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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...

Overview of the market In contrast to predictions, 2018 was an active year for law firms and has seen practices increase remuneration across the board to attract the best lawyers. An increased number of instructions within transactional areas including Corporate, Banking and Real Estate has led to firms hiring a greater number of lawyers in comparison to 2017. Most important...

Diversity and inclusion (D&I) is rightfully becoming more and more prevalent in hiring practices, as businesses realise the benefits of a diverse team. The question for hiring teams now becomes, how can we ensure D&I is present in our processes whilst ensuring the appropriate candidate secures the role? Meritocracy? A simple and common approach to diverse hiring is to ensure...

“What is the market like?” The million dollar recruitment question! This time of year, both our candidates and clients are keen to understand the landscape of the in-house legal recruitment market in order to determine whether or not to commence with a recruitment project, or to make a career move. Taylor Root’s in-house team has experienced an encouraging increase in new in...

London has the most unique and developed legal market in the world. And here at Taylor Root we take pride in understanding its intricacies so that we can better serve its recruitment needs. Two specialist areas of our focus are West End and Niche practices, which often serve discrete markets and offer a different working culture to that of the City or International firms. Fr...

Taylor Root hosted their annual General Counsels in Technology breakfast chaired by Zoopla’s General Counsel Ned Staple, featuring Patricia Christias, Head of Legal for UK at Microsoft and Xavier Langlois, General Counsel at HighQ. As a self-proclaimed “skeptic,” Ned led the discussion with Xavier and Patricia sharing their own personal experiences whilst the General Counsel...