I would judge him as an extraordinary person who had flaws that we can’t discount but overall an amazingly positive force in early American history,' says Jefferson biographer Annette Gordon-Reed.

Hi, it’s Dong Cao and Manuel Baigorri in Hong Kong, where we’ve been chatting with Alex Bidlake, a partner at Clifford Chance (and a champion rower), about the outlook for M&A in the financial hub.