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Why hire an in-house lawyer?
Naturally, an element of your company’s budget will be spent on obtaining legal advice and representation. At some stage, you’re likely to find that the cost of retaining external counsel exceeds the cost of hiring an in-house lawyer.
Recruiting a lawyer can make sense for many other reasons. He or she is likely to get to know your business a great deal better and, as a result, tailor their advice to better suit the business and its needs.
Whilst the mainstay of their advice may be in relation to one area of law, perhaps commercial contracts, they’ll be flexible enough to able to give preliminary advice across a whole raft of areas including corporate, intellectual property, information technology, employment and litigation, thereby saving costs.
Working integrally to the business will often enable a lawyer to identify other legal business needs and to implement legal risk management programmes as appropriate.
The overriding benefit of retaining an in-house lawyer is obtaining fast, practical and commercial legal advice that is tailored to your business needs.
Recruiting an in-house lawyer
If this is to be the company’s first lawyer, you may need advice on the level of experience appropriate to the role, the commensurate salary and benefits package required to be attractive in the current market, and the best way of finding that individual.
You may also need assistance with drafting the job specification and guidance on the recruitment process.
We’re often consulted by clients looking to recruit their first lawyer and are happy to advise on these issues.
The Recruitment Process
Whether it’s a new head of legal, legal counsel or paralegal role, we’re happy to guide you through the process, or where appropriate, work alongside other recruiters to provide you with the ultimate shortlist.
We can advise on the use of advertising tools and search where necessary and work with you using the various forms of assessment available beyond the standard interview process.
Depending on the level of the vacancy, recruitment can take between one week and two months to shortlist, interview and offer. Bear in mind that lawyers tend to have a three-month notice period (and occasionally six months).
Testimonials
“Chadwick Nott has helped to build our legal team considerably over the years and we have developed a strong working relationship. When we're looking for lawyers with specialist sector experience, having expert legal in-house recruiters assisting us has proved invaluable."
RWE
“To develop our legal team in the way we wanted meant that we had very specific requirements for our candidates. Chadwick Nott found us candidates that matched those criteria and were very effective at keeping both sides fully informed all through the process. Great assistance from start to finish.”
Nationwide
"Having used Chadwick Nott for one of our most critical appointments this year, we were delighted at not only the knowledge and understanding which was applied to the specification we supplied but also the high levels of service and professionalism which was evident throughout the process. I can thoroughly recommend them"
Classic Hospitals
“Positions such as these are always difficult for our company to recruit for due to restricted budgets and competition for candidates. I was extremely pleased with the professionalism of Chadwick Nott. They were able to ascertain exactly what we needed and we were happy to trust their judgement. Chadwick Nott had the perfect balance between keeping us informed of progress without chasing us unnecessarily. We would recommend Chadwick Nott to colleagues and will be happy to work with them in the future.”
Random House Publishing
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