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A special situation – Macfarlanes overcomes lateral reluctance with rare spate of hires

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Thomas Alan
15 May 2019
Strategic recruitment

Corporate partner Peter Baldwin joins the City outfit from Ropes & Gray

Traditionally reticent to engage in the lateral recruitment market, Macfarlanes has continued its recent flurry of hires, this time recruiting special situations and corporate partner Peter Baldwin from Ropes & Gray.

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