A leading global law firm has apologised “unreservedly” after comments made by a senior staff member about the Middle East were leaked.
Ethan Klingsberg, co-head of the US corporate team at Freshfields, a “magic circle” firm, made the comments in an email chain with global managing partner Alan Mason as the pair discussed expanding the firm’s legal AI unit. In the emails, the pair said they hoped to create a company worth “billions”.
