Richard Lloyd meets the thrusting disputes shop that is aiming to shake up litigation in the City

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is certainly doing its best to join the fabric of London legal society. Its office is right across from The Old Bailey and just a few blocks east of the Royal Courts of Justice. Since the California-based law firm formally launched a London office in October, a three-partner team has been busy building referral relationships with London’s leading English and US firms, and repeating the mantra that, as litigation specialists, Quinn lawyers are not interested in mining the opposition’s client base.