“At last, I’ve joined the magic circle” – SJ Berwin senior partner David Harrel on finding himself seated with Tim Clark, Anthony Salz and Stuart Popham, the cabal of senior partners from Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance respectively

“Most of my in-house legal team fancy Charlie Jacobs (Linklaters‘ corporate team of the year winner), and most of them are male” – general counsel of a plc

“Cloisters? I thought that was a ski resort” – Clifford Chance’s ubiquitous Stuart Popham