Blog - Laurence Simons

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Back to Basics - O que fazer e o que não fazer ao aplicar para uma vaga

A idéia deste artigo é trazer alguns apontamentos que podem ajudar os candidatos na hora de aplicar para um processo seletivo. O texto é totalmente baseado em situações reais que encontramos em nosso dia a dia no recrutamento especializado e refle...

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In-house lawyers facing 'information overload'

about 2 months ago by Neelam Khalid

The increasing prevalence of digital media and online marketing in the in-house legal sector is leaving many lawyers keen to throw their smartphones into the river and head for the hills, a new report has indicated. Various surveys of in-house cou...

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Psychometric Testing in Legal and Compliance Recruitment

about 2 months ago by Victoria Jackson

Think about the person that you look up to the most professionally. What is it about this person that you admire? Emotional intelligence or “EQ” isn’t likely to be one of the first things that you mention but it is inextricably linked to these qua...

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Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Legal Profession

2 months ago by Elliot Hoyle

Ask a child what the future looks like and the answer will most likely be that there will be robots doing our work and driverless cars flying in the air. Hasn’t this already started to become somewhat the present? When we talk about A.I., why do w...

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Networking tips for introverts

3 months ago by Neelam Khalid

In 2015, Kirstie Brewer, a journalist for UK newspaper, The Guardian, mapped out a comprehensive guide for introverts to use when it comes to networking. She explains that the experience doesn’t have to be anxiety-inducing or uncomfortable, and th...

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When Compliance meets M&A – The New Demand in Legal Search

3 months ago by Stephanie Greaves

We might not be accustomed to seeing these two skills juxtaposed in a job description, but this is startingto change. Candidates who have experience of the life cycle of an M&A deal, with an acute awareness of risk and the relevant compliance fram...

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A evolução tecnológica na área jurídica: o advogado do futuro

3 months ago by Heloisa Toller

Máquina a vapor, revolução industrial, eletrônica e transformação digital. As quatro etapas da evolução da indústria atingem todas as atividades econômicas, e não seria diferente no mundo jurídico. Não é mais nenhuma novidade que a tecnologia no D...

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Laurence Simons...with Herve Labaude

6 months ago by Neelam Khalid

Clare Butler (CB): Would you tell me about when you first decided to become a lawyer? Herve Labaude (HL): A very interesting question! I surprised myself in realising that I did not really make this choice. I was pushed by events and circumstances...

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Congratulations to our next batch of Lumina Spark practitioners!

7 months ago by Neelam Khalid

Congratulations to Samantha Knowles (Director of research) and Stephanie Greaves (Managing Consultant), who qualified as Lumina Spark Practitioners in October! Lumina provides a next generation of professional development tools supporting individu...

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DQ – The age of new leadership… (and what that means for us with “experience”)

7 months ago by Clare Butler

My mum, who is in her 80s, loves her iPad. She is a whizz at FaceTime; she sends and receives e-mails; she is the definition of a Silver Surfer. She has a reasonable level of aptitude. Until her youngest grandson, aged 9, takes over the iPad and f...