Generation X. Born between the mid-60s and late-70s, these once disaffected youths of the late 80s and early 90s—or so the Western trope goes—are today claiming the top seats at some of the world’s largest law firms.

This group has been through a lot. They witnessed their boomer bosses succumb to the greatest excesses of the 90s. They saw businesses fall after the dotcom bubble burst, and marshalled their young families through the 2008 financial crisis and beyond.