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 category‘The centre of gravity for Southeast Asia’ – why PE investment is making Singapore increasingly attractiveLaw firmsKate Peacock8 May 2026Slaughters and Linklaters take the call as Vodafone buys CK Hutchison out for £4.3bnLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves6 May 2026Linklaters and Proskauer lead on £17.5bn financial advisory acquisitionLaw firmsKate Peacock27 Apr 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