July 8, 2010 Press Release
HANOVER, Maryland – July 8, 2010 - Major, Lindsey & Africa, (MLA) the world's leading legal search firm, today announced the launch of a new affiliate company focused on legal contract staffing. Inside Edge Legal, (IEL) provides attorneys with associate, in-house and partner-level experience for substantive contract work for law firm and corporate in-house legal departments.
“We looked at the changing legal landscape and recognized we needed to provide clients flexible staffing services,” says Simon Robinson, President of Major, Lindsey & Africa. “MLA is the undisputed leader in legal placement. Our knowledge combined with the staffing expertise we have as one of the Allegis Group companies gives us the ability to extend our industry expertise into an area where we see future growth and where we can add real value.”
IEL’s Global Practice Leader is Greg Richter, former Director of Business Operations for Aerotek, an Allegis Group company providing technical, professional and industrial recruiting and staffing services in the engineering, biotech and aerospace industries.
“Law firms and corporate legal departments need to be able to handle growing and complex workloads without increasing permanent resources,” says Richter. “IEL can provide contract lawyers for substantive work in such areas as bankruptcy, restructuring, distressed debt, mergers and acquisitions, securitization, real estate and intellectual property. These are highly trained and experienced professionals.”
Through its affiliation with MLA, IEL has access to a worldwide network of resources, in-depth market knowledge, unparalleled understanding of local hiring trends, and a proprietary database of highly qualified attorneys and legal professionals. IEL provides contract attorneys for markets across the United States and is already serving the needs of major law firms and corporations on both coasts and in Chicago.
Further information about Inside Edge Legal can be found at www.InsideEdgeLegal.com
Major, Lindsey & Africa
Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey & Africa is the world’s largest and most experienced legal search firm. Combining local market knowledge and a global recruiting network, MLA has earned recognition for its track record of successful General Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Partner, Associate and Law Firm Management placements. With offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong, London and Tokyo, MLA recruiters are dedicated to understanding and meeting our clients’ and candidates’ needs while maintaining the highest degree of professionalism and confidentiality. MLA considers every search a diversity search, and has been committed to diversity in the law since its inception. For these reasons, MLA was voted “Best Legal Search Firm in the U.S.” in the most recent national survey of America’s top law firms. To learn more about MLA, please visit our website at www.mlaglobal.com.
Allegis Group
IEL and MLA are members of the Allegis Group family of companies, the world’s largest privately-held staffing company. The Allegis team includes mores than 6,500 internal employees and 77,000 contract employees working with customers around the world. Allegis Group’s success rests on its proven process of understanding clients’ specific needs and delivering the right solutions supported by the absolute best match of talent. Additional information can be found at www.allegisgroup.com.
For more information, please contact
Greg Richter
Global Practice Leader, Inside Edge Legal
(212) 377-3633
grichter@insideedgelelgal.com