Legal Week | News Alert
June 23, 2016

'The question for us will be: does it make sense to be in London?' European independents on Brexit
Senior management at leading German, Spanish and Swedish independents suggest some European firms may look to downsize in the UK in the event of Brexit

Tesco turns to Freshfields as it sells coffee chain to Caffe Nero
British supermarket giant has instructed the magic circle firm while Travers Smith is acting for the buyer

Firms review strategies as HK IPO numbers fall
Firms have been slashing their fees in order to win the ECM work

Freshfields, DLA Piper called up for Dixons Carphone’s first legal panel post-merger
Linklaters and Osborne Clarke both miss out on the 11-strong panel

Solicitor general pledges to protect Hong Kong’s legal system and create dispute resolution hub
Wesley Wong pledges to foster ‘user-friendly legal landscape’ and to showcase Hong Kong’s credentials at Legal Week conference today.

Stephenson Harwood reports 9% revenue rise in another record year
Second consecutive record-breaking year for the UK firm as PEP increases by 1.5%

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What have you not agreed? Be careful when leaving visible deletions
This Gowling WLG briefing looks at the Court of Appeal decision in Narandas-Girdhar v Bradstock [2016], which confirms the correct approach to referring to deleted text in the interpretation of contracts.
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