graphGood news for Terence Kyle and Alan Peck. If the Big Question panel of 100 leading solicitors is right, then the task of merging with a top New York firm has become significantly easier during the past six months or so.

Kyle has turned his attention to the US, becoming Linklaters’ US managing partner, while Peck, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s chief executive, is taking more of a hands-on role, overseeing the firm’s US operations.