News from Spain featuring yet more musical lawyers. Do they ever have time to do any billable work?
Carlos García-León, reporting for Expansión (the Spanish equivalent of the FT), informs us about "Rock In Law", a benefit concert to be held in Madrid where each act will be made up from the cream of the local legal market.
Lawyers from Cuatrecasas, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Garrigues, Gómez-Acebo and Uría Menéndez will soon be putting on a display of axe-wielding and front-man strutting. Such is the excitement that rehearsals have been taking place. Such has been the clamour for spots on stage, that organisers have had to hold auditions. This truly is dedication and committment of the very highest order.
For fans of the legal-music genre, the supergroups on display will be The Rocking Houses (Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira), Punto G (Garrigues), Mind the GA & P (Gómez-Acebo & Pombo), Interest rates (Uría Menéndez) and Whistleblowers (Clifford Chance and Freshfields). Proof that when the chips are down, the big firms can work together for the greater good. It's like the Three Tenors. Or Cream.
Freshfields and Clifford Chance together yesterday
Legal issues are never far away, though. We expect that the bands' riders will include Blackberries, red pens and black coffee. A nervous lawyer from Uría added that copyright issues were still being negotiated.
So if anyone's around in Madrid on the 17th of June, and fancies some head-banging, head down to the Sala La Riviera. Tickets are available for 20 euros (the cheap seats) or 75 euros (VIP access all areas). All money raised will go to a charity supporting the development of young children living with their mothers in prison.
Two hours of the very finest entertainment for an excellent cause. Hopefully our friends at Expansión can send us a picture of the various acts after the event.
Those who are about to rock, we salute you.
Full story (in Spanish) here - http://www.expansion.com/2010/05/25/juridico/1274796123.html
Carlos García-León, reporting for Expansión (the Spanish equivalent of the FT), informs us about "Rock In Law", a benefit concert to be held in Madrid where each act will be made up from the cream of the local legal market.
Lawyers from Cuatrecasas, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Garrigues, Gómez-Acebo and Uría Menéndez will soon be putting on a display of axe-wielding and front-man strutting. Such is the excitement that rehearsals have been taking place. Such has been the clamour for spots on stage, that organisers have had to hold auditions. This truly is dedication and committment of the very highest order.
For fans of the legal-music genre, the supergroups on display will be The Rocking Houses (Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira), Punto G (Garrigues), Mind the GA & P (Gómez-Acebo & Pombo), Interest rates (Uría Menéndez) and Whistleblowers (Clifford Chance and Freshfields). Proof that when the chips are down, the big firms can work together for the greater good. It's like the Three Tenors. Or Cream.
Freshfields and Clifford Chance together yesterdayLegal issues are never far away, though. We expect that the bands' riders will include Blackberries, red pens and black coffee. A nervous lawyer from Uría added that copyright issues were still being negotiated.
So if anyone's around in Madrid on the 17th of June, and fancies some head-banging, head down to the Sala La Riviera. Tickets are available for 20 euros (the cheap seats) or 75 euros (VIP access all areas). All money raised will go to a charity supporting the development of young children living with their mothers in prison.
Two hours of the very finest entertainment for an excellent cause. Hopefully our friends at Expansión can send us a picture of the various acts after the event.
Those who are about to rock, we salute you.
Full story (in Spanish) here - http://www.expansion.com/2010/05/25/juridico/1274796123.html
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