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Two birds, one stone – A&O finance veterans joins Co-op team as GC as firm acts on rescue

Two birds, one stone – A&O finance veterans joins Co-op team as GC as firm acts on rescue
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Jaishree Kalia
18 June 2013
Corporate and M&AIn-house

Securing a major deal and having one of your partners take a senior role with the same client is a nice trick to pull off but Allen & Overy (A&O) appears to have managed that this week after securing a lead role on the Co-op’s rescue plan and ‘donating’ a veteran partner to the lender’s management team.

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