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3 August 2020Influential Women in IPMuireann Bolger

Allen & Overy launches diversity targets to retain BAME lawyers

Law firm  Allen & Overy (A&O) has set new diversity targets after research revealed that black and ethnic minority lawyers had shorter tenures at the firm when compared to their white counterparts.

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