yeah, but the people that work with the UK law firm probably go to the UK to have meetings just so they can update their out-of-office replies with "i'll be away for meetings in the UK for...blahblahblah" just so they look cooler than the schmucks that have meetings across town. so that's why they choose non-local talent, just for their egos.
or, maybe i'm confusing them with ad agency types that i've worked with in the past and i'm just projecting one ego industry to another?