Whoever said partners at national firms have it easy? The packed social diary of a magic circle rainmaker is nothing compared with the hectic corporate whirl that super-powered Eversheds partner Paul Smith finds himself in.
When Legal Week hacks last touched base with the national firm’s relationship-partner-to-the-stars (DuPont and Tyco, with another major gig rumoured to be in the offing), Smith had risen at the crack of a New York dawn to share his sleep-deprived thoughts on the market over a crackly phone line.
