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I think it is all about perspective. It depends on how you look at it as lawyers would say. If you are focusing on capital markets, you would mention certain firms, if you are focusing on energy, ESG work, you would focus on other firms as competitors. The same goes for litigation or international arbitration, competitors of W&C in these sectors might be different than their capital markets one.Someone please correct me if I’m wrong as I don’t know the approach to take on these questions, but when you’re focusing on who a firm’s competitors are, is there a “right answer”?
For example, if I’m looking at White & Case’s competitors, would Norton Rose Fulbright be one due to its strength in projects and energy like W&C? Or would it better to just go with Latham, Clifford Chance etc with the capital market focus?
I don’t want to try and be “too clever” for my own good if that makes sense and end up tripping myself up!
I personally do not think that there is a specific right answer to be honest, it depends on how you construct your argument. Depending on what you say and how you say it, every answer can be a really good answer as long as it makes sense. There are many firms in the industry so mentioning different varieties will not affect you negatively in my opinion!