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The Global 100: The European question – Have years of cuts left the Magic Circle exposed as Brexit looms?

The Global 100: The European question – Have years of cuts left the Magic Circle exposed as Brexit looms?
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Madeleine Farman
11 July 2017
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London’s top firms have been quietly retrenching for years in mainland Europe. As Brexit looms, where has that left the Magic Circle?

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