Securing Tomorrow: The Vital Role of Succession Planning in Law Firm Partnerships
In the dynamic landscape of legal practice, where expertise, client relationships, and reputation are paramount, succession planning stands as a critical pillar for the sustainability and growth of law firm partnerships. While the legal profession is often associated with addressing immediate challenges and complexities, forward-thinking firms recognise the importance of preparing for the future, ensuring […]
Moving to the UK as an Overseas Planning or Environment Lawyer
The demand for Planning and Environment Lawyers in the UK is strong. With continued investment into infrastructure projects especially in areas such as renewables as well as the continued demand in more traditional development planning, workloads are high in an under-lawyered sector. This has been exacerbated by the increase of in-house jobs that is attracting […]
The rest is politics
Although the title of a popular podcast, it also sums up what is happening in the Planning market right now. Below I consider what impact this might have on recruitment for lawyers in the next 12 months. Planning Lawyers continued to be in demand in 2023 but certain sectors have been a little quieter, especially […]
Planning Moves. An update on recruitment trends for solicitors in the Planning & Environment Sector.
I have delayed writing a general update on recruitment trends in the planning and environment market as I was interested to see how the first quarter of 2023 settled following talk of an economic slow-down. Although the slow-down is manifesting itself in other sectors such as Real Estate and Corporate * the demand for planning lawyers […]
Planning Law recruitment update
I have set out my latest update on the current trends in the recruitment market but before I go into this, I must acknowledge the extremely sad news regarding Stephen Ashworth. Although tributes have been paid to him by those who knew him far better, I would like to pass on my personal condolences to […]
Overview of Recruitment for Planning & Environment Lawyers Autumn 2020
Despite fears of a pandemic induced recession, the Planning Law sector has been relatively resilient throughout 2020. The volume of vacancies dropped off understandably during March, April, and May as firms sought to consolidate, but since the summer the number of instructions for new roles has steadily increased as workflows have remained constant. Compared to […]