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US firms' City bases outstrip UK firms' RPL by 50 per cent

having trained and worked at a US firm and now at MC firm my view would be because at UK firms there is much more support (large number of trainees, paralegals and other support staff - and often also outsourced or near-shored support services for mundane or volume work) whereas London offices of US firms often throw a small number of (very tired!) associates at a deal and the work often isn't resourced very smartly. Junior lawyers charging top dollar for hours of donkey work.

8-Oct-2012

2:34 pm