Brexit Anxiety Gives Law Firms Chance to Prove Worth to Clients

Big Law attorneys have launched new services aimed at helping clients better navigate the chaos around the United Kingdom’s looming but ill-defined exit from the European Union.

Earlier this month, K&L Gates launched a “Brexit Audit Tool” to help its clients measure their risk exposure to Brexit. It includes a confidential online evaluation that collects information about a client’s business operations, including “key risk areas” like commercial contracts, IP and data protection, employment and immigration, tax, cross-border trade, and public procurement, according to the firm.

Attorneys from K&L Gates can then use that information to make recommendations about which risk ...