Legal Information Management

Table of Contents - 2001 - Volume 1, Issue 04  

Research Article

Notes from a Library Country

Working for a US law firm in London

Susan Doea1

a1 Susan Doe's Notes from a Library Country (she offers her apologies to Bill Bryson) describes life in one US law firm's London office.

You will all have noticed the proliferation of US law firms with offices in the UK, mainly London. Sidley Austin Brown & Wood (SABW) was formed in May 2001 as a result of a merger and is currently the second largest US law firm office in London (27 partners, 85 fee earners, 3 full-time library staff, one part timer, one freelance.) Like most of the US firms in London SABW concentrates on financial and corporate work — international finance, corporate securities, capital markets, tax and property.