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The road to Ottawa – why WLG believes Gowlings can put it on the global map

Kathryn McCann
Kathryn McCann · 4 December 2015 · 33 min read
Legal mergers Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co Gowling WLG


Wragge Lawrence Graham has nailed its international aspirations to an ambitious tie-up with Canada’s Gowlings… to the bewilderment of peers. Why?

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