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In-house legal recruitment market update Q1

Posted January 15, 2025

Corporate and commercial The corporate and commercial legal hiring market in Q4 2024 reflected ongoing economic uncertainty, with a slight decline in active vacancies. Demand for mid-level commercial lawyers remained strong, resulting in heightened competition for talent. However, the GC and Head of Legal market continued to be sluggish, as businesses hesitated to commit to […]

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Career Advice

How to determine an interim market rate for in-house lawyers

Posted October 22, 2024

Contents If you’re contemplating interim legal opportunities for the first time in a while, you might be considering how to best calculate your market rate. The key to ensuring that you’re paid fairly depends on two factors: 1. Your years of experience or what your last assignment paid 2. The market rate of the job […]

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Taylor Root Asia 2024/25 In-house Salary Guide Launch

Posted September 2, 2024

Taylor Root Singapore hosted our 2024/25 In-house Salary Guide launch on 29 August 2024 at VUE, OUE Bayfront. The event showcased the launch of our 2024/25 In-house Salary Guide, which provides valuable insights into the latest trends in compensation, benefits and talent acquisition strategies for Legal, Risk and Compliance professionals across Singapore and Southeast Asia. […]

Market Insight

ACC Australia and Taylor Root In-House Counsel Trends Report 2024

Posted August 6, 2024

The In-house Paradigm – doing more with less! Anticipating, analysing, and planning for challenges are key skills for in-house legal teams. This year’s report is more than just a document – it’s your gateway to the latest trends shaping the future of in-house legal teams. Key Highlights Include: We hope the key trends identified in […]

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Career Advice

Closing the gap: How to champion girls in tech

Posted June 18, 2024

What can organisations and men do to support women in tech? Taylor Root Director, Asha Morzaria, recently explored this critical question with Adam Baldwin. In their conversation, Adam shared insights into his experiences with the not-for-profit organisation Girls in Tech, as well as actionable ways individuals and companies can help promote gender diversity in the […]

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Hiring advice

How to engage interim legal resource: Day rate vs fixed term contract

Posted May 2, 2024

What is the difference between day rate contractors and salaried fixed term contract (FTC) employees? What type of contract to choose has been an age long debate in the interim market and it can be confusing to know which route is best for your legal function. Taylor Root has been working closely with businesses for […]

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Are you a new General Counsel? Top goals to accomplish in your first year.

Posted April 3, 2024

The first months in any new role are a critical period for setting the stage for success and making a positive impact on an organisation. For a new General Counsel who reports to the CEO and the board of directors, this effect is amplified because of the high profile of the position. There are several […]

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Career Advice

The GC as Trustee: How can General Counsel and a not-for-profit benefit?

Posted July 13, 2023

Watch the webinar in full below As part of our Trustee Network series of events, Taylor Root has partnered with Indigo Volunteers to explore the value General Counsel bring to the charity trustee role. The role of the trustee can be hugely rewarding and provides opportunities to add value to a charity through the sharing […]

Career Advice

Take your legal career to London

Posted October 11, 2022

We recently held our ‘Take your legal career to London’ webinar, hosted by Priya Shah who was joined by Holly O’Connell, Legal Advisor at FirstGroup Plc and David Harrigan, Interim Deputy General Counsel. The session discussed the current in-house interim, legal job market and career development opportunities and explored the logistics around making an international […]

In-house

ESG: how can in-house lawyers guide their business to the starting line?

Posted March 12, 2021

On the 4th March 2021, Sarah Ingwersen and Eva Bishop facilitated the latest in our Taylor Root ESG webinar series titled ESG: How can General Counsels and in-house lawyers guide their business to the starting line? There is so much information in the public domain about ESG and the importance of measuring impact for an […]

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Breakfast roundtable: managing a legal career with parental demands

Thu, 6 March 2025 8:30 am – 10:30 am

What’s the key to balancing a thriving legal career with the demands of parenthood? Join us for an insightful discussion on the topic as we explore strategies to manage this delicate balance and provide practical guidance for parents in the legal profession. This will be an interactive roundtable, hosted exclusively for the Women in Law […]

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