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Profile - Laying down the law. In his five years as information sheriff at the world's largest law firm, Paul Greenwood has run a dozen knowledge management systems out of town in the battle for the one true database. The top CIO tells Jane Dudman the story.(Clifford Chance)(Company Profile)

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Running information systems for the world's largest law firm is something that Paul Greenwood seems to take in his stride.

Greenwood is chief information officer at Clifford Chance, which means he is responsible for ensuring information flows smoothly to more than 3,000 lawyers.

Clifford Chance is the largest of the five huge London law firms known as the Magic Circle, the others being Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter & May.

Law firms depend on their fee earners and the amount of profit per partner is a hugely important figure. Last year, Clifford Chance's profit per equity partner was [pounds ...

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