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A&O the first top-tier player to forge contract lawyer service

Jaishree Kalia
Jaishree Kalia · 4 December 2013 · 3 min read
TMT A&O Shearman

Freelance lawyers to cover fixed-term needs.

For all the talk of innovation in the profession, experimentation with new models has so far been more evident at mid-pack players like Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Eversheds than elite London or New York advisers.

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