The world of newspapers had Fleet Street. Finance has Wall Street and Canary Wharf. Big tech, Silicon Valley. Advertising, Madison Avenue. Now, it seems, corporate law has the Square Mile.
Turn any corner in this labyrinth of glass and steel and cranes and luncheon spots, and, nowadays, you can be sure to come across a law firm. Kirkland & Ellis is in the Gherkin, Latham & Watkins just across the road from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paul Hastings, Fried Frank and more. And so keen is it on its upcoming move to this heart-of-the-city location that Clifford Chance is expecting to move into its new office ahead of its 2028 lease end, while Linklaters is transferring some of its people into its new office ahead of schedule.
