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Rising Star: Alison Smith, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Legal Business
Legal Business · 3 November 2016 · 2 min read
Corporate and M&A Freshfields

Key clients: Anheuser-Busch InBev, Tesco, Smiths Group

Partner since 2015

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