We have spoken to a lot of our clients and we didn’t really hear that they thought leaving the EU would lead to less regulation as far as their sectors are concerned. If you look at the competition side, you’re really looking at a fairly global system of enforcement these days, so I don’t think that there would be significant changes in the way competition law is enforced in the UK at a general level. But, of course, there are interesting developments if you look a little bit more at the detail.

我们与许多客户谈过，并没有听他们说英国退出欧盟后，他们行业的监管会更宽松。从竞争法来看，当前执法体系的全球化水平较高，因此我认为，总体上英国竞争法的执行方式不会有大改变。当然，从细节来看，还是会发生一些有趣的变化。Continue Reading “英国退欧”视频专访（字幕版）：竞争与监管

There are several areas of issue for the Real Estate sector. One is in the run-up to a referendum, which may create a period of instability and stagnation in the property market, whilst people think about what may happen if there were to be a Brexit or what would happen if we stay in. Now that in itself can manifest opportunities for investors because they see the market stalling and that should mean that prices come off and therefore, it could present an opportunity. But I think the more likely concern is that if people believe a Brexit will really happen, that that may just create stagnation.

英国退欧会给房地产行业带来几个问题。一是在公投的预备阶段，房地产市场可能出现一段不稳定和停滞期，人们会考虑英国退出和留在欧盟分别会发生什么事情。这种情况本身可能给投资者带来一些机会，因为他们看到市场停滞，可能意味着价格下跌，这可能是一个机会。但是，我认为更可能发生的情况是，如果人们相信英国真的会退出欧洲，这只会带来市场停滞。Continue Reading “英国退欧”视频专访（字幕版）：房地产