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The Global 100 debate – Will stars or institutions define the law’s elite?

Individual vs institution? To mark our Global 100 report, we assembled a group of senior lawyers to ask which will define the legal elite of the 2020s

Posted on 29 October 2018 09:30am26 October 2018 13:01pm
Alex Novarese
Global 100 2018 LeadershipMagic CircleUS firms

Alex Novarese, Legal Business: Ten years ahead, what will a global elite firm look like?

Charlie Jacobs, Linklaters: I don’t think it’s going to go the accountancy way, where you just go bigger and the Big Four dominate. A lot of focus seems to be around profitability and if you are driven by that metric, you get a certain type of firm. When I started, it was the Magic Circle in London and a certain category of US firms. We have seen lots of change. But I don’t see just one model prevailing.

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