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The Law Blog spoke today with Kenneth Ziffren, one of the country's top entertainment lawyers and a founding partner of Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf, which, until someone proves otherwise, we're calling the longest law-firm name in America.
The term 'magic circle' was first coined by legal journalists in the late 1990s, and for the past 15 years it has consisted of a distinct group of five: A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May. What sets these firms apart from the rest of the UK legal market?
The Magic Circle of London-headquartered law firms - statistics and facts. The Magic Circle refers to five prestigious and multinational London-headquartered law firms. They are Allen & Overy; Clifford Chance; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Linklaters; and Slaughter and May.
The term was coined by legal reporters in the 1990s and is generally considered to include the following five law firms: A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May. Clifford Chance is headquartered in Canary Wharf.
It wasn't because Evangelis clerked for Justice O'Connor from July 2004 until June last year, or that Kapur now works at O'Melveny & Myers. What really caught our eye was the name of the firm Evangelis now works for: Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf.
The term 'magic circle' was first coined by legal journalists in the late 1990s, and for the past 15 years it has consisted of a distinct group of five: A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May. What sets these firms apart from the rest of the UK legal market?
Within the world of law firms, the highest position is a partner. It is arguably the pinnacle of their career for most lawyers. It is no small feat to achieve this and not many people can do it.
The term 'magic circle' was first coined by legal journalists in the late 1990s, and for the past 15 years it has consisted of a distinct group of five: A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May. What sets these firms apart from the rest of the UK legal market?
List of largest law firms by revenue RankFirmRevenue (US$) 1 Kirkland & Ellis $6,042,000,000 2 Latham & Watkins $5,488,778,000 3 DLA Piper (verein) $3,829,531,000 4 White & Case $3,317,000,00065 more rows