There’s a lot of legal Talent and firms are understandably keen to keep their stars hidden from headhunters. No one can claim to have encyclopaedic knowledge of the whole market. At MRP we love to uncover ‘hidden Talent’ unknown to our clients, but it is just as likely that clients will point out targets that we are completely unaware of.…
MRP Bond specialises in senior, lateral, and strategic legal hires. But what is behind their claim to acquire the brightest legal talent for world-class law firms? Just who are the best legal headhunters? MRP Bond’s proven track record demonstrates a unique blend of speed, precision, and long-term retention outcomes. Unlike traditional retained search firms, MRP Bond offers an initial contingency-based…
Law Firms are facing unprecedented talent acquisition challenges that threaten client retention and profitability according to major surveys undertaken in 2024 / 2025. The above is exacerbated by: Salary Inflation – Magic Circle NQ’s £150K | US firms £180K (LawCareers.net) Niche Expertise Shortage – Fierce competition for IP, Real Estate, ESG, Regulatory Compliance Talent (Sonder, 2025) The Solution? Specialised executive…
We love how our new Logo and livery looks on our favourite Ducati. The new Black, red and white colour scheme looks great we think. None of us are quite the right build ourselves for these anymore of course. Peter is pretty much banned now anyway as fast bikes and brain injuries don’t go well together. He’s clung on to…
On 10th May we launched our new website along with the first public showing of our new logo! The website launch wasn’t the easiest (is IT ever easy – even the experts scratch their heads it seems) and in the end we decided to finish it ourselves rather than wasting endless time arguing, explaining, revising etc etc We’ll add news…
Recruitment wars? No, we work in Harmony! Get with the programme, Internal Recruiter vs Headhunter wars are so yesterday!! It is common practice for firms to employ both TA methods, and has been for some time. There are very good reasons for this… Internal Recruitment Teams make more sense for volume recruitment (excluding perhaps, team moves), they can represent cost…
Attracting, rewarding, and retaining the right Talent is more important than it has ever been before. Talent wars, competition for clients, charge rate differentials etc etc. Times have been challenging for law firms. Headroom created by US firms saw the biggest UK-headquartered firms by revenue charging an average of £449 per hour in 2024, compared with £321 in 2019, according…
A High Court judge who discovered that lawyers presented five fake case citations in their submissions has ordered that his judgment be sent to professional regulators. Mr Justice Ritchie said solicitors and barristers involved in Ayinde, R v The London Borough of Haringey had demonstrated ‘appalling professional misbehaviour’ and knowingly tried to mislead the court. The written submissions provided by barrister Sarah Forey, instructed by…
“Are the lawyers who are spending their time searching job ads, the lawyers you want to attract, or the lawyers you want to avoid? We imagine the latter. It’s a no-brainer.”