Allen & Overy Alumni Yearbook 2021
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09 December 2021
Articles and profiles
Emerging stronger and better since the Covid-19 crisis
In April 2021, Wim Dejonghe and Gareth Price met in person for the first time since becoming senior and managing partner – almost a year into their term together. With the Covid-19 crisis continuing to impact businesses throughout 2021, they assess A&O’s response and what lies ahead.
Hybrid ways of working: the new normal
Covid-19 has demonstrated that changes to how we work could make lives easier as well as benefitting productivity. Can we merge the best of yesterday and today’s practices for a new tomorrow?
Thriving in a world of constant change
People get itchy feet and change jobs; with A&O alumna April Rinne, it’s more like an itchy mind because she wants to change conventional thinking and make the world a better place.
The transition to a sustainable economy: why it is relevant to everyone
As the world grapples with climate change and natural system degradation and their implications for life on earth, A&O has a key role to play in helping put sustainability at the core of all client decision-making.
Milestones on the road to sustainability
Two paths, one destination: meet alumni Duncan Lee and Elsabé Schimmelpenninck van der Oye who are each working in their own way to make a difference to the environment.
From a distance, but close-up
Sethu Khumalo and Qi Xie, two of A&O’s 2020 intake, had to adjust swiftly to virtual working – and A&O couldn’t have been more helpful in supporting them.
A busy year for social mobility work
A&O has long been committed to social mobility and working with like-minded organisations. Several new and exciting initiatives continue this tradition.
Sustainability climbs up boardroom agendas
Dutch partner Jochem Spaans considers himself fortunate to be in a practice that’s important from business, social and personal perspectives. Welcome to environmental law.
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