Slaughter and May is a Silver Circle firm

About this episode

The episode discusses the relevance of the Silver Circle concept in today's legal market and examines which firms currently belong to it.

Send us Fan Mail The Silver Circle was a concept coined by The Lawyer more than 20 years ago. Rather than describing a set of “magic circle wannabes”, its purpose was to collate the firms’ strategies and models. Those in the Silver Circle have arguably changed over the years, with the likes of Macfarlanes and Travers Smith remaining constant. But after two decades and enormous changes in the legal market, does the term still hold true, and who is actually in the Silver Circle now? Tune in to ...

Topics covered

• Silver Circle
• legal market
• law firms
• business strategy
• legal commentary

Keywords

• Silver Circle
• law firms
• legal market
• business strategy
• The Lawyer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Slaughter and May, The Lawyer, Macfarlanes, Travers Smith

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