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Comment: Life after Sir Nigel – They built it, now what?

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Legal Business · 18 March 2015 · 3 min read
Comment Leadership DLA Piper

DLA Piper’s new head Simon Levine jokes about avoiding becoming the David Moyes to his high-profile predecessor’s Alex Ferguson, but you could make a stronger case that Sir Nigel Knowles’ (pictured) transformative track record at DLA Piper is closer to making him the firm’s Tony Blair.

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