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.
-
Case Study
Building a Mission-Driven Legal Team for a Sustainable Infrastructure Investment CompanyBuilding a Mission-Driven Legal Team for a Sustainable Infrastructure Investment CompanyFinding top legal talent is challenging. Finding top legal talent that meets elite credential requirements, embraces a mission-driven culture, and is willing to relocate outside a major legal market is even harder.
Read More
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.
-
Infographic
AI Data Centers and Real Estate DevelopmentAI Data Centers and Real Estate DevelopmentAI doesn't happen in the cloud. It happens on the ground. In the third installment of our AI Data Center Growth series, we examine how increasing demand for AI infrastructure is transforming real estate development and driving the need for legal talent with experience in land use, permitting, infrastructure, project finance, and growth strategy.
Read More
Explore our current open interim opportunities and discover where your legal career can take you.
Insights
-
Article
Weil Shows What Happens When Any Partner Could Leave at Any TimeWeil Shows What Happens When Any Partner Could Leave at Any TimeWhat does the sudden collapse of one of the world’s most prominent law firms reveal about the way firms must be led today? In a timely new op-ed for Bloomberg Law, MLA President John Cashman examines the dissolution of Weil Gotshal & Manges and the larger lesson it holds for law firm leaders: in today’s intensely competitive talent market, profitability and reputation alone cannot guarantee stability.
Read More -
Article
After Layoffs, Junior Associates Must Balance Speed and StrategyAfter Layoffs, Junior Associates Must Balance Speed and StrategyKate Reder Sheikh shares lessons for the most junior associates job hunting after a layoff: Broaden your search in firm rank, geography, and practice area, but also show firms your interest goes beyond a safe harbor.
Read More -
Article
Asset-Managing In-House Counsel Need Clarity on CompensationAsset-Managing In-House Counsel Need Clarity on CompensationIn his latest op-ed for Bloomberg Law, Dimitri Mastrocola examines the growing role of long-term incentives in compensation for legal and compliance leaders at alternative asset managers, and why greater clarity around those awards matters when attracting and retaining senior talent. As GC, CLOs and CCOs take on broader roles in fundraising, product design and enterprise-level decision-making, firms have an opportunity to ensure their compensation structures, and the way they communicate them, reflect that expanding strategic value.
Read More