Weekend in Davos: Banking Titans, Putin and Lawyers

Some of Wall Street’s banking titans are not there and many of President Barack Obama’s top advisers and cabinet members have taken a pass, but a handful of lawyers were rubbing shoulders with the great and the good last weekend at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mingling with the likes of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Wen Jiabao were partners from Baker & McKenzie, Clifford Chance, Covington & Burling, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.