For this year’s UK Top 50, Legal Week has spoken to law firm leaders across the market for their take on the key trends from 2016-17, as well as their plans for the year ahead. In this Q&A, Herbert Smith Freehills senior partner James Palmer discusses the impact of Brexit on the M&A market and the march of the US firms in London
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