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The 2018 Global In-House Report is an overview of hiring trends from a variety of sources, from the local knowledge of experienced consultants to our regional salary guides through to general market sentiment derived from interviews with senior contacts. Below is an extract from the South African section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, Italy, the Middl...

The 2018 Global In-House Report is an overview of hiring trends from a variety of sources, from the local knowledge of experienced consultants to our regional salary guides through to general market sentiment derived from interviews with senior contacts. Below is an extract from the Turkish section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, Italy, the Middle East...

The 2018 Global In-House Report is an overview of hiring trends from a variety of sources, from the local knowledge of experienced consultants to our regional salary guides through to general market sentiment derived from interviews with senior contacts. Below is an extract from the Middle East section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, Italy, Turkey, Sou...

Taylor Root, part of The SR Group, has been recognised as one of the ‘Most Socially Engaged staffing agencies’ globally by LinkedIn. We are pleased to announce that we have, for the third year since its inception, been ranked in the top 25 Most Socially Engaged global recruitment businesses. From a list of over 38,000 recruitment businesses LinkedIn used complex analysis to ...

I recently sat down with Salah Mostafa – Head of Legal META for Takeda Pharmaceuticals to discuss how he and his team used an innovative idea to create stronger relationships with their business partners: a boardgame. Salah, I guess the first question is, why a board game? It’s a good question, and I appreciate how odd it seems initially. In today’s world, reactive “lawyerin...

What makes a good In-House lawyer? Can it be quantified? Perhaps not, but Jim Merklinger, the President of the new ACCCI (Association of Corporate Counsel Credentialing Institute) thinks there are measures that can be put into place to enhance, develop, and further professionalize the role of the In-House Counsel worldwide. This is via a thoroughly researched certification p...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2018. We have interviewed a selection of our female clients asking them how they are pressing forward for women's gender parity #pressforprogress Taylor Root interviewed, Kiran Scarr, General Counsel, DMCC Past Progress If you had to start your career from scratch, knowing what you know now, what would you do di...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2018. We have interviewed a selection of our female clients asking them how they are pressing forward for women's gender parity #pressforprogress Taylor Root interviewed, Narguiz Birk-Petersen, Head Counsel, Dubai International Financial Center Past Progress If you could tell your younger self one thing what wou...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2018. We have interviewed a selection of our female clients asking them how they are pressing forward for women's gender parity #pressforprogress Taylor Root interviewed, Noura Benfarhat, General Counsel, Baker Hughes Past Progress If you could tell your younger self one thing what would it be and why? Be patien...

The legal market in the Middle East has started to recover slowly from a quiet 2017. As the market begins to improve following a recovery in oil prices and a further maturing of the market, opportunities are starting to emerge in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia across a range of sectors. The majority of roles arise in core areas such as corporate, fin...