Mamela iintsimbi zomtshato.
Ixesha lothando lwentwasahlobo oluqhakazileyo phakathi kwenkampani yomthetho yaseNew York eRogers & Wells kunye neLondon Magic Circle firm yeClifford Chance ikhule yomelele kangangokuba amaqabane angama-23 aphezulu kuwo omabini amafemu athabatha u-Epreli 17 no-18 kwimpelaveki efihliweyo e-Boca Raton Resort & Club eFlorida ukuxoxa ngokuzolileyo ngomtshato.
Kwakungokokuqala ukuba amaqabane amaninzi abonane bodwa ngaphandle kwekhusi levidiyo. Ke ukujikeleza igalufa ngexesha le-tennis, ngaphandle kwabatshatileyo, amagqwetha ase-Bhritane naseMelika ahlangana ukuze athethe malunga nokuba kuya kuthatha ntoni ukwenza ifemu yokuqala yezomthetho e Trans-Atlantic embalini – i-megafirm enokunikezela ngevenkile enye kuyo nayiphi na inkampani iimfuno zomthetho zehlabathi.
Amaqabane ngoku alinde ngolangazelelo isindululo sokudityaniswa kukaClifford Chance, ekufuneka ifike ngalo naluphi na usuku ngoku, lugqityiwe ngamagama ezemali kunye namanye amashishini. Kodwa ukuzibophelela kuya kufuneka kwenziwe ngokukhawuleza ukuba kuya kwenzeka: Umhla ekujoliswe kuwo ukuba iifemu ezimbini zithi Ewe lusuku emva koSuku loMama, ngoMeyi 10, amaqabane amabini axelele uMbonisi. Andazi nawuphi na umcimbi othe waphula isivumelwano, elinye iqabane laxelela i-The Braganca, uluvo oluqinisekiswe ngabanye ababini.
Kuqikelelwa kuma-2,400 amagqwetha, i-globo-firm entsha iya kucela umngeni eSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom njengeyona nkampani inengeniso ephezulu kwihlabathi liphela, kwaye iya kuqhayisa ngamagqwetha ayi-1,200 ngaphezulu kwe-Skadden. (Inkampani yezomthetho enkulu ngoku yiChicago's Baker & McKenzie, enamagqwetha angama-2,300.) Iya kuba neeofisi kumazwe angama-20, kwaye ibaphathe njengabathengi abanini bamazwe aphesheya kwezi zinto ezinje nge-Mastercard International, iHonda Motor Company Ltd., i-Siemens AG kunye Iziko le-Hearst. Ezi femu zimbini sele zabelana ngoMerrill Lynch kunye neNkampani njengomthengi. Ingeniso yenkampani edibeneyo iya kuqala kwi- $ 816 yezigidi.
Amafemu ebethetha ubuncinci ukusukela ngo-Novemba. Iqabane elilawula iRogers & Wells uLaurence Cranch kunye nosihlalo weofisi kaClifford Chance eNew York, uRobert Finley, benqabile ukuphawula ngeentetho, kodwa imithombo emithathu eyaziwayo ngenkqubela phambili yabo ithi wonke umntu ngoku uziva enethemba.
Umdibaniso ungaguquka ube ngumthetho olingana noweBeatles ofika eNew York ngo-1964: Lindela ukuba iqela lamagqwetha ase-Bhritane nelizwekazi ahlasele amanye amagumbi eenkomfa e-New York ukuze axoxe ngokusungulwa komntu okhuphisana naye uClifford Chance-Rogers & Wells. Ezona zinokwenzeka ukuba zibuva ubushushu iya kuba yiWeil, iGotshal kunye neManges kunye neShearman kunye neSterling. Ukuba oku kuyenzeka, iifemu ezininzi zizakuchitha ixesha elininzi kwintlanganiso yazo elandelayo yentsebenziswano bethetha ngale nto, utshilo uJonathan Lindsey, inqununu kwinkampani yabameli yezomthetho uMajor, Hagen & Africa.
Ngokudityaniswa kweYurophu kujikeleze i-NATO kunye ne-euro kunye noqoqosho lusanda ngokwanda kwihlabathi liphela, ukudityaniswa okunjalo kunengqondo. UJames Asher, owathi njengeqabane elilawulayo washiya uRogers & Wells ngo-1997 esiya kuba sisigqeba solawulo e-Hearst Corporation, wathi ubutyebi buza kuya kwinkampani yokuqala eneekholamu ezinkulu zamagqwetha omthonyama eNew York naseLondon. Ndicinga ukuba kukho amandla apha okudala ifemu yomthetho eyahlukileyo engekhoyo namhlanje. Kwaye ukuba yenziwe ngokuchanekileyo, kwaye loo myalezo udlulisiwe kwaye uyathengiswa kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo uhanjisiwe, akukho sizathu sokuba le nkampani idityanisiweyo ingabi kwindawo ephezulu yesiphelo semarike yezomthetho, utshilo uMnu Asher.
Ukudibana, nangona kunjalo, kuya kuthetha ukuphela kweziko elinguRogers & Wells, inkampani yabanini abaneminyaka eli-128 ubudala esabandakanya abadlali abanjengoWilliam Rogers, uNobhala welizwe wokuqala kaRichard Nixon, kunye no-Anthony Essaye, umlawuli olawulayo weClinton Inkxaso yeendleko zomthetho. Nje ukuba indawo ekhethiweyo yokwenza kakuhle, i-WASP gent engafunekiyo eyayingafuni ukushukuma amaphepha kude kube ngorhatya, isandula ukwahluka. Ingqondo yayo yobukhulu, nangona kunjalo, ihleli.
Amandla e-firm ahlala kwi-antitrust kunye ne-intellectual property litigation, intengiselwano yezemali yamanye amazwe kunye nokukhuselwa kwezindlu. Ayithathwa njengeyona ndawo yamandla ombane: kunqabile ukuba iphathe ezona zinto zininzi zokudibana kumzi mveliso. Ngamagqwetha angama-363, ineeofisi kwezinye izixeko ezihlanu (eParis, eLondon, eHong Kong, eFrankfurt naseWashington, D.C) kunye nodumo oluhle eYurophu, olungcono kunazo zonke kodwa ezinye iifemu zaseMelika. Apha eMelika, nangona kunjalo, ifemi iqinile nje kwinqanaba lesibini.
Ukuba yinxalenye yegqwetha elingu-2 000 likaClifford Chance, nangona kunjalo, linokongeza i-pizzazz kubomi begqwetha likaRogers & Wells. I-cachet yamanye amazwe, uhambo, izivumelwano ezinkulu – ngubani onokubhala iskripthi esingcono?
Mhlawumbi oku: Ngelixa uqhuba intetho noMnumzana Cranch kunye nabanye eRogers & Wells, iinkokheli zeClifford Chance uKeith Clark kunye noTony Williams ngaxeshanye bebethetha ngokudibana kunye ne-100-firm firm eFrankfurt kunye ne-800-lawyer firm eSydney.
Izibonelelo zokudityaniswa kweClifford Chance zicacile: Ifemu – enamagqwetha angama-2 000, kubandakanya iofisi yaseNew York enamagqwetha angama-55, kunye neofisi yamagqwetha amathandathu eWashington, DC- iya kwandisa ukufikelela kwayo kwiimarike zemali ukuya eNew York, kwaye ube yinkampani yokuqala yaseBritane yokwenza njalo ngendlela enkulu.
Sele amanye amabala arhabaxa sele egudile. Imbuyekezo, umzekelo, eyona nto ingumqobo kwimpumelelo yeClifford Chance, ukudibana kweRogers & Wells – ayiveli njengomqobo konke konke, utshilo uMnu Asher kunye neminye imithombo emibini eyaziwayo ziintetho. Ukuhlawulwa kweqabane likaRogers & Wells kusekwe kwimirhumo nakwigalelo (ubukhulu becala), ngelixa isikali semivuzo eClifford Chance kunye nezinye iinkampani eziphezulu zaseBritane zilandela ukuqhubela phambili kwe-lockstep ngokusekwe kubudala. Nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kweeRogers & Wells ezimbalwa ezitshisayo, abo banamava afanayo kuzo zombini iifemu babonakala behlawulwa ngaphakathi kweepesenti ezili-10 zomnye nomnye. Ngokutsho kwegqwetha laseMelika, iqabane eliqhelekileyo lithatha iRogers & Wells yi- $ 645,000.
Isonjululwe: Wonke umntu ugqibe kwelokuba uRogers & Wells 'abaphezulu abayi-10 okanye abo bafumana umvuzo-antitrust hotshots uKevin Arquit kunye noSteven Newborn bakhokele iirandi kwi-2 yezigidi zeedola kunye-kuya kufuneka bahlawulwe isixa semali ukuba baya kuhlala kwaye bavelise inzuzo kuye wonke umntu. .
Owona mbuzo mkhulu – ngokuqinisekileyo uqinisekile ukukhokela nayiphi na ivoti yamaqabane ezayo eRogers & Wells – kukuba ingaba olu manyano yeyona ndlela yokwenza le ntlawulo ikhule. URogers & Wells ngokungathandabuzekiyo ebesenza bhetele ngokwezezimali, enyuka ngokwamanqanaba enzuzo yegqwetha laseMelika ukusuka kwinombolo yama-48 kwisizwe ngo-1990 ukuya kumhla wama-24 ngo-1998. Ngokwelinye lamaqabane enkampani, isivumelwano neClifford Chance sixhomekeke kakhulu ekubeni Amaqabane angama-85 eRogers & Wells bakholelwa ukuba baya kwenza imali eninzi ngokubeka umngcipheko wedwa.
Kanye njengokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba bahlukane ezothando zijita zendlela yokuphila-uloyiko lotshintsho oluninzi, ulalwaniso oluninzi, ulawulo oluncinci. Kwi-Rogers & Wells, abalingane abancinci nabaphakathi, abo babesemgceni wokulawula i-firm, babengalindelanga ukuba ubomi bube zii-pawns eziza kushukunyiswa kwihlabathi jikelele ngomzuzwana ngumlawuli waseLondon.
Amagqwetha kuzo zombini ezi femu ajongene nombuzo wokungaziwa – igqwetha elinye phakathi kwemikhosi kwenye yeefemu ezinkulu zehlabathi.
Ezinye izigqibo zihlala de kufike eso sicelo. Isiko lase-Bhritane lokuphembelela amaqabane ukuba aphelise umoya emva kweminyaka yobudala engama-55 (ukuthatha izikhundla zokuhlawula iibhodi kwiinkampani nakububele, kunzima ukubambisa e-States), kuya kubakhubekisa oosozigidi bakaRogers kunye ne-Wells yobudala obuthile njengommangaleli wepropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda uJohn Kidd kunye Umphathi waseJamani uKlaus Jander.
Iinkcukacha zembuyekezo, nazo, ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kuxoxwa ngakumbi. Ukuhlawulwa kwentlawulo phakathi kwamaqabane eClifford Chance kuthiwa yi-1 ukuya kwi-2,5, ngelixa eRogers & Wells kujikeleze u-1 ukuya ku-7.
Kwaye akukho sivumelwano malunga nokuba igama likaClifford Chance kungenzeka ukuba uRogers & Wells athathwe kulo eNew York.
KwiRogers & Wells, amaqabane azama ukungasebenzi kakhulu. Bambalwa kuphela ababone ngokwenene idatha yobalo yeClifford Chance.
Kodwa u-namesake oqinileyo uWilliam Rogers, i-86, uxelele amaqabane ukuba ukuba wonke umntu uyilungele, uzakuhamba, ngokokutsho kwelinye iqabane.
Elinye iqabane likaRogers kunye nele Wells ligqibe kwelokuba eyona mpikiswano ilungileyo yokuvota uxhasa uClifford Chance kukungaphepheki kwenkampani yokuqala yamagqwetha angama-2 500. Ukuba uligqwetha elikwinqanaba eliphezulu, uza kuba liqabane kweli, okanye uza kuba lelinye kwixa elizayo, utshilo iqabane.
Iindaba Ongekhe Uzisebenzise: Iindaba zaseU.S. 'Amanani ahlekisayo
IYunivesithi yaseNew York yaqhekeka yaba ngamahlanu aphezulu okokuqala, ityhala iColumbia isezantsi kunokuba ibisezinyangeni – ukuya kweyesihlanu. IYunivesithi yaseChicago yehlile ukusuka kwisine ukuya kwesithandathu. I-Cornell kunye neGeorgetown baboshwe nge-12 kunyaka ophelileyo, kodwa kulo nyaka bahlukana: UCornell wanyuka waya kwi-10, iGeorgetown yawela kwi-14. I-US News kunye neNgxelo yeHlabathi yeHlabathi yokubeka kwizikolo zomthetho-eyona nto iphambili kule mantra yobuntatheli, iindaba onokuzisebenzisa-- uphumile kwakhona, ukhupha ubushushu beedini kunye nokuhleba ngaphakathi kodidi lwezomthetho. Kodwa kulo nyaka, ikwakhupha izityholo zobuqhetseba.
Abaphathi bezikolo zomthetho kunye nabahleli beendaba zase-U.S. Baphanda ukuba amanani afunyenwe kwiphephancwadi ukubala amanqanaba abafundi abaphumeleleyo ngonyaka ... Umhleli owongamele inani le-crunching e-US News uxelele i-The Braganca ukuba ezinye zezibalo ezibalulekileyo ezithunyelwe kwizinga labo kwizikolo eziphakamileyo zaseMelika ngoku zibonakala zithandabuza kwaye kubonakala ngathi akukho ngcaciso icacileyo ngaphandle kokuba izikolo banyusa amanani abo.
Izikolo ezilishumi elinanye kwezona ziphezulu ezingama-20 kuluhlu lwemagazini- Yale, New York University, Columbia, University of Chicago, Cornell, Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, University of Texas at Austin, U.C.L.A. kunye neDyunivesithi yaseMinnesota, umndilili wama-23,188 eedola kwizifundo-bonisa umlinganiso ophantsi wobuchule babafundi kuvavanyo lwemagazini kunokuba benerekhodi neAmerican Bar Association. Umhleli weendaba wase-U.S. Owongamela iireyithingi wayecinga ukuba uphando lwakhe lubuza ngokucacileyo kwizikolo ukuba zibonelele ngala manani babewanike i-A.B.A. Injongo yethu kukunika ingxelo efanayo. Ndixakiwe ukuba kutheni yahlukile, utshilo u-Amy Graham, umlawuli wophando lwedatha.
Yahlukile, kwaye njani: iiratiyo ziqelelene kakhulu ngeNombolo 1 Yale (iipesenti ezingama-27 ezisezantsi kwi-US News, okuthetha malunga ne-14 yootitshala abongezelelekileyo), i-5 Chicago (i-16 yootitshala abongezelelweyo), ezo zikolo zibini zibophelele uNombolo 12 I-Northwestern kunye neDyunivesithi yasePennsylvania (ootitshala abasibhozo nabasithoba abongezelelweyo, ngokwahlukeneyo) kunye no-18 kwiYunivesithi yaseMinnesota (11 ootitshala abongezelelweyo).
Wowu! Kuyinto engaqhelekanga kakhulu. Yhu! utshilo u-Anne Lukingbeal, umphathi we-Cornell, xa exelelwa ngokungangqinelani.
Kwaye xa kufikwa kwinqanaba, loo manani abalulekile: amanani, uluhlu lweCornell, U.C.L.A. kwaye iMinnesota yayiza kulahla ngokuthe ngqo, iGeorgetown mhlawumbi yayiza kunyuka iqhina, kwaye isikhokelo esinqumayo sikaYale ngaphezulu kweHarvard neStanford sasiza kuncitshiswa, ngokwezibalo zikaN.
Uluhlu lubalulekile kwiphephancwadi. Iindaba zase-U.S. Zisebenzise imiba yoluhlu-ezona zibalaseleyo ii-H.O.s, ezona zikolo zibalaseleyo, izibhedlele ezilungileyo- ukwenza indawo yayo kwishishini leendaba elikhuphisanayo, apho lilandele khona emva kwexesha kunye neNewsweek. Abaphathi bezikolo zomthetho-ngakumbi abo baqhuba kakubi okanye abo behla kwizinga-bazonda bona. Wonke umntu ubuyela kubo, kodwa wonke umntu uyazifunda.
Uyabila, uJared Grusd, umfundi owenza unyaka wesibini eChicago, uxelele iphepha lakhe lesikolo, emva kokukhutshwa kwesikolo esiphumelele nge-29 ka-Matshi indawo eku-Chicago No. 6. Ndidlulisele apha kuba ndifuna ukuya kwisikolo seTop Five. Ngelixa ndithanda iChicago, ngabom khange ndisebenzise kwiindawo ezinje ngeN.U.
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Ezinye izikolo ekunxibelelaniswe nazo nguMbonisi zibonakala zididekile kukungangqinelani. I-Columbia kunye ne-U.L.A., ezazinokungangqinelani okuncinci, zajonga amaphepha abo zaza zaxela amanani afanayo kwimibutho yomibini. Yale, NYU Abaphathi baseMinnesota bathi bakholelwa ukuba banikezele ngamanani afanayo kodwa bafuna ixesha elingaphezulu lokujonga ukuba bathumele ntoni na. UCornell noPenn bafumanise ukuba ezi zimbini zophando zibuze idatha eyahlukeneyo. Abanye ababuyisanga iifowuni.
Iimbono ezingezizo malunga nolu phando zininzi. Iindaba zaseU.S. Aziceli datha inye ngokufanayo ne-A.B.A. ucela, utshilo uPenn dean uColin Diver.
Owu, ewe, bayakwenza, utshilo u-US News 'usekela mlawuli wophando lwedatha, uRobert Morse. Kwaye kukuqonda kwakhe ukuba i-A.B.A. ibala ulwazi ngendlela efanayo, isebenzisa idatha efanayo. Umnumzana Morse uthe akaboni ukuba ukungangqinelani kunokuba yintoni ngaphandle kokuba isikolo sithumele amanani e-faculty anyukayo. Ugxa wakhe u-Nksz. Graham uthe uyathemba. Sisebenza ngokuthembeka kunye nezikolo, kwaye ukucinga kwethu kukuba banika ulwazi oluchanekileyo. Sicinga ukuba kuya kubakho iimpazamo ezinyanisekileyo, kuba sonke singabantu. Kwaye asizukucinga ukuba bayakopa ngaphandle kokujonga ngamandla loo ithiyori.
UNksz Graham uthe uya kwenza nantoni na eyimfuneko ukulungisa oku. Siza kuqhakamshelana nezikolo, siza kuvavanya uphando lwantlandlolo njengoko zingenisiwe, siya kuba sizithelekisa ne-A.B.A. Incwadi, siza kuthetha noRick Morgan kwakhona. Ingathatha ixesha elincinci, kodwa loo nto ilungile. Sikule nto yokuhamba ixesha elide.
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