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To revive flagging demand, Debevoise & Plimpton embarked on a yearslong, radical journey to reorganize and reorient its future.
July 01, 2021 at 03:40 PM
12 minute read
Leadership
In the fall of 2012, as 140 Debevoise & Plimpton partners awaited him in the firm’s New York office, presiding partner Michael Blair was preparing to make perhaps the most important presentation of his career.
Appointed just the year before, Blair was going to tell those partners that everything was about to change.
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