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Elaw.com gives legal professionals Web access to memos, briefs, letters, agreements and other work products, which they can download for a fee.

As its charter...Elaw.com gives legal professionals Web access to memos, briefs, letters, agreements and other work products, which they can download for a fee.

As its charter international firm, Eversheds will provide content for the site including drafting letters and briefs in various practice areas.

Elaw.com has a group of around ten well-known second and third-tier US firms already providing content, such as Reed Smith (which recently merged with UK firm Warner Cranston), Sonnenschein, Crowell & Moring and Heller Ehrman.Paul Smith, head of environment law at Eversheds, said: Partnering with elaw.com is a unique opportunity for us to display our distinctive competencies to existing and future clients.

As elaw.coms subscribers include many Fortune 500 companies, Mr Smith said he hoped the partnership would open up new areas of work.

Were excited to have the opportunity and exposure that elaw.com gives us, and we hope that our participation will help us to win more US-based clients.Victoria MacCallum