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A&O stays true to strategy with Istanbul launch

Actually I would agree with anonymous. Monolingual englisn speaking lawyers are becoming less and less useful. As a client I always use lawyers that are fluent in both languages otherwise it is just painful and money wasting to watch it. Tried to get a job in China lately? Without mandarin you have very little chance. Having done several deals there before lawyers who either aren't plugged in or don't speak the language just hinder the process. In places like Turkey that are actually very complex and sophisticated jurisdictions with several partners of international firms that are dual qualilfied and native speakers and having been subjected to the firms without that and being very frustrated with the service then clearly there is no choice but to go with the bilingual lawyers. In this day I find it a little funny that the 'anonymous' thinks that their monolinguality is a plus in emerging markets transactional work rather than an impediment.

21-Feb-2012

3:56 pm