To some, former Linklaters chief Tony Angel is the most successful law firm manager of a generation. During his ten-year tenure as managing partner of the Magic Circle firm, he transformed it from a London-based practice into a global, moneymaking powerhouse.

But Angel’s critics at his old firm claim he went too far in his quest to make Linklaters more businesslike, and that by placing such a premium on profits and imposing a more tightly managed structure, he irrevocably damaged the historic firm’s culture.

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