It's been quieter than usual on the lawyer movement front this year, but - as this selection proves - in boom times and in doom times, there will always be demand for the crème de la crème of legal talent.
Outsourcing is slowly becoming par for the course for UK law firms, but in 2009, the path in Australia was trod more cautiously - and quietly.
Every cloud has a silver lining, and though the GFC brought with it a spate of salary freezes, redundancies and general uncertainty, it also provided an opportunity for mid-tier firms to prove their worth.
As businesses re-evaluate their external legal budgets, mid-tier firms are seizing the chance to show what they can offer as alternatives to the top tier, Zoe Lyon writes
