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# What does Brexit mean for directors and owners of privately owned companies?

26 July, 2016

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The latest edition of [UK Private Company Director](https://www.corbettkeeling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/UK-Private-Company-Director-Q2-Newsletter.pdf) looks at what Brexit might mean for directors and owners of privately owned companies.

Readers learn that despite the persisting uncertainty about the form Brexit may take, private equity investors remain on balance optimistic about the opportunities for deal making, being eager to step in where trade buyers may be hesitant. As ever, the news is not all bad – and certainly not as bad as the media sometimes portray it.

This quarter, the newsletter covers:

- Investment levels, historic and anticipated, in the UK private equity market
- Some of the many legal implications of Brexit on UK M&A activity
- Why cash should not be neglected as an asset class

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