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The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics

Tom Moore
Tom Moore · 10 April 2015 · 1 min read
Corporate and M&A Global London 2015 Akin Cooley

With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook for expansion in London. What is driving the new breed?

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