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Thanks to the recent UK referendum, competition law, construction law, contracts and trading relationships, data protection/transparency, dispute resolution, employment law, environmental law, financial services, insolvency law, pensions, real estate law and tax law, all currently governed in the UK by EU law, may soon change their rules to different degrees.Law firms have been quick to act on the referendum result, diseminating literature, opening hotlines and hosting webinars, with all cognizant clients will have numerous questions as to what this means to those based in Asia, from potential investment opportunities to whether they should be moving their London offices to European alternatives such as Frankfurt.

Look out for the upcoming volume of Asian-mena Counsel in which we’ll have a longer look at what Brexit might mean to the In-House Community.

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