The UK Law Gazette writes
UK solicitors based in Paris can continue advising on English and international law in the wake of Brexit, the French authorities have confirmed.
After several months of negotiation, the National Council of French Bar Associations (Conseil National des Barreaux) and the French government have concluded that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement – ratified by members of the European Parliament last week – enables UK lawyers to register as ‘foreign legal consultants’.
Lawyers registered as foreign legal consultants in France may practise under home title and advise clients on home-country law and public international law, excluding EU law.
In order to register, solicitors must apply for authorisation with the CNB. Those applying for permanent practice must then register with a local French bar association, while applications for temporary practice must be renewed with the council each year.
