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Norton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to pull out of South Africa

Norton Rose Fulbright becomes latest firm to pull out of South Africa

Norton Rose Fulbright is splitting from its South African business, with the firm’s offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban to become independent from April next year.

The move, which the firm described as a ‘carefully structured transition,’ comes 15 years after Norton Rose entered the South African market via a merger with national firm Deneys Reitz.

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