As premier US firms continue to cherry-pick top partners from London’s finest law firms with apparent ease, questions are being asked about the non-existent City hiring strategy of US leader Weil Gotshal & Manges.

Shearman & Sterling, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Millbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have snared highly-rated partners from Linklaters, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer respectively.