Slaughters' heavyweight 'best friends' alliance has proved more resilient than rivals predicted. But can the world's top network of law firms stand the pace of a reviving international deal market? Charlie Wright reports
May 24, 2006 at 08:03 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Legalweek
The one-stop shop, the global law firm, globalisation – the radical and much-documented changes to the legal services market that have gripped the profession for the best part of two decades have operated under many guises.
Another model, formed as much by such trends, is the ‘best friends’ network of independent firms, a model that Slaughter and May has arguably elevated to an article of faith for those who oppose the corpora-tisation of law.
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