Bloomberg Law
June 23, 2016, 10:13 PM UTC

Brexit -- a Boon for Law Firms?

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

There were storms and flash floods across Britain on Thursday as voters tramped to the polls to decide whether to remain in the European Union.

In recent days, analysts have predicted the so called ‘Brexit’ vote will be a tight race.

To make sense of what’s happening, Big Law Business checked in with the British lawyer Christian Leathley, of U.K.-based law firm Herbert Smith Freehills, who happened to be stuck in traffic leaving John F. Kennedy Airport in New York where he lives.

For months, Leathley has been studying the implications of a ‘Brexit’ and believes a vote to exit likely would cause political upheaval and ...

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