Global Firms in Focus is a weekly column about international law firm business by chief global correspondent Chris Johnson. Reach him at [email protected]. On Twitter: @chris_t_johnson.
The surprising outcome of the recent U.K. general election has done nothing to stem the uncertainty that has plagued the country’s legal market ever since the equally surprising Brexit vote last June. For anyone who is not caught up on U.K. news, the Conservative party called a snap general election to strengthen its majority ahead of the Brexit negotiations, which are scheduled to begin Monday. While the party expected a landslide victory, it actually failed to win a majority. This means no single party has enough seats to form a government and the Conservative party is scrambling to form a coalition.
