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Law firms face fierce pressure from MPs to shutter Moscow offices

‘Choose a side,’ MP tells law firms

Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie, White & Case, BCLP and Sidley Austin all told FN they were reviewing or cutting ties with some Russian clients
Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, Baker McKenzie, White & Case, BCLP and Sidley Austin all told FN they were reviewing or cutting ties with some Russian clients Photo: Valery Sharifulin/Getty Images

Law firms are facing increasing political pressure to pull the plug on their Moscow operations and cut ties with Russian clients in light of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Two MPs on parliament's Foreign Affairs committee told Financial News that Western law firms should follow the likes of energy companies BP and Shell and exit their operations in Russia.

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