It was smiles all round a couple of weeks ago as White & Case held its annual golf day. Some naughty lawyer tried to insinuate that the first prize was a pair of mangy old golf shoes. Shame on you. White & Case is known for its generosity – remember its amazing orange-and-blue duffel bags? The prizes included (new) golf shoes, a super-dooper putter and a natty travel bag, which stores your clubs and your golf caddy.
The Deutsche Bank team, including a Duke Street Capital chap and White & Case’s very own David Barwise, was the lucky recipient of the first prize. In fact, it seems that Deutsche Bank has got more swing than a pack of wife swappers, since they won last year as well. Time for a client v lawyer contest, we think, to knock Deutsche Bank off its perch.
Arro Gant & Co
God bless those lawyers who think they’re qualified to do everybody else’s job as well as their own. Sometimes there’s nothing more amusing than talking to pompous partners who think that it’s their place to tell journalists how to do their jobs.Take Jörg Soehring, the charmless managing partner of Latham & Watkins in Germany. A […]