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Withers targets global tech industry with acquisition of UK boutique JAG

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Marco Cillario
1 August 2018
TMT

Withers has bought out six-partner UK tech law boutique JAG Shaw Baker in the latest chapter of its global expansion.

JAG’s 26-lawyer team has today (1 August) joined Withers’ London and Cambridge operations as the private wealth specialist targets investors and entrepreneurs in the life sciences and digital world.

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