While City tugs of war and ultra-competitive Conker Cups provide suitable public outlets for macho partners to put one over on their colleagues and rivals, the internationalisation of commercial law has handed alpha males an extra avenue for internal one-upmanship.
The trendy appointment by many firms of ‘jurisdiction partners’ to oversee a particular overseas market – with the happy benefit of regular trips to the destination in question – has partners battling in the corridors of power to determine who lands the cushiest gig – sorry, most stimulating market.
