Having conducted more partner and client interviews than ever before for the 20th annual edition of the IFLR1000 – the guide to the world’s leading financial law firms, researchers have listened to record levels of inane, weird and absurd pronouncements. Here are the top 10, as voted by our researchers.1) “We are seeing some Western-style restructurings, not the Russian style involving no lawyers, or even bankers.” – It’s not all Wild West out East according to one partner.2) “Six months ago, if you went into the market with something called a securitisation, people would...