Party pieces report as face-to-face alumni events resume in London and Frankfurt

Like rain after a prolonged drought, was a thought that came to mind as Linklaters celebrated the opportunity to host two alumni events in July after three long years of enforced separation for Linklaters people, their friends and colleagues.

Frankfurt and the Royal Academy in London were the venues for the resumption of face-to-face meetings and the return of that all-important personal touch.

We look at the importance of relationships across the generations of the extended Linklaters family and our main feature for September reflects on this in general and on two recent summer events in particular.

On the alumni website Hamburg alumni partner Mario Pofahl and his London counterpart Alex Beidas offer their thoughts.

• Alex Beidas and Mario Pofahl on a pair of welcome reunions for Linklaters alumni