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Consolidation: CMS Olswang and Nabarro to cut roughly a third of support staff jobs ahead of merger

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Matthew Field
21 March 2017
Law firm managementCMS Cameron McKennaLegal mergersNabarroOlswang

As the firms prepare for their three way merger, 300 support staff roles at CMS Cameron McKenna, Olswang and Nabarro are set to be cut following a redundancy consultation.

The consultation, which ran from 16 January to 3 March, only concerned UK roles. Of the 950 support staff across the three firms 650 staff were offered roles in the combined firm.

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