Anthony Armstrong, who was a managing director and head of technology in the Americas,
left the firm for Morgan Stanley last year, as first reported by The New York Times.
They also report lower intention to
leave the firm for another job, but consistent with the idea that the context matters, the favorable effects appear to depend on the presence of other supportive workplace policies.
In addition, it's not clear whether most women actually want to
leave their firm for extended periods, or simply prefer more flexibility that would enable them to balance work and family.
Kowalski says lawyers typically decide to
leave their firm for one of two reasons: money or concerns about law firm governance issues.
In short, even if women could go home (to their firms) again, it's not clear how many women want to
leave their firms for home in the first place.
When it emerged earlier this week that Linklaters» Hong Kong private equity partner, Christopher Kelly, was joining White & Case in the city, he became the latest in a string of partners to
leave the firm for rivals in Asia.
The majority of movement tends to happens in the first quarter because associates hold out until after they receive their bonuses to
leave their firms for new opportunities.
Last month, Legal Week revealed that former Latham & Watkins Hong Kong manging partner Michael Liu and another corporate partner Jane Ng were
leaving the firm for Cadwalader.
Ince & Co has re-hired its global shipping head four months after
he left the firm for major shipping insurance client the Norwegian Hull Club.
The tool comes as it emerges that Dr. Zev Eigen, Littler's former global director of data analytics, has just
left the firm for people analytics startup Syndio, which he co-founded in January 2016.
Earlier this week, the Law Blog reported that Michael Aiello, a former top mergers & acquisition partner at Dewey Ballantine had
left the firm for cross-town competitor Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
Some aren't even lawyers anymore,
leaving their firms for careers in modelling and cookery.
In 2003, Sacha
left the firm for one year to clerk for the Honourable Justice Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Not exact matches
But think about this: If
firm A buys a company ostensibly to engineer improvements, how many improvements will be
left for buyout
firm B (or C, or D)?
Ford's board may have decided to
leave out the cash base pay (which, prorated, would've been a little over $ 1 million) because unlike stock, a direct cash payment could make
for poorer optics, said Alan Johnson of the executive compensation consulting
firm Johnson Associates.
While rules have relaxed
for some imports, travel and telecommunications services, most U.S.
firms will not be free to set up shop in Cuba until Congress lifts the embargo, which insiders say is unlikely to happen before Obama
leaves office in early 2017.
The asset management
firm Standard Life is looking at Ireland as its European base
for when the United Kingdom
leaves the European Union, its CEO told CNBC Tuesday.
Unit affected: Someone inside the
firm tells us that some big names were cut, he knew of ~ 5, and
for every big trader let go, it means 10 people in the back - office
left
On the other hand, if the province decided not to become involved in the
firm shipping market, they would distort the signals received by the regulators in terms of the demand
for shipping services,
leaving the system short of capacity and lowering the value of Canadian oil in the process.
In a pair of follow - up tweets Musk further explained that «Mary Beth was an amazing assistant
for over 10 yrs, but as company complexity grew, the role required several specialists vs one generalist,» and «MB was given 52 weeks of salary & stock in appreciation
for her great contribution &
left to join a small
firm, once again as a generalist,»
Around 5,500
firms registered in the UK rely on the European Union's passporting rights
for the financial services sector, and they turn over about # 9 billion in revenue.There has been a surge in applications
for Irish passports following the UK's vote to
leave the European Union.
Regarding the Federal Reserve specifically, the
firm writes that Trump could appoint a «personal ally» as the next Fed chair, after Janet Yellen
leaves in January 2018, in «a move that would undermine the Fed's reputation
for years.»
So it was
left to Heenan, who was chairman
for almost all of the
firm's history, to serve as its backbone.
It's unclear if this is the sole reason
for the pause or just how long it will last considering that the two principals (Frank Shih and TJ Hennessy) at the four - person
firm have
left.
Facebook joins a long list of big - name global tech
firms to significantly beef up their parental
leave offerings
for full - time employees in recent months, including Netflix.
Now, another question
for investors: If your advisor went to sleep tonight and didn't wake up, would you continue to entrust the
firm he / she
left behind with the ongoing management of your family's wealth?
He did a stint at KPMG, then started his own
firm, which he
left in 1990 to pursue what was supposed to be a short - term assignment crunching numbers
for a Kerkorian project.
Small
firms often have no set limit on sick days and no insurance
for long - and short - term disability, so they resist a request
for paid time off they deem dubious, or to guarantee
leave - takers their jobs back after an extended absence.
There's a war
for talent on Wall Street
for dealmakers who work with the likes of Kraft and Unilever — and some
firms will be
left out in the cold.
Silicon Valley investor Shervin Pishevar, known
for his early bet on Uber, said on Tuesday he was taking a
leave of absence from his venture capital
firm and the startup he co-founded to fight allegations of sexual harassment.
Stoyanov worked
for the cyber crime unit at Russia's Interior Ministry from 2001 - 2006 before
leaving law enforcement
for the private sector, first
for a large Internet service provider and then
for Indrik, a small Russian Internet security
firm.
There would be nothing
left for people to do here,» he said in one of the town's few cafes, explaining that the private
firm he now works at also depends on the plant.
Seadrill was forced to seek bankruptcy court protection from creditors after a sharp drop in oil prices in 2014 cut oil
firms» appetite
for exploration, pushing rates
for rigs down and
leaving many idle.
It does mean, however, making a visible, viable effort to keep the
firms the province has
left, while fighting Ontario, Quebec and the rest of the world
for the ones still looking
for potential homes.
For years, Rite Aid (RAD) was the sick man of the retail pharmacy industry, after a debt - fueled, pre-financial-crisis expansion
left the
firm unable to cope with the competitive pressures it faced from online retailers like Amazon.com.
Though she considers herself a «strong people - minded manager» at a
firm nationally recognized
for its generous family benefits, she was torn when a few years ago a senior manager requested a three - month paternity
leave at a crucial time in a significant project.
A search and advertising expert
for Yahoo
for many years, Kumar
left the internet giant to join Dapper, an advertising
firm that was later acquired by the internet giant.
From big companies like Facebook to smaller start - ups, every time a
firm announces a flexible and substantive paid
leave policy
for new parents, commentators cheer.
According to Harry Balzar, a food industry analyst
for market research
firm NPD Group, around 80 % of Americans eat breakfast before they
leave work.
Butterworth says it was important
for his
firm's so - called wellness
for leave to be available to everybody.
This diversity in VC
firms will help change perceptions and stereotypes and will open the door
for members of groups that are always
left out.
«I think it's helpful
for the government to look at mandating a paid benefit that would be truly beneficial
for our country,» says Shiloh Butterworth, the director of employee experience at 210 - person PAE, a Portland, Oregon - based engineering
firm that just introduced six weeks of fully paid
leave for its employees to care
for themselves or others.
As
for family
leave, Elliott expects companies to go the route of private equity
firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, which recently extended paid
leave for new parents, and announced it would let employees take both their babies and their caregivers on business trips — on the company's dime.
There's always some risk in
leaving one job (and a steady paycheck)
for a new one that may not pan out — and older workers can face discrimination that can make it tough to land a new gig, said John Challenger, chief executive officer of outplacement consulting
firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
With an IPO representing a sort of graduation
for tech
firms — where the nifty idea becomes the need
for profitability — there's not much time
left to avoid them.
As part of the
firm's ongoing commitment to working families, we are pleased to announce a global enhancement to our existing two - week parenting
leave policy
for non-primary caregivers.
The only way to go up was if someone
left a position, and even then, you weren't guaranteed the position,» said Salas, who now works as an assistant account executive at Hollywood PR in Boston, where the entire
firm comes together every other week
for strategy brainstorming sessions.
Indeed, the CNBC Millionaire Survey, which was conducted by market research
firm Spectrem Group, found 19 percent of high - net - worth respondents wish to
leave enough
for their kids to be comfortable and maintain their standard of living, but not all they have, while 17 percent indicated they will be «very cautious» in how much they
leave, because they want their children to learn self - reliance.
In an effort to recognize employees» changing family dynamics, the New York - based professional services
firm announced this week that it is offering up to 16 weeks of paid
leave for employees to care
for a family member — regardless of whether it's
for a new baby or sick relative.
Several technology companies — senseFly, DroneDeploy, Skycatch — have developed software
for this growing market, but the products often
leave much to be desired, says Tomislav Žigo, director of virtual design and construction at Clayco, a Chicago
firm that uses drones on its job sites.