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EY

Text provided by the firm: EY provides multi-disciplinary services with legal teams fully integrated into client service teams to combine disciplines and deliver holistic, business focused advice. Read more

Text provided by the firm: EY provides multi-disciplinary services with legal teams fully integrated into client service teams to combine disciplines and deliver holistic, business focused advice. EY approaches projects collaboratively, listening first to gain a deep understanding of project objectives and then bringing together legal, tax and accounting services (or a combination that best suits the client’s objectives).

EY has a global team of 2,500 legal professionals across 85 jurisdictions, focusing on providing practical solutions (whether in one or more countries).

EY’s suite of legal services includes:

Strategic transactions (M&A)
Business structuring (corporate structuring)
Business operations (commercial and IP)
Risk management and regulatory
Digital and innovations
Privacy compliance (data privacy)
HR and people (employment)

Visit https://www.ey.com/en_uk/law to find out more.

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Address: 1 More London Place London SE1 2AF
Tel: +44 207 951 7995

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