Welcome to the
European Circuit

THE EUROPEAN CIRCUIT IS FOR ALL ADVOCATES DELIVERING AND DEVELOPING OUR CROSS-BORDER PRACTICES.

The European Circuit is an association of legal professionals across a broad definition of Europe, including the EU and all Council of Europe Member States. It began life as a “Circuit” – a group of practitioners in a geographical area — of the Bar of England and Wales, but it has grown to welcome lawyers from a wide range of European jurisdictions. Members generally practise in the areas of dispute resolution and advocacy and share a common interest in European legal issues and cross-border practice. We now have active members in at least a dozen European countries and have cordial relations with the bar associations of many others.

The European Circuit holds regular seminars and round tables – mostly in English – in different jurisdictions, dealing with matters of relevance to its members. We also hold an annual conference in cooperation with local bar associations. In recent years we have been warmly welcomed by the bars in Prague, Lisbon, Rome, Madrid and Brussels, among others. We have also held dedicated events on topics including population movement, navigating sanctions, advocacy before the European courts (the CJEU, ECtHR and others), and the UK/EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.

If you would like to know more about our past and future events, please check the events section of our website.

The Circuit provides a forum for its members to:

• Seek solutions to common problems in cross-border practice;
• Exchange knowledge and experience of European legal issues and practical aspects of cross-border work;
• Offer a point of liaison with the local bar in jurisdictions where members wish to operate in collaboration with other practitioners; and
• Promote more widely the services of barristers and other specialist advocates and dispute-resolution practitioners to the wider European legal profession and other potential clients.

If you have queries or suggestions on the role of the Circuit and cannot obtain the answers on the Circuit website, please do not hesitate to contact [email protected].