City lawyers like nothing more than pitting their competitive instincts against one another, be it in the deal room, the squash court or in some attention-grabbing stunt of death defiance that just happens to raise a few quid for charity. Of course, if there is an assembled audience, so much the better.
So lawyers at adrenaline-soaked City firm Lewis Silkin will have been overjoyed when they recently got the chance to parade their silky footie skills in front of BBC cameras, although any shocking defensive lapses were unlikely to catch the eye of Alan Hansen and co on Match of the Day.
