Few would dispute that the spate of Anglo-German mergers in the last decade has helped foster more cordial relations between the two Saxon nations – although perhaps not if you ask those Linklaters alumni spirited out the back exit a few years ago in the firm’s infamous Night of the Long Knives.
Despite 60 years having passed since the last war – enough time to be born, get a law degree and get booted out of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for being too old – one partner at a major City firm decided to engage in some light-hearted/actually quite racist horseplay at a partner get-together in Frankfurt.
