Just as important for any wannabe rainmaker as being able to shout at trainees and discreetly knife colleagues squarely between the scapulas is the noble art of schmoozing. To some it comes as easily as taking candy from an investment-banking baby, while others find it more tortuous than an hour discussing the finer points of Polish law.
In what appears to be a less-than-ringing endorsement of its lawyers’ social skills, blue-blooded City throwback Ashurst has reportedly called in a firm of ‘networking coaches’ to tutor partners in the dark arts of working a room.
