A growing emphasis on corporate governance and compliance has given legal officers a key role in large companies. In an increasingly complex regulatory environment legal officers have acquired the status of strategic business partners for both executive teams and the board. As a result, a growing number of law firms and companies are turning to Egon Zehnder International to conduct senior level searches for legal officers and law firm partners, to conduct management appraisals and to design and implement talent management programs for legal departments and law firms.
Egon Zehnder International boasts a network of around 40 consultants worldwide, who are focusing on the fast growing segment of assignments involving senior legal positions. The majority of these consultants have degrees in law or extensive legal experience. Our consultants intensively pool knowledge and expertise on potential candidates, new trends and functional issues. Clients turn to us for advice in the identification, selection and recruitment of:
- chief legal officers/general counsels
- deputy, associate, assistant, divisional or regional counsels
- intellectual property, M&A, litigation, employment or tax counsels
- company secretaries
- chief ethics and compliance officers
- corporate governance officers
- partners and senior associates of law firms
- senior executives (general management, finance, marketing, HR, IT, knowledge management) of law firms
The assignments tackled by our consultants often have an international scope and span a wide range of industries. Their close contacts with executive teams and boards, combined with in-depth functional expertise, make our consultants highly qualified partners in senior level legal searches and appraisal work.
