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Macfarlanes: Mac to the future
Macfarlanes is changing – slowly. Gavriel Hollander discovers how the blue-blood firm is meeting the challenge of falling profits, no overseas network and a perennially stuffy image
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Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons: Parallel lines
Two very different law firms occupying disparate places in the legal echelons – but Linklaters and Simmons seem to employ uncannily similar methods to achieve similar aims.
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Sir Nigel Knowles: Knight exemplar
He has transformed his firm from a virtually unknown Sheffield player into a truly international heavyweight – and now DLA Piper joint CEO Nigel Knowles is officially a knight of the realm after being named in the Queen’s New Year Honours List. Just don’t call him Sir Nigel.