Law firms Coronavirus impact widens as Links and Eversheds become latest City firms to send staff home Marco Cillario · 17 March 2020 · 2 min read Magic Circle Coronavirus Linklaters Linklaters has followed its City rivals in asking staff to work from home due to the quickening spread of COVID-19. The firm today (17 March) moved to a full remote working arrangement for its 1,200-lawyer Silk Street headquarters. Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryEMEA’s most recommended law firms revealed by Legal 500 client researchLaw firmsAmy Ulliott8 Sep 2026What made the headlines this summer: the top stories you might have missedLegal Business7 Sep 2026In numbers: How Slaughters’ £110m fee haul doubles nearest rival on UK’s biggest dealsLaw firmsKate Peacock3 Sep 2026Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepensLaw firmsNathalie Tidman16 Mar 2020The vision thing – Sizing up the big issues set to shape law through the 2020sLaw firmsThomas Alan11 Feb 2020Linklaters leads Magic Circle pack amid solid 2018/19 trading but uncertainty looms over the City eliteLaw firmsNathalie Tidman29 Jul 2019What’s next?Law firmsTom Baker30 Apr 2021Africa focus: Africa firstInternationalChris Crowe28 Apr 2021Turkey focus: Crisis, what crisis?InternationalDominic Carman28 Apr 2021