440
interim starts in 2024
interim starts in 2024
50+
dedicated interim recruiters globally
dedicated interim recruiters globally
Interim Legal Talent
An Alternative Legal Services Provider (ALSP)
In today’s fast-paced business climate, law firms and corporate legal departments must be resourceful and responsive as they address their clients’ legal and business issues. MLA Interim Legal Talent has the capabilities and technology to engage overworked and under-supported law firms and corporate legal departments with on-demand and expert legal talent for project and assignment-based matters.
We have career-long relationships with experienced interim counsel and consulting lawyers who enjoy the challenge and flexibility of working engagement to engagement. After we take the time to discern your exact needs, our consultants across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific assess our global network of qualified legal and compliance professionals to introduce you to skilled experts who can join your team for as long as you need the extra support—whether that’s addressing workload for a challenging practice area, covering deal-based overflow for contracts and transactional matters, or on-boarding a team of consultants for a six-month due diligence project.
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Case Study
Scaling a Global Legal Function for a High-Growth Insurance & Fintech BusinessScaling a Global Legal Function for a High-Growth Insurance & Fintech BusinessAs a fast‑growing, privately held insurance brokerage expanded globally and prepared for a potential IPO, MLA partnered with its legal leadership to build a scalable, future‑ready legal function, supporting multi‑disciplinary hiring across the U.S. and Europe over several years.
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Put Yourself in Control of Your Career
Your legal career does not have to follow a conventional path. In fact, there are many avenues through which you can identify fulfilling career opportunities and meet your professional goals—one of which is through consulting and interim roles.
Whether you are seeking to add skills to your already extensive repertoire of experience, explore new industries and organizations or gain more work-life balance, consulting legal work puts you in control of your legal career. We work with the world’s leading law firms, global multinationals and listed companies, as well as boutique firms and start-ups to support their legal projects and provide on-demand legal talent. We are always looking to partner with subject-matter experts and career-oriented lawyers who we can call upon at a moment’s notice and connect with opportunities that will further their legal careers and benefit organizations around the world.
Whether you are seeking to add skills to your already extensive repertoire of experience, explore new industries and organizations or gain more work-life balance, consulting legal work puts you in control of your legal career. We work with the world’s leading law firms, global multinationals and listed companies, as well as boutique firms and start-ups to support their legal projects and provide on-demand legal talent. We are always looking to partner with subject-matter experts and career-oriented lawyers who we can call upon at a moment’s notice and connect with opportunities that will further their legal careers and benefit organizations around the world.
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Interim Legal Talent: Higher EducationInterim Legal Talent: Higher EducationHigher education institutions face complex regulatory, governance, and operational demands that do not always align with permanent staffing needs. MLA Interim Legal Talent connects colleges, universities, and affiliated institutions with experienced interim counsel and compliance professionals who can step in quickly to support Offices of General Counsel during periods of transition, increased workload, or heightened regulatory focus.
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Explore our current open interim opportunities and discover where your legal career can take you.
Insights
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Article
How Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm ModelHow Private Equity Priorities Will Test The Law Firm ModelPrivate equity’s growing presence in the legal sector raises questions that go well beyond regulation or ownership rules. In this Law360 Pulse article, Kirsten Keegan Vasquez and Allison Rosner examine where institutional capital collides with the realities of partnership models, reputational capital, and professional ethics, and what that tension means for the long-term structure of law firms.
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Pay Imbalance: The Rise of Mid-Level Associate Frustration May Prove Costly for FirmsPay Imbalance: The Rise of Mid-Level Associate Frustration May Prove Costly for FirmsMid-level associate frustration is becoming a serious retention risk, even as firms continue to compete aggressively on newly qualified salaries.
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Legal Industry Talent as Strategy: Why Human Capital Determines Law Firm GrowthLegal Industry Talent as Strategy: Why Human Capital Determines Law Firm GrowthIn this Reuters Westlaw commentary, David Maurer examines why law firm growth strategies so often falter when talent is treated as a downstream consideration rather than a core strategic driver.
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