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Lawyers invest for EU expansionLaw firms move now to win future business in central and eastern Europe. By Nigel Page

January 1, 2000

   
The recently-concluded Helsinki Summit has focused attention on EU enlargement, with eastward expansion now firmly on the agenda. Along with the six countries already negotiating for candidacy (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Estonia and Cyprus), the EU has now agreed to initiate accession talks with Slovakia, Malta, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia and Lithuania from the start of 2000.

Against this backdrop, came the November announcement from Linklaters & Alliance that it has decided to expand its central and eastern European presence (previously centred in Moscow, Prague and Warsaw) with a trio of new offices in Hungary, Slovakia and Romania.

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