As a Catholic," he said, "you'll never get hired by the best firms or join the best clubs.

"Clifford Chance is one of the world's best and very well-run firms, doing top-tier work worldwide," she said.

They're people from the best firms and the best law schools.

We were the best firm in the world at analysing 'can we do something'.

The firm is also consistently ranked as one of the best firms to work for in Vault.com's yearly rankings.

We hurried to Brazil, and found three of the best private investigative firms in the country.

He earned $750,000 or so each year at one of Wall Street's best firms, and led its litigation group.

The best firms, he said, usually just give in, whereas under arbitration, they could actually win their case.

The best firms favoured continuous, incremental product improvement, with new developments passed rapidly on to customers.

One of the biggest differences between the best and worst firms in the industry was in their attitude to the future.