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Comment: Ditching lockstep – better too late than never?

Alex Novarese
Alex Novarese · 13 December 2017 · 3 min read
Comment Salaries Freshfields
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

‘Lockstep in its current form has to go. It’s just not working.’
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