Rumor is that close to thirty leading international law firms have put in bids to assist Sri Lanka in its upcoming debt restructuring. Makes sense -- there is a fat paycheck for whoever gets the mandate. Given the stakes, my guess is that these firms -- and I'm just guessing -- are busy trying to "influence" whomsoever they can in both the current government and in the opposition (after all, the current government might fall any day now) to get ahead in the competition. Yuck.
