We need to talk about Linklaters

02/01/24 • 30 min

Linklaters seemingly started the year strongly with a six partner hire from Shearman & Sterling in New York.

So why then has it come in for so much negative attention?

From an absent US strategy to a stream of senior partner losses, many in the market now believe Linklaters is losing its sparkle.

On this episode, Catrin and Christian are joined by director of insight Matt Byrne and deputy editor (City) Rachel Moloney to discuss what’s going wrong at the magic circle firm, is it justified, or is this a whole fuss over nothing?

If you’d like to read any of the articles mentioned in this podcast, you can find their links below:

https://www.thelawyer.com/six-strong-shearman-team-exits-for-linklaters/

https://www.thelawyer.com/linklaters-should-be-embarrassed-about-its-us-performance/

https://www.thelawyer.com/linklaters-threatens-to-withhold-distributions-from-departing-partners/

https://www.thelawyer.com/paul-weiss-hits-linklaters-for-yet-another-partner/

https://www.thelawyer.com/the-magic-circle-has-had-enough/

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Linklaters seemingly started the year strongly with a six partner hire from Shearman & Sterling in New York.

So why then has it come in for so much negative attention?

From an absent US strategy to a stream of senior partner losses, many in the market now believe Linklaters is losing its sparkle.

If you’d like to read any of the articles mentioned in this podcast, you can find their links below:

https://www.thelawyer.com/six-strong-shearman-team-exits-for-linklaters/

https://www.thelawyer.com/linklaters-should-be-embarrassed-about-its-us-performance/

https://www.thelawyer.com/linklaters-threatens-to-withhold-distributions-from-departing-partners/

https://www.thelawyer.com/paul-weiss-hits-linklaters-for-yet-another-partner/

https://www.thelawyer.com/the-magic-circle-has-had-enough/

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