The Economist magazine has a characteristically lucid—and characteristically
opinionated—special section in the issue of 26 Feb 2004 entitled "International Law Firms," and posing the question:
"Is it time to abandon the idea of assembling a truly international law
firm?  [Does] commercial law [call for] small local specialists
rather than big global generalists?"
Their answer, in a nutshell, is that duelling economic models of partner
compensation between the U.S. and the UK militate against a large wave
of mega-mergers.

Bonus fact:  Nine of the ten highest-profits-per-partner firms
are headquartered in New York.  Let’s hear it for the home town!
  And the tenth is not in London.

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