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Sunday, September 27, 2026

Law Firms Trade Corner Offices for Hot Desks and Hybrid Work - The Wall Street Journal

Shearman & Sterling LLP’s newly renovated headquarters in Midtown Manhattan boasts a slate of amenities such as an on-site wellness center, yoga studio and nap rooms, as well as an expanded cafe space with a bowtie-wearing barista taking free coffee orders.

What it doesn’t have are sprawling offices for top partners, long a marker of status at the top of the law-firm ladder. Instead, office sizes now are uniform for firm veterans and junior colleagues alike. Shearman is also exploring a hot-desking option for lawyers who spend part of each week working from home, meaning that attorneys with hybrid work schedules would float between temporary workspaces instead of having a permanently assigned office.

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