With an uncertain general election then lying ahead and the market this side of the Atlantic only just fully back up to speed after the financial crash, international law firms in the City could have been forgiven for lying low in 2014.
However, this was far from the case. Research into lateral hiring trends at some of the largest international firms operating in the UK found that partner-to-partner recruitment jumped by 56% in 2014 compared with 2013, with 117 moves compared with 75 the previous year.
