Sentences with phrase «senior people at firms»

Not exact matches

«Every highly successful person I know of has at least one person they can turn to who knows the difference between the hype and the reality of what's actually going on,» finishes Goldie, a senior partner at the Los Angeles law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp.

After PayPal: Regarded as a very useful person to have around at a start - up, Rabois went onto hold senior positions at LinkedIn (more on that in a minute), Max Levchin's Slide (a company responsible for slideshows and animations in social networks) and electronic payment firm Square (founded by Twitter's Jack Dorsey).

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.

That may come as a big surprise for most people, said Tracy Watts, a senior partner at benefits consulting firm Mercer.

For example, «hard scientific evidence» shows that ancient people extracted opium from poppies, says David Collard, senior archaeologist at Jacobs, an engineering firm in Melbourne, Australia, who found signs of ritual opium use on Cyprus dating back more than 3000 years.

«People smell the money and there are lots of people rushing out with unsophisticated formulas,» said Mr. Sanders, who works as a senior researcher at software firm SAS Institute Inc., which competes with VARC for contPeople smell the money and there are lots of people rushing out with unsophisticated formulas,» said Mr. Sanders, who works as a senior researcher at software firm SAS Institute Inc., which competes with VARC for contpeople rushing out with unsophisticated formulas,» said Mr. Sanders, who works as a senior researcher at software firm SAS Institute Inc., which competes with VARC for contracts.

Q: Why do you suppose so few people in risk management, and senior management at major financial firms, were unwilling to consider alternative views of the sustainability of the risks being taken as the risks got larger and larger relative to the equity of individual companies, the industry as a whole, and the economy as a whole?

Why do you suppose so few people in risk management, and senior management at major financial firms, were unwilling to consider alternative views of the sustainability of the risks being taken as the risks got larger and larger relative to the equity of individual companies, the industry as a whole, and the economy as a whole?

«There are quite a lot of events organised by the studios where people from different parts of the games industry meet up to socialise, and staff moving between studios obviously leads to a lot of best practice sharing,» states Samuel Ranta - Eskola, senior producer at project management tools firm Hansoft.

So Skadden senior partner Joeseph Flom's sixtieth anniversary at his firm — indeed, he's the only living person to have worked with the firm since its inception — represents quite an accomplishment.

Graeme Thomson (pictured) Senior Associate Solicitor with the firm's Private Client team, believes that the speed at which huge parts of day - to - day life have transitioned online could leave people in a difficult situation trying to rescue loved ones» sensitive data.

These are: (1) the role of the firm in serving the client's needs; (2) the specific assignment undertaken by the lawyer; and (3) who, or what level of a person at the legal organization, will work on the matter, including a proper division of skills (senior attorney, specialist, newly employed associate or paralegal).

A high proportion of senior attorneys, including Marci Eisenstein, have spent their entire careers at Schiff, and juniors believed this goal remains true today: «They are looking for people to be invested in the firm and to stay here for a long time.»

And I had a firm that recognized at the most senior levels that many people — both men and women — needed this kind of flexibility at some point in their careers.

Allen & Overy senior partner Wim Dejonghe comments: «I can understand people holding back on big decisions, which I think is the right approach at this stage, but I think it is too early to call the financial implications for firms.

A month before the election, the captains of industry and the senior partners of Vancouver's legal and accounting firms broke bread and canapés with shop stewards and union leaders in the massive Pacific Ballroom of the Hotel Vancouver, not only to hear Dix speak, but to ensure they were at least in the room seeming to be seen seeing Dix speak, and hoping Dix and his people would see them seeing him.

Other firms will grandfather certain retirees and partners into the discontinued unfunded plan, which could ultimately become a substantial liability as people live longer into retirement, says former WolfBlock senior litigator H. Robert Fiebach, now a senior commercial litigator at Cozen O'Connor in Philadelphia.

Senior partner David Cheyne (pictured) said: «Our new partners and counsel are an exceptional group of people and on behalf of everyone at the firm I would like to congratulate them on their promotions.

For example, if more senior attorneys talk about the importance of a candidate's demonstrated leadership and commitment to making a difference in the organizations to which they belong, people will hear that discussion and see that leadership and being a difference - maker is an important attribute for success at our firm.

I have a support team that helps me manage it but at the end of the day I sign the engagement letter and attend those performance reviews and insist on seeing the most senior people at the law firm.

It's not hard to point to law firms that have access to senior people at some of the best and biggest companies in the world and advise some of the most influential people who are shaping society.

Elevating your title from «Finance Manager» to «Finance Director» because you worked in a small firm and you were the most senior finance person could put your credibility at risk unnecessarily.

«It's going to make the person who receives it comfortable because you've done your homework,» says John Reed, senior executive director at Robert Half Technology, a global IT staffing firm.

«A year to two years ago, it was much frothier — many more people were showing up at these sales,» says Michael Goldman, senior vice president of acquisitions and finance with Golub & Co., a Chicago - based development and investment firm.