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We merged with German
                                                                                       international commercial
                                                                                       Law Firm BridgehouseLaw,
                                                                                       with offices in Munich and
                                                                                       Cologne, and strengthened
                                                                                       our Insurance expertise by
                                                                                       merging with Fox Hartley in
                                                                                       Bristol and C&H Jefferson
                                                                                       in Belfast

                                                                We opened our flagship
                                                                London office at 20
                                                                Fenchurch Street        2016
                                        We merged with Crutes,
                                        Buller Jeffries and Biggart
                                        Baillie, further expanding  2014
                                        our geographic footprint
              We merged with Leeds-
              based Ricksons, and
              Davies Wallis Foyster
              officially became DWF LLP   2012


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                                                                                      Our global headcount
                      2011                                                        reaches over 2,700 people.

                                                                                       We acquired Heenan
                                             2013                                   Paris to launch in France,
           We aligned ourselves with                                                acquired Triton Global to
           our clients’ businesses by                                               stretch our footprint over
           redefining sector expertise                                             to Australia, Canada and
               within DWF, creating   We merged with Fishburns      2015              the USA whilst further
              teams across practice   and Cobbetts and were                            deepening our global
                  areas and offices  joined by a 47-strong                              Insurance practice.
                                  team from Greenwoods/
                                 Parabis, strengthening our  We opened offices in
                                Insurance and Commercial     Dubai and Brussels,      We opened our Berlin
                                       services offering  merged with niche market-  office to strengthen our
                                                        leading insurance practice   Financial Services, Real
                                                            Watmores, launched    Estate and Corporate M&A
                                                          our innovation business   service lines and continued
                                                         and The DWF Charitable   to develop our international
                                                                   Foundation         capabilities by opening
                                                                                   DWF offices in Brisbane,
                                                                                        Melbourne, Milan
                                                                                           and Singapore          11
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