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From London’s boardrooms to Abu Dhabi’s courtrooms, English law shapes the rules of global business as it quietly but decisively finds itself at the heart of international deals and disputes.

The late Joseph S. Nye defined ‘soft power’ in the 1980s as “The ability to affect others to obtain the outcomes one wants through attraction and persuasion rather than coercion or payment.”

One of the best examples of this is the UK legal industry’s attractiveness, driven by the importance of English Common Law worldwide.

The UK has a head start by leveraging its imperial past to drive influence, but the credit should be given to its ability to maintain that influence. And the numbers support this.

This week, a new report by TheCityUK

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