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Anonymous@9.36 am: I can see why you're a lawyer and not in the finance industry. The numbers in the American Lawyer and other charts use an average exchange rate for the prior year. If you do that, you would find that Freshfields and Linklaters would be top ten. Profits for Slaughters (guesstimates, as are the profits for every white shoe firm) are available freely in The Lawyer, Legal Week, and everywhere else. They would probably be number 4. Do you really think as low 1.5 dollars to the pound is sustainable? Again, thank your lucky stars you're not in currency trading. Having worked at both, I can confirm that your focus and harder work comment is absolute nonsense. Are you telling me that Linklaters is less focused and less hard working than Cleary? The reverse is obviously true. In your last paragraph, you again show off your stupidity. The point is that their London offices make more per head than their US offices. That is true for all of established quality white shoe firms in London. If LInklaters, Freshfields (or even Clifford Chance) were just their London offices, their profits per partner would be phenominal.

21-Jul-2010

11:18 am