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Slaughters adds US capability in Hong Kong as best friends become rivals

Slaughters adds US capability in Hong Kong as best friends become rivals
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25 February 2014
Asia

Moore becomes first lateral hire in firm’s 125-year history

It had been well telegraphed but even so news that Slaughter and May was making the first lateral hire in its 125-year history to add US securities capability to its Hong Kong arm was enough to send a minor jolt through the global legal profession.

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