By Maria Ward-Brennan Nearly half of UK corporations are predicting an increase for their legal spend as the demand for legal advice on merger and acquisitions (M&A) transactions has clawed back. About 40 per cent of UK corporations have said they plan to increase their legal spend this financial year, according to a new report by Thomson Reuters. The most significant growth is in M&A advice, with a net 21 per cent of corporate expecting to increase spending, up from a net 2 per cent planning cuts three months earlier. While banking and finance legal advice also saw improvement, with a net 10 …