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To download a PDF version of the article, please click here: Mourant is one of the world’s leading offshore law firms, with expertise in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Jersey and Guernsey Law. Through Mourant Governance Services, the firm delivers a complementary range of fiduciary, administration and governance services. A firm that has been at the forefront of the...

Market Overview Taylor Root’s in-house team has experienced an encouraging increase in new instructions in Q1 of 2019 for legal jobs, up 11% compared with the same time last year. Despite the current UK economic climate (and Brexit uncertainty), the legal in-house market is extremely buoyant and showing no signs of a slow-down. The new year is often when new budgets for addi...

Taylor Root has been active in the in-house legal market since 1989, helping candidates to make the move from private practice and to navigate the different stages of their in-house career. In association with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) we hosted an event on “Managing your In-House Career”, which quickly turned into an extremely constructive discussion not on...

International Women’s Day is all about celebrating the achievements of women and forging a gender- balanced world. Yet it’s also a celebration, and acknowledgement, of women’s political struggle to secure statutory rights and achieve equality. This International Women’s Day[1] we wanted to recognise this ongoing campaign to secure women’s rights, as well as the extraordinary...

What made you decide on a career in recruitment? Prior to going into recruitment, I worked in software sales for a global FTSE Tech company. A friend of mine who was doing really well in recruitment knew I was getting tired of driving up and down the M1 visiting various IT managers and so he suggested coming in for a meeting. Although I had not considered legal and complianc...

Lucy Taylor is a consultant in our London office and former qualified solicitor. After practising law for almost six years Lucy decided that she wanted a new challenge in her career, which would still make use of her legal knowledge. Read more about Lucy’s move from being a lawyer to a legal recruitment consultant. Briefly describe your career history prior to commencing you...