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The Big ‘Brexit’ Winners? Lobbyists and Lawyers

While Brexit may have sent the pound sterling into free fall and spread tremors through the business world, there have been some winners — most conspicuous among them the big consulting agencies, such as KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers. And lawyers, trade experts, lobbyists and public relations firms are all lining up to coach businesses and the British government throughout what promises to be a complex, multiyear negotiation whose outcome remains uncertain.

Those advisory firms, in turn, have hired a flock of people who, like Mr. Stephenson and his partner, Ameet Gill — who was a top aide to Britain’s former prime minister, David Cameron — worked in the Leave and Remain campaigns.