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The turn of 2020 saw a strong start for the legal market in the Middle East due to the stabilisation of oil prices and increasing government action towards diversifying and developing the economies across the region. This contributed to an increase in economic activity across several jurisdictions and positive growth projections for the coming year. Naturally, the pandemic h...

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...

The SR Group stands with the Black community, committed to the unalienable truth that Black Lives Matter. We've spent time listening, learning, and reflecting on how we can better equip our staff, leadership, clients and community to seek to understand and call out bias. It is up to us all to do more to dismantle the systemic structures which create barriers to equality for ...

We proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed Meltem Ozker Gunduz, Head of Human Resources- Asi...

We proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed Anjam Ara Akbar, Senior Legal Director, Ethics an...

Taylor Root is proud to be supporting International Women's Day 2020. International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Whilst we all know that gender parity within the workplace has improved over the past decades, we all also know that there is still a long way to go. We interviewed Natalie Khounago, VP & Senior Counsel...

The Turkey Legal Market. 2018 and 2019 saw elections and unexpected political developments in Turkey. Continuing political uncertainty caused a further decrease in foreign investor interest, which led to a brief recruitment freeze in the market. However, there has been an increase in investment within the Middle East, especially in the financial services industry, which has ...

The South African Legal Market. South Africa is a country with a population of 55 million people, GDP of USD 350 Billion, and with 25,000 practicing lawyers. These stats would indicate a level of establishment and maturity that should make hiring Legal & Compliance talent a relatively straightforward proposition. In some ways that is true. The talent pool in South Africa is ...

The 2019 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, BeNeLux, Italy, Tu...

Listen to Shane Morton being interviewed on Business Breakfast about how Brexit has influenced the number of Britons looking for expat jobs in the UAE.