In The News
Our knowledgeable consultants are often quoted in the legal and financial press around the world on key aspects of the legal recruitment market. Here’s a selection of recent articles we have contributed to:
Big Tech to Big Law: is the compensation gap closing?
David Nicol was quoted in The American Lawyer on 27 September 2024 on the trend of senior in-house practitioners joining Big Law firms as partners.
Relationships trump reporting lines: Not all GCs want their CEO as a boss
Karen Glass was quoted in The Lawyer on 18 September 2024 on the ideal reporting lines for General Counsel.
Lame laptops, batteries ‘about to explode’: midlevel associates angered by lack of tech
David Nicol was quoted in The American Lawyer, 4 September 2024 on associate satisfaction in relation to the annual Midlevel Associate Survey.
It’s not all about you
Karen Glass was quoted in The Lawyer on 29 April 2024 on the importance of in-house lawyers developing a personal brand and personal profile marketing.
American law firms are coming of age in London
Tim Andrews was quoted in this Law360 article on 29 November 2023 regarding the hiring trends of US firms in London.
Dechert’s Paris-based international arbitration group to break away from firm
Ann-Marie Goodbody was quoted in Law.com International on 27 November 2023 on the Paris legal market, the impact of rising interest rates and the general economic slowdown.
Big firms less bullish on growing leverage than a year ago, survey finds
David Nicol was quoted in The American Lawyer on 1 November 2023 hiring standards surrounding GPA, law school pedigree and law firm work history becoming more strict than they were in 2021.
No more 25pc pay increases for lawyers as market turns
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Jonathan Walmsley spoke to Australian Financial Review on 1 November 2023 on the dip in attrition rates for junior lawyers in the Australian legal market.
Top legal partners want to ‘eat what they kill’, not share profits
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In the Australian Financial Review on 26 October 2023 Jonathan Walmsley was quoted on the traditional partnership reward model being challenged in firms.
Fall is the perfect time to make a lateral move
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Above the Law, 18 October 2023 Matt Moody shares his view on why Fall is the best time to make a BigLaw move. Read the full article here
Law firms in Australia have gotten more selective about hires as demand falls|
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Jonathan Walmsley spoke to Law.com International on 8 October 2023 on the bar being raised for associate hiring in Australia and why firms are willing to wait for the best candidates.
Layoffs are spreading. after all, there’s only so much work to go around
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David Nicol was quoted on associate redundancies in US firms in Law.com International
on 20 June 2023.
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