Elite Biglaw Firms Want To Make Their 'Magic Circle' Designation Magically Disappear - Above the Law

Elite Biglaw Firms Want To Make Their 'Magic Circle' Designation Magically Disappear - Above the Law

Elite London-based Biglaw firms — A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May — have been referred to as members of the “Magic Circle” for about 25 years, but it seems that the magic has simply lost its luster over the years. Alas, referring to one of these firms as being part of the “Magic Circle” is apparently now a “sign of lazy journalism,” according to City AM’s Eyes on the Law column. It seems that partner…