A partner at Freshfields said a lack of “sophisticated investors” in the region meant the leading firm would have to look elsewhere for investors in its AI lab.
Freshfields has apologised “unreservedly” for a comment made about Middle Eastern sovereign wealth investors in a leaked email chain, as the law firm attempts to mitigate any fallout with clients in the region.
In an email exchange reported by the FT last week, Freshfields’ global managing partner Alan Mason and Ethan Klingsberg, co-head of US corporate and M & A, discussed a potential spinout of the firm’s legal AI unit .
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