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Cutting the cord – Allen severs Ropes ties to focus on new role as DLA Piper continues finance push

Cutting the cord – Allen severs Ropes ties to focus on new role as DLA Piper continues finance push
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Kathryn McCann
14 February 2017
Financial services

Raconteur, rainmaker and serial legal entrepreneur Maurice Allen is to phase out his ongoing role with Ropes & Gray to focus on his new post at DLA Piper, after admitting it was ‘difficult’ to work for both firms as a consultant.

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