what is transnational lawyering
1IntroductionTransnational lawyering is a field dominated by the large law firms and their lawyers. Withtransactions measured in the billions of dollars, these deals often fall into the âbet the houseâcategory, which means it is not the occasion to try out a new law firm.The risk ofexperimentation comes at too high a cost. What these stories tell us is that the very notion of conflicts of interest is fluid rather than rigid. Itis open to interpretation. In some contexts, as in the Freshfields case, it cannot be explained awayas a âblipâ. But in most business transactions business and legal relationships are complex andvaried.