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‘A very different role’: Q&A with HSF’s new senior partner James Palmer

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Legal Business · 10 November 2014 · 3 min read
Law firm management Profile Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

James Palmer (Profile) talks to Legal Business about being elected the first senior partner at Herbert Smith Freehills since the merger and what he will bring to the role.

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