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Significant hires

Legal Business
Legal Business · 15 May 2019 · 1 min read
Strategic recruitment
City of London
  • In April, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan reinforced its City competition practice with the hire of Elaine Whiteford from Covington & Burling, who brings with her a focus on follow-on damages litigation – a particular area of interest for the disputes specialist.
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