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The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics

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Tom Moore
10 April 2015
Corporate and M&AGlobal London 2015

With Akin Gump and Cooley securing multimillion-pound teams, a wave of new entrants to the City are re-writing the playbook for expansion in London. What is driving the new breed?

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