M&A advisers await Brexit clarity

摘要

With two months left until the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union, dealmakers are unsure whether this will cause a hiatus in the pipeline of proposed transactions or spark a swathe of bids for sterling assets trading at a depressed level. Nigel Wellings, partner and joint head of corporate at UK law firm Clifford Chance, said the situation could be similar to what was seen at the start of the year ahead of the previous Brexit deadline of the end of March.