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A different Middle East playbook: Dentons launches in Jeddah as CC and HSF pull out of Qatar

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Georgiana Tudor
7 February 2017
Middle East and Africa

Dentons has announced today (7 February) it is to launch in Jeddah at the same time as Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith Freehills have revealed plans to scale back their presence in the Middle East.

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