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 Business

As 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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Scaling a Global Legal Function for a High-Growth Insurance & Fintech Business

440
interim starts in 2024

50+
dedicated interim recruiters globally

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.

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Interim Legal Talent: Flexible Legal Talent for Private Capital

General Counsel of private capital firms have found their solution to addressing deal profitability, regulatory hurdles and legal resourcing pressures --> the utility of in-house counsel consultants through Major, Lindsey & Africa's, Interim Legal Talent.
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Interim Legal Talent: Flexible Legal Talent for Private Capital

Explore our current open interim opportunities and discover where your legal career can take you.

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Navigating Your Staffing Challenge

Backed by Major, Lindsey & Africa’s global network of legal experts, we will find the best-qualified, best-fitting talent for your organization every time.

Many clients view us as their trusted advisor and creative problem-solver, there for them before, during and after their flexible legal talent needs are met. That's likely because we are tenacious and work hard and run fast for their business; so much so that many feel as though they are our only focus.

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From in-house and law firm recruitment to legal advisory services, we provide total talent management
solutions to law firms and legal departments looking to navigate the road to success.

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Insights

Article

Firms Must Know Who They Are to Win Top Talent

In this Law Society Gazette article, Adam Stocker outlines why firms that clearly define who they are, communicate expectations early, and offer transparency around pay and progression are better positioned to compete for talent in a crowded market.
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Firms Must Know Who They Are to Win Top Talent
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How to Stay on the Right Side of the Law

Elena Bajada examines why General Counsel succession planning should be treated as a governance priority, not merely a talent acquisition exercise, and why boards must rethink what they look for in their legal leaders.
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How to Stay on the Right Side of the Law
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How to Keep Partners Onside After a Merger

Law firm mergers don’t fail only on spreadsheets, they often falter when people walk out the door. This Law.com International piece by Luke Woodward underscores why early engagement and retention of key partners is critical to protecting both value and culture in a merger.
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How to Keep Partners Onside After a Merger

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