Meaning of white-shoe In English

• 0 used to describe a company, etc. that has been successful for a long time and has a traditional, conservative reputation:

  • She's a partner at a white-shoe law firm.

• 1 relating to large, traditional financial or legal businesses:

  • Everyone from solo practitioners to white-shoe law firms is offering help.

  • Bank trust advisers and white-shoe brokers have long handled money for the well-to-do.