US firms in London surprised many by toughing it out through the worst of the downturn. Now they are back on the recruitment warpath with more trainees than ever ready to trade long hours for hard cash. Dan Wilkins reports
September 07, 2005 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
In the 1990s, when US firms began to step up their presence in London, the UK legal establishment looked upon them with a mixture of bewilderment and cynicism.
Full-page recruitment advertisements hit the press looking for £1m partners and there was a sense of almost vulgar excitement about the new phenomenon.
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