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, Allen & Overy (A&O) managing partner Andrew Ballheimer discusses the factors behind the firm’s record year, the Brexit ‘phoney war’ and the prospects for UK-US mergers
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