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Consumed – Can burning ambition from Down Under recast Herbert Smith for the global stage?

Consumed – Can burning ambition from Down Under recast Herbert Smith for the global stage?
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Tom Moore
4 November 2014
Australia

With the fall-out from the merger of Herbert Smith and Freehills subsiding, the emerging global challenger needs to galvanise its business under new leadership. Will the Australian suitor’s ambition provide the jolt needed or has Herbert Smith been absorbed?

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