Chris Saul, senior partner, Slaughter and May
“I think the outlook is one that can be described as cautiously optimistic for the top 50 firms. There is a decent amount of deal activity in the pipeline, and there is obviously a significant amount of ongoing dispute resolution and investigations work. The reason for overlaying that with caution is a number of more complex factors: the general election and the uncertainty that may result, the relative lack of growth in the eurozone and factors of uncertainty over Russia.
“Our continuing aspiration is to be involved in the most interesting and novel transactions and disputes.”
