Whether you speak to partners in London or New York the message coming out of Linklaters is now clear: “New York is our number one priority.”
Of course, the office has been on Linklaters’ agenda for years, but insiders concede the challenges of NY recruitment and the nagging hope that the firm could secure a decent Manhattan merger, which held sway until two or three years ago, has severely slowed progress. But with the transfer of two senior London partners to Wall Street in recent weeks, the firm has put its cards on the table.
