A British accent goes a long way in the United States. Unless, it seems, you’re a lawyer trying to win work. Some of the U.K.’s top firms have spent decades—and millions of dollars—trying to establish
themselves in the U.S., with little success. Even the Magic Circle firms, which have arguably expanded internationally more effectively than any other group of firms on the planet, remain peripheral figures in the world’s largest legal market, particularly when it comes to litigation and big-ticket transactional work.
