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Background and market factors

Legal Business
Legal Business · 5 May 2015 · 5 min read
Middle East and Africa Comment JLegal

Richard McLerie of JLegal outlines the picture across the region.

When trying to predict what the legal recruitment market will look like in the Gulf region it is easy to be seen as sitting on the fence. There are conflicting signs at every turn and until every scenario plays out, it is impossible to tell how it will affect the region.

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