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CMS Eversheds flirt alert

CMS Eversheds? Aaargh. You can tell this is an Eversheds work of fiction, or Cat at her most kittenish. If it were from Camerons, it would be the equally delusional CMS Ashurst, or something like that. Mergers are the last resort of the strategically bankrupt, the final throw of the dice for vain managing partners looking to leave a legacy. The longed-for magic dust does not make quality out of quantity. Or maybe it’s a brilliantly Macchiavellian strategy to make CMcK partners realise how lush the grass is on their side of the fence: "Cough up yer £70k with a smile, boys and girls - it's a price worth paying to stave off merger." Cat knows - we ALL know - that Delphic denials from the firms to to the meeja are designed to be identical whether denying a false or true rumour. So move along, nothing to see here. I thought crowbarring the beloved Norton Rose into last week's headline about the global elite was dubious journalism; this week's editorial proves the silly season is in full swing.

4-Jul-2011

10:50 pm