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DLA shows African ambition with dual office launch

DLA shows African ambition with dual office launch
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Legal Business
4 November 2015
Africa

Global 100 firm goes alone after warning alliance firms to integrate

DLA Piper’s split from South African associate firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr two months ago has spurred the world’s second largest law firm into action, deciding to go it alone in Africa through launches in Morocco and Johannesburg.

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