Freshfields Wants To Make Its 'Magic Circle' Designation Magically Disappear
Unfortunately, there's no magic spell that will abracadabra the association away.
I don’t think the Magic Circle is a correct reference, and, at the same time, we do more than our U.S. competitors as well. It’s difficult to put us in a particular box. …
Right now, with everything we’re doing in the U.S., we’re competing with and winning clients from the top U.S. competitors and that’s an indication of how we’re doing.
— Freshfields global managing partner Alan Mason, commenting on the firm’s desire to shed its Magic Circle tag thanks to its steady growth in the United States. “We’re going through a very energetic and dynamic phase in the history of the firm,” he said.
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