If it is Thursday, it must be time for another Bird & Bird office opening party. Over the last couple of years, the TMT specialist has been blazing the kind of trail across the globe you normally associate with much larger City firms.

The other day, partners from the firm’s growing international network of offices jetted into The Hague to celebrate the planting of another Bird & Bird flag on the map. The gathering’s international flavour was further reinforced when the cabaret act’s request for someone to name an everyday object was greeted by the cry “shredder” from the audience.