Board Services

We Excel at Building Diverse, High-Performing Boards.

Never have the stakeholder demands on boards been greater—from shareholders, employees, customers, regulators, proxy advisors, activist investors and the general public. Additionally, the dynamic nature of today’s capital markets, geopolitical events and technology advancement all point to the need for boards to reassess their current capabilities and focus on governance effectiveness and board refreshment. We are intimately familiar with the qualities new directors must embody to meet current boardroom demands and the expertise needed to enhance future board decisions.

We work collaboratively with board leadership, governance and nominating committees, CEOs, general counsel and senior leadership teams to build successful, enduring enterprises. We are deeply committed to accelerating diversity in executive leadership teams and in the boardroom—over 70% of our placements during the past seven years have been diverse.

Our Board Services team has a proven track record of assisting boards with:

Director Search, Onboarding and Assimilation
Board Refreshment Planning
Governance Effectiveness Assessments and Board Development Plans
CEO Succession Planning
Pre-IPO Governance Readiness
Private Company Governance Effectiveness
M&A Integration Governance Planning

Prepare for Future Independent Director Opportunities

If you are a senior corporate executive with an interest in becoming an independent corporate director, we want to help you prepare for success in the boardroom. We are proud to partner with the Directors Academy, a national not-for-profit dedicated to developing and advancing the next generation of diverse board members and future board leaders.

Led by a faculty comprised of high-performing public and private company board leaders, complemented by corporate governance content experts from the University of California, Berkeley Haas Business School, the NextGen Directors program experience covers key corporate director duties and responsibilities, the work of the full board and individual committees, an interactive board case session and governance best practice exchange.

Each program participant is provided an opportunity to develop relationships with existing board leaders and further refine their future board interests. This long-standing relationship has allowed us to introduce boards to the next generation of board members and provide board-ready senior executives access to a variety of corporate governance opportunities.

Learn more about the NextGen Directors program and the Directors Academy.

Article

Improving the First-Year Experience for New Directors

It is no secret that in the past many corporate boards did a less-than-sufficient job of onboarding directors. In the days when new board members were often known to one or more of the exist-ing directors, the lack of a well-designed onboarding process did not significantly impact the overall contribution of that individual. Informal networks would often fill the gap.
Read More
Improving the First-Year Experience for New Directors

Return to Office Survey

Our expertise is in matching talent to firms, whether the need is simply identifying a new, steady hand at the wheel, transitioning to the next generation or building leadership teams from the ground up. Let us help your law firm build a powerful, dynamic leadership team that will get you where you want to go.

GET IN TOUCH

Governance Effectiveness & Advisory Services

Working closely with boards and executive leadership teams, our team has extensive experience facilitating full board and committee governance effectiveness self-assessments that provide foundational information to design future board improvement plans and more impactful board skills matrices. Our process consists of a comprehensive online survey focused on key governance effectiveness performance drivers, including:

Enterprise Oversight
Corporate Governance
Strategic Planning
Succession Planning and Management Compensation
Board Composition and Meetings
Board Leadership
Committee Structure and Overall Performance
Individual Committee Performance
Stakeholder Engagement
Board Culture and Director Engagement

GET IN TOUCH

Article

Corporate Boards Have Recruited Diverse Candidates in Greater Numbers Than Ever Before; Fully Engaging Them is the Next Priority

Over the past 18 months, particularly amid the social and racial justice movements, one important impact in the corporate world is that companies have brought on more non-traditional, diverse candidates to their board of directors than ever before.
Read More
Corporate Boards Have Recruited Diverse Candidates in Greater Numbers Than Ever Before; Fully Engaging Them is the Next Priority

Explore Current Open Associate Jobs

SEARCH CAREERS

Insights

Article

Finding Support for Your Legal Team through Nontraditional Candidates

Many managers are facing a struggle between implementing corporate strategy on behalf of the C-suite and providing the flexibility, purpose and career growth their reports seek. Post-pandemic, common feedback has been that managers are expected to do more with less—and with a lack of recognition and support.
Read More
Finding Support for Your Legal Team through Nontraditional Candidates
Article

Has the Summer of Powerful Women Left BigLaw Behind?

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Kate Reder Sheikh says this may be the summer of female empowerment—with Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and Barbie in charge, but things are different for women working in BigLaw.
Read More
Has the Summer of Powerful Women Left BigLaw Behind?
Article

Never Cut Your Own Hair: How Women in Funds Can Negotiate for the Compensation They’re Entitled To

As a woman who has worked in the financial services and private funds industry for over 20 years, it’s saddening to see stark gender disparities when it comes to compensation.
Read More
Never Cut Your Own Hair: How Women in Funds Can Negotiate for the Compensation They’re Entitled To

More Insights