Eco-friendly market-watchers will have been glad to see law firms such as SJ Berwin and Simmons & Simmons jumping on the carbon-neutral bandwagon with a disarming earnestness that would make David Cameron turn (physically) green with envy.

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, however, has yet to succumb to the tree-hugging lobby. The US monolith is today (18 January) flying its partners half-way across the globe for their annual skiing weekend.