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Managing your career from sole Legal Counsel to Head of Legal "Your organisation brought you in to save costs on external counsel, however, you are now overloaded with requests across the business and need to bring in extra support. How do you pitch the need for additional headcount to the executive team and grow the legal function in your business?" The role of the sole in-...

2020 was a year without precedent – we could never have imagined the challenges and the disruption that arose as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The way that law firms and lawyers across the world have risen to these challenges evidences the resilience and the adaptability of the people in the legal profession.   The commentary in this report has been prepared, not only b...

Taylor Root Australia is proud to announce its recent corporate sponsorship with LGBTIQ+ Law Association, Pride in Law. Pride in Law is a non-political, not-for-profit group, aimed at linking the LGBTIQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer and questioning) members of the legal community and their allies. The group is dedicated to raising awareness and inclu...

Are you an overseas lawyer contemplating a move to Australia? Whether you are seeking to move to Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Melbourne, or Sydney, Taylor Root has over 30 years’ experience assisting international lawyers and expats transition back into the Australian legal market.  We are the preferred recruitment partner to all the major Australian law firms for the supply o...

Finding a new job can be a stressful time. With so many websites and job boards dedicated to advertising job vacancies, it can be difficult to sift through and find the one that you want and that you are qualified for, plus there are those jobs that are not advertised or visible for direct application. And whilst using a recruitment agency may seem like yet another step in t...

After a tumultuous start to the decade, what do the next 12 months have in store? Few need reminding of the upheaval that events in 2020 have brought to the world. With a new year only weeks away, families, businesses, and governments eye the future cautiously. Much of their anxiety hinges on the hopes that promising vaccination and anti-viral developments will succeed in sl...

Lawyers Weekly, in partnership with Taylor Root, principal partner of this year’s Partner of the Year Awards, is pleased to bring you a series of podcasts showcasing finalists across a multitude of categories from this year’s awards, including:- Mergers & Acquisitions Partner of the Year Dispute Resolution Partner fo the Year Corporate Partner of the Year Lawyers Weekly depu...

Welcome to the Taylor Root 2020 Global In-house Market Report & COVID-19 Impact Survey. In what has been an unprecedented year of uncertainty, we felt that it was more vital than ever that our annual commentary on the in-house market was being informed not only by our global team of specialist consultants but also by you. The full report contains: • Overview of the Global Le...

We are delighted to present Taylor Root’s 2020-21 Corporate & Commercial Salary Guide & Market Report. Each year we aim to provide our clients and candidates with relevant and timely remuneration data that can help legal departments and individual lawyers make more informed business and career decisions. Unfortunately, a lot has changed since we presented our last report and...

We are delighted to present Taylor Root’s 2020-21 Banking & Financial Services Salary Guide & Market Report. Each year we aim to provide our clients and candidates with relevant and timely remuneration data that can help legal departments and individual lawyers make more informed business and career decisions. Unfortunately, a lot has changed since we presented our last repo...