People and Business: Star & stripes
Friday 12 February 1999
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AN AMERICAN law firm which specialises in IT, Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, has just opened an office in London. But its links with the UK go back rather longer. Ramsay Potts, the firm's founder, was a bomber pilot during the Second World War and flew his missions out of England. He was also the commanding officer of one James Stewart, matinee idol.
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