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I was recently interviewed by the Law Society about the current landscape within legal in-house recruitment. In short, it’s good news. Recruitment activity within in-house is buoyant with a high number of good quality lawyers in supply. The highest demand is for lawyers with two to five years’ PQE, as organisations are opting to reassign lawyers when senior lawyers move on a...

The 2018 Global In-House Report is an overview of hiring trends from a variety of sources, from the local knowledge of experienced consultants to our regional salary guides through to general market sentiment derived from interviews with senior contacts. Below is an extract from the UK section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, Italy, the Middle East, Tur...

Taylor Root, part of The SR Group, has been recognised as one of the ‘Most Socially Engaged staffing agencies’ globally by LinkedIn. We are pleased to announce that we have, for the third year since its inception, been ranked in the top 25 Most Socially Engaged global recruitment businesses. From a list of over 38,000 recruitment businesses LinkedIn used complex analysis to ...

Following a recent event held in partnership with Taylor Wessing, Sean Nesbitt, Partner in Employment, Pensions & Mobility team, offers his views on the gig economy and how it may affect the legal sector. How big is the gig economy? All good lawyers like a definition! In the narrowest sense, meaning those working on digital platform–enabled short-term tasks, UK studies estim...

Progression opportunities and career paths for PSLs still vary considerably across the City. Some of the Magic Circle and larger firms now offer an “of counsel” position, which can be akin to partner level. A number of firms still have a flat structure where PSLs at all levels report into partners or group heads, and others offer a simple structure and reporting line as foll...

To download the full version of this interview, please click here. Nick Bullmore is a corporate partner at Carey Olsen in the Cayman Islands. He advises on all aspects of Cayman Islands corporate law with a particular emphasis on investment funds (including fund financings), structured finance (including CLOs), joint ventures and general corporate and commercial matters. Nic...