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DWF aims to conquer Newcastle as it hires Dickinson Dees' Flynn

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Interesting times. Is DWF's latest move to bulk up in a shrinking market wise? The other firms are looking to expand out of the region, not into it. John Flynn's credentials will clearly draw in a number of other interested partners, but will it actually generate profitable business or merely headlines for a number of lawyers looking for a new home. One thing is certain, the departure of such a big name from the mainstay of the Newcastle legal market will generate a degree of interest in an otherwise conservative region. This may provoke the Dees into actually taking steps to stop the recent decline in their market position. Expanding into Teesside and York haven't exactly transformed the PEP......

Posted date

9-May-2011

Posted time

8:30 pm

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