Sentences with phrase «lateral hires with»

In some cases, a transition from bank finance to project finance will be considered, especially for those openings where Mandarin or Korean is needed (it is not easy to find project finance US associate lateral hires with such language skills).

A few partners believe the firm should recruit recent law school graduates or lateral hires with some general experience.

Managing partners will need to identify what the partners want their firm to become, whether it has the resources to achieve these objectives, or if the firm has to acquire lateral hires with a client base.

It is suggested that the wisest way to enter another market is through a merger with a compatible firm or by engaging a lateral hire with a profitable book of business.

Trade publication IP Law 360 ran a brief story on January 15 about the lateral hire with a headline that isn't unusual in the legal press, but was enough to incense Pitcock's former employers — by hyping the star hire without mentioning the fact that he had been canned for questionable behavior.

Not exact matches

The London office of Latham & Watkins has continued its lateral hiring spree with the appointment of funds lawyer Tom Alabaster from major firm client the Carlyle Group.

The collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf helped drive partner hiring by US law firms in London to record levels in 2012, with senior lateral recruitment in the City climbing by almost 40 % during the last calendar year.

Greenberg Traurig's latest lateral hire is shareholder LARRY KANUSHER, who joins the firm's entertainment and media practice after 19 years with Sony, most recently as senior vice president of business and legal affairs for Sony Music Entertainment's global digital business.

With that in mind, I have undertaken a further, small, piece of research looking at how various lateral hiring policies have affected law firm financial variables over time, and the results are quite intriguing.

And for lateral hires, there was a strong preference for work experience with a similar type of firm or corporation.

The «convince us why we should hire you» approach is fine for law students, but it simply will not work with laterals, Humphries writes.

Research into lateral hiring trends at some of the largest international firms operating in the UK found that partner - to - partner recruitment jumped by 56 % in 2014 compared with 2013, with 117 moves compared with 75 the previous year.

While working with larger law firms, it has been especially beneficial to cross-tabulate and analyze the results of interviews / questionnaires by (1) ages of the partners, (2) whether the partners are lateral hires or have progressed through the firm's career development program, (3) primary practice area (s), (4) office location, etc..

Foley & Lardner found a new cochair of its U.S. / China corporate practice in lateral hire SELIG SACKS, previously with Pryor Cashman.

With the addition of Dishman and Jaewook, Brooks Kushman has grown by more than ten attorneys this year, several being lateral hires.

The merger with Reid Minty in August has brought us greater critical mass in our London disputes department and we have made a number of senior lateral hires to bolster and refocus our corporate recovery department.»

The findings were that the firms with relatively conservative lateral hiring programmes and good retention of lateral partners did better on most financial measures than comparators who had either done a lot of lateral hiring or very little.

Big four Scots firm McGrigors has bolstered its Manchester office with two lateral hires.

Norton Rose is currently focusing on lateral hires and cost - cutting following a series of mergers during the past few years, which culminated in the 2013 tie - up with Houston's Fulbright & Jaworski.

Dickinson Dees and Thomas Eggar have joined the growing band of regional firms to end the summer with a rash of lateral hiring.

In 1986, Blaney McMurtry Aarons & Watson merged with Stapells & Sewell and the firm has undergone several smaller mergers and lateral hires, before becoming Blaney McMurtry LLP in 2000.

We rely on his direct, no - nonsense approach in accurately assessing the likely fit of potential candidates (for their sake and ours) so that we can continue building our team with exceptional lateral hires.

With 42 lateral hires — more than twice as many as in 2015 — Orrick's headcount rose 2.7 % to 941.

The US firm has invested in its City office with a number of recent lateral partner hires.

As a matter of conduct, you are not generally under a regulatory duty to supervise equity partners, but that is not a reason for letting people go completely off on their own, and this is even more so with lateral hires.

It was a relatively quiet year on the hiring front for the firm in London with only one lateral hire, Rod Freeman from Hogan Lovells in September 2017.

Latham & Watkins on Wednesday announced that the firm has opened a new office in Boston with seven lateral hires.

Having just evaluated the firm from a buyer's point of view, lateral hires are positioned to provide a firm with valuable external market insights.

Slaughter and May has made its first ever lateral partner hire with the addition of Morrison & Foerster US capital markets partner John Moore in Hong Kong.

Slaughter and May has made its first ever lateral partner hire in Asia with the addition of Morrison & Foerster US capital markets partner John Moore in Hong Kong.

Taylors in association with Walkers is pleased to announce two new lateral hires.

As a Conflicts Staff Attorney, you will: • Conduct conflict of interest research • Interpret and evaluate conflicts reports • Conduct conflict clearances for incoming new business and lateral hire • Draft waivers and review engagement terms and outside counsel guideline • Work collaboratively with the firm's General Counsel and Loss Prevention Partners.

There's a business case for lateral hires: often they come with a book of clients.

In a statement, Ben Knowles, co-chair of the global arbitration group, singled out the firm's focus on oil and gas, as well as the overall arbitral capabilities, which have been enhanced over recent years with a range of lateral hires, recent partner promotions including this year's round, and law firm mergers, not least in the United States.

«What we see time and time again are firms who know who they are are going to go after practices and people that fit with their strategy,» said Lowe, adding that he anticipates the market for laterals hires will remain strong into 2018.

A trio of recent lateral hires indicates that law firms in London are keeping a close eye on African energy and infrastructure opportunities, with US law firms at the vanguard of such interest.

With the addition of Meng and Marinelli, Brooks Kushman has grown by more than ten attorneys this year, several being lateral hires.

Recent surveys have found that lateral hiring continues to be a top growth strategy, yet a large number of firms indicate disappointment in their experience with laterals.

By Valerie Fontaine — Law firms compete for a limited number of top lateral partner candidates with significant portable books of business and look to legal search consultants help them identify and hire the best.

I've compiled the first of what will become a quarterly review of trends in a new bulletin, with a «does - what - it - says - on - the - tin'title: The London Lateral Hiring Trends Bulletin.

In addition to investments in offices and lateral hires, the firm has also made a significant investment in a new global practice management system, which will streamline and integrate client relationship management activities with billing and compliance systems.

Andrews Kurth LLP has boosted its Houston office with the lateral hire of Thomas A. Sage.

Further, in ’09 US and UK firms were dealing with an historic recession back home and thus it was very difficult for partners in Asia to get clearance from firm managements to make new lateral hires (while layoffs were happening at the mother ship and also many in US and UK were skeptical in mid and late ’09 of China's market upturn).

The managing partner of a 47 - attorney, growth - oriented Philadelphia firm recently wrote to me and asking whether it makes economic sense for his firm to acquire as a lateral hire a senior attorney with a foreclosure practice.

He was previously a partner with Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody PC and is Winstead's 42nd lateral attorney hired firm - wide in 2011 (more...)

In particular, conflicts that went unresolved in connection with the hiring of lateral attorneys or mergers of practice groups or entire firms were increasingly a driver of claims in 2016.

It also involves identifying business trends and making recommendations to improve business performance; supporting the practice group in building business cases for required initiatives such as lateral hires; working proactively with the practice group's leadership team and partners to provide financial expertise and support; and monitoring working capital balances, making recommendations to improve lock up and escalating issues as and when appropriate.

The article sets the stage with series of challenges the firm has faced — from financial performance to the loss of lateral hires to other firms — and then spends the rest of its words describing what the firm is doing about it.

New associates and lateral hires are paired with peer advisers within their practice groups to help them acclimate to the firm and learn firm policies and processes.

When done right, the information gathered can be used not only for retention and increased opportunities with the participants, but play huge roles in evaluating current law practice management efforts at the firm and helping to evaluate growth opportunities as they might relate to a new office, practice group, lateral hire or merger.