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Expert Forum: Real Estate Disputes
Corporate Disputes Magazine
October 2018
In this interview with Corporate Disputes Magazine, partner Robert Ward discusses the commercial real estate dispute space, including the common causes of litigation and recent global and regional trends impacting the industry. He also reveals the strategies disputing parties deploy to help manage the cost of dispute resolution.
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