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To list, or not to list? More, and much bigger, firms are asking that question

Hamish McNicol
Hamish McNicol · 27 July 2018 · 5 min read
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To list, or not to list? More, and much bigger, firms are asking that question

As DWF positions to float, Hamish McNicol asks if the legal IPO is going mainstream

Eversheds Sutherland co-chief executives Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman recently hosted more than 700 partners at the firm’s partner conference in New York.

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