Association (IBA), the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS). He has written several articles in this practice area. Since 2005, Who’s Who Legal: Corporate Immigration has recognised him as a specialist in the field of business immigration.