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11 May 2009
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
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Shantanu Majumdar & Mark Thomson Radcliffe Chambers

Radcliffe Chambers has been joined by Shantanu Majumdar (1992 call) and Mark Thomson (2006 call) from Lamb Chambers and HM Revenue & Customs respectively.

Radcliffe duo

Radcliffe Chambers has been joined by Shantanu Majumdar (1992 call) and Mark Thomson (2006 call) from Lamb Chambers and HM Revenue & Customs respectively.

Shantanu specialises in commercial, professional negligence and employment law and Mark has a broad commercial and Chancery practice.

Hedley Marten, head of Chambers, comments: “We are very pleased to have to have been joined by new members of the high calibre of Shantanu and Mark.

“Their arrival is a significant step in the development of the range of expertise offered by chambers.”

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