With current economic conditions combining the very worst aspects of the Great Depression, the Dark Ages and the last days of Babylon (according to certain hyperbolic elements of the media, anyway) this might not be the best time to go job-hunting.

However, if you fancy a gig at Weil Gotshal & Manges (and who wouldn’t?) in London, applicants need only arm themselves with one secret but oh-so-simple weapon: a decent impersonation of City chief Mike Francies.