US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges recently implemented a new mandate requiring its London-based lawyers to be physically present in the office for a minimum of four days per week. This move aligns the company’s UK offices with their counterparts in the US, which were notified of a similar policy via a firm-wide email in July, as noted in an article by The American Lawyer.
The four-day mandate has been adopted by a number of other top US firms in recent months, such as Ropes & Gray and Vinson & Elkins. This method has been noted as an attempt to return to a semblance of pre-pandemic work environments, although varying views exist regarding the efficiency and practicality of such an approach. The details surrounding Weil, Gotshal & Manges’s decision can be found in the original report on law.com.