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When it comes to hiring for legal positions, those responsible for talent acquisition strategies should beware of false economies – especially in high-cost regions such as the Middle East. I welcome your thoughts on the below article, please leave your comments here. Few members of staff are more expensive to take on than an in-house lawyer in the Middle East. However, the q...

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 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 Middle East section. The full report contains market insights for Germany, Italy, Turkey, Sou...

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...

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...

Ben Cockram, Associate Director at Taylor Root was delighted to meet with Joanne Fischlin, Head of Corporate, External and Legal Affairs for the Gulf region at Microsoft. Joanne has a private practice and in-house background and her expertise ranges across many industries including retail, manufacturing, FSI and now technology. We interview Joanne about the upcoming General ...

What a difference 10 years makes. When I arrived fresh off the plane from the UK in 2007 to set up Taylor Root's Dubai presence, the market I walked into was as chaotic as it was exciting. There didn't seem to be any strategy behind law firm growth, just an innate desire to jump on the rollercoaster and get a piece of the action. Whether this meant growing teams from scratch...

We interviewed Lyubomir Modev, Compliance Officer for the EMEA region at Ingram Micro, about compliance trends, challenges and must have skills for compliance officers. Izgi: What are the essential skills a compliance officer must have? Lyubomir: A compliance officer needs to be a very well-rounded professional and there are many attributes that the best in the profession mu...