Daily Diary

School of Croc

Posted 22/10/2007 by The Daily Diary

With the much-feared Commerce & Industry Group currently coming down on fees like a ton of value-adding bricks, advisers are having to bend over backwards (or forwards, when necessary) to keep those pesky clients sweet. Even if that means degrading themselves horribly to prove their commitment to the cause.

Lawyers at sleepy City stalwart Field Fisher Backwater-house were recently asked to surrender their dignity on the way in as clog-flogging US client Crocs demanded the firm’s fee earners did away with their patent leather wing-tips and don the client’s own fashion-free footwear as they worked.

Whether Crocs will use the below shot in their advertising campaign remains to be seen, although a pinstripe addition to the rainbow range of colours the damn things are available in might come in handy.

Croc of s**t: Field Fisher proudly shows off its rubber sole