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      • Tamara Box‘Universal slowdown’ adds up to a less dynamic year but Kirkland becomes first $4bn law firmThomas Alan
      • Sam Newhouse, Latham & Watkins, LB297, March 2020Corporate losses continue for Freshfields as Latham makes public M&A play in LondonMuna Abdi
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