Lawyers, particularly those at AmLaw 100 or UK Magic Circle firms are generally well-compensated professionals. Granted, attorneys at these law firms rarely take home as much as their peers in banking, but lawyer compensation is rarely the chief complaint of lateral partners seeking to switch firms. Rather, primary motivations typically include the desire to avoid [...]
June 13, 2011—“Although The American Lawyer reports that over 2,000 big firm law partners switch firms each year, the majority of partner-level lateral candidacies fail,” according to attorney and legal recruiter Adam S. Weiss, author of a new book entitled The Lateral Lawyer: Opportunities & Pitfalls for the Law Firm Partner. “The timing is definitely [...]
Attorney recruitment at the partner level appears to be picking up in 2011, with legal recruiting firms doing more business than in 2010, according to anecdotal evidence gleaned from reports in the legal trade press. Whether partner level attorney recruitment will surpass the record 2,775 moves reported in The American Lawyer for its AmLaw 200 [...]
Lateral recruiting at the partner level, like recruiting at the associate level, is a process with a clear beginning, middle and end. As with associate-level recruiting, the goal of partner-level recruiting is to identify, cultivate and attract lawyers to the firm. But there are major differences between associate- and partner recruiting, which every partner should [...]
Implications for lateral legal recruiting, e.g., bankruptcy legal recruiting. Despite the lingering effects of the 2008-2009 recession, some law firms are benefitting from strong countercyclical practices. Such may be the case at Cadwalader, where government investigations and antitrust- and financial services litigation have reportedly been strong. And Curtis Mallet reports a 24% rise in profits [...]
Global legal recruiting continuing strong The year 2010 furnished more evidence that US-based firms are seeking international legal recruitment, with a continuing trend toward expanding their geographic footprints. For example, demonstrating that European legal recruitment is quite active, K&L Gates opened two new offices in 2010 (Tokyo and Moscow), with Brussels slated to open in [...]
It seems four Latham & Watkins newly recruited partners have made a New Year’s resolution to move on: M&A partner David Schwartzbaum (New York), commercial and IP litigator Kenneth Fitzgerald (San Diego), and IP litigators Emmanuel Baud and Jean-Christophe Tristant (Paris). The partner recruiting took place in New York, San Diego, and Paris. San Diego [...]
