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}}{{dpn|/ˈmæʤɪk ˈsɜːkl lɔː fɜːm/<br>(Also (''chiefly Seppo'') “[[white-shoe law firm|white-shoe ~]]” ; “[[big law]]”)|n|}}
}}{{dpn|/ˈmæʤɪk ˈsɜːkl lɔː fɜːm/<br>(Also (''chiefly Seppo'') “[[white-shoe law firm|white-shoe ~]]” ; “[[big law]]”)|n|}}


Known in the commonwealth as the “magic circle”, and in the new world as “big law”, these organisations issue curiously [[Bright-line test|non-committal]] [[legal opinion]]s and fulfil an essential, but curiously hard to articulate, role in vouchsafing the orderly operation of the world’s financial markets. As such, they are one of the few international enterprises whose business model was wholly unaffected by the global financial crisis.  
Known in the commonwealth as the “[[magic circle]]”, and in the new world as “[[big law]]”, these large multinational legal service organisations issue curiously [[Bright-line test|non-committal]] [[legal opinion]]s and fulfil an essential, but curiously hard to articulate, role in vouchsafing the orderly operation of the world’s financial markets. As such, they are one of the few international enterprises whose business model was wholly unaffected by the global financial crisis.  


===Magick circle and the occult===
===Magick circle and the occult===