Firms trying to break into Birmingham from the outside face an uphill struggle because of fierce competition for clients, a shortage of niche openings and a difficulty in recruiting high-quality lawyers.
January 18, 2001 at 11:34 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
Birmingham is a notorious shark pool of Midlands business. The Second City is also the second most competitive legal labour market in the UK, and not an easy place in which to succeed.
But if it is hard to beat local giants such as Wragge & Co, then it is even harder to enter the market from outside and set up a new practice that is destined to survive for any significant length of time.
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