Mobile phone company and sometime law firm LG was last week packing paralegals into cardboard boxes and filling partners with styrofoam before its big office move to swanky new premises in More London, where ‘elite’ City rival Norton Rose will shortly follow.

However, both firms should remember that old maxim about the best laid (floor) plans going awry. The Diary has marvelled open-mouthed at the solar-powered ergonomic paradise that is the new Allen & Overy HQ – yet even the magic circle firm has experienced a few problems with its sparkly new home.