Vault says they surveyed solicitors at 100 major law firms in the U.K. and nearly 1,500 lawyers from firms responded to. The results of the responses led to the Top 50 Most Presitigious, with Slaughter & May, Linklaters, Freshfields, Allen & Overy, and Clifford Chance in the top five positions. American firms Skadden Arps, Cleary Gottlieb, and Sullivan & Cromwell were ranked 7th, 8th, and 9th, respectively.
On the Best 20 Firms to Work For list, several smaller firms made the top of the list—much like in our own Midlevel Survey. At the top was Trowers & Hamlins, followed by two U.S. firms, Weil, Gotshal and Latham & Watkins. In 4th place, another relatively unknown firm (to the U.S. audience), Burges Salmon, and then LeBoeuf Lamb in 5th place.
Freshfields partners Julian Pritchard and Tim Wilkins are speaking at a Japan Society breakfast in Manhattan on Tuesday morning Sept. 25, on the topic "Vultures or Doves? How Changing Japanese Laws & Shifting Perceptions will Impact U.S.-Japan M&A." Should be a lively session - Japan Society gets excellent speakers. (I write for Japan Society, so I admit to possible bias, but I find that their Corporate and Policy programs are uniformly well done and offer interesting perspectives on global business.)
Posted by: K Hyde | September 21, 2007 at 11:21 AM