{"id":154798,"date":"2026-06-15T13:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/15\/the-new-magic-circle-is-here-and-u-s-firms-dominate-list\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:00:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:00:38","slug":"the-new-magic-circle-is-here-and-u-s-firms-dominate-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/06\/15\/the-new-magic-circle-is-here-and-u-s-firms-dominate-list\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018New\u2019 Magic Circle Is Here, And U.S. Firms Dominate List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

If the original Magic Circle was defined by prestige, complexity and pricing power, then London already has a new one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirkland & Ellis. Latham & Watkins. Paul Weiss. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Paul Hodkinson<\/a>, in commentary written for The Global Laywer of Law.com International<\/a>, where he recasts the traditional Magic Circle firms based on today\u2019s top firms and their performance in London. \u201cAny ambitious graduate or established rainmaker deciding where to build a career would struggle to ignore this new group,\u201d he writes. \u201cThey sit at the centre of some of the most lucrative and strategically important work in the London market.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post The \u2018New\u2019 Magic Circle Is Here, And U.S. Firms Dominate List<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

If the original Magic Circle was defined by prestige, complexity and pricing power, then London already has a new one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirkland & Ellis. Latham & Watkins. Paul Weiss. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0\u00a0Paul Hodkinson<\/a>, in commentary written for The Global Laywer of Law.com International<\/a>, where he recasts the traditional Magic Circle firms based on today\u2019s top firms and their performance in London. \u201cAny ambitious graduate or established rainmaker deciding where to build a career would struggle to ignore this new group,\u201d he writes. \u201cThey sit at the centre of some of the most lucrative and strategically important work in the London market.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. If the original Magic Circle was defined by prestige, complexity and pricing power, then London already has a new one. Kirkland & Ellis. Latham & Watkins. Paul Weiss. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. \u2014\u00a0\u00a0Paul Hodkinson, in commentary written for The Global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Staci-Zaretsky-TtFtKk.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}