Opening Doors to Interim Legal Work
Feel confident navigating transitions in your legal career by exploring new possibilities with interim legal assignments.
In today’s ever-changing business climate, organizations and law firms are looking for ways to still achieve their business goals despite tightened budgets and reduced headcount. More and more, Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent team is partnering with organizations to hire interim legal professionals on a project basis or in a temp-to-perm model.
Interim roles offer you an opportunity to develop new skills and expertise within new practice areas and in evolving industries through unique assignments you may never before have considered.
Our interim recruiters are dedicated to matching talented lawyers like you with interim legal assignments that will maximize your skill set, challenge you professionally and align with your personal needs.
Interim Insights
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Lost time, Lost Talent: Why FS Firms Must Accelerate Interim Legal HiringLost time, Lost Talent: Why FS Firms Must Accelerate Interim Legal HiringChristian Worthy article in World Financial Review underscores a critical point: while demand for interim legal talent is surging, outdated hiring processes are holding companies back.
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Publicly-traded, multi-billion dollar industrial manufacturing corporation seeks immediate interim general counsel to fill role.Publicly-traded, multi-billion dollar industrial manufacturing corporation seeks immediate interim general counsel to fill role.A publicly-traded, multi-billion dollar industrial manufacturing corporation was faced with the unforeseen and untimely departure of their long-time general counsel. Due to this departure, the CHRO and CSuite was faced with immediate decisions due to mounting litigation and lacked true internal options and only viewed costly yet reliable outside counsel relationships as their only resource.
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Interim Legal Talent: Technology Product Counsel Expertise, On-DemandInterim Legal Talent: Technology Product Counsel Expertise, On-DemandMLA Interim Legal Talent is uniquely positioned to provide organizations with expert, on-demand resourcing and bandwidth required to effectively and efficiently navigate all your Interim Technology Product Counsel needs. Our interim product counsel professionals provide timely, sophisticated counsel and guidance to organizations on their most important legal matters.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal TeamMaking The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal TeamIt's the first full week of January, do you already feel you and your legal team are overstretched? Read this Law360 article written by Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau, which provides pointers on the best ways to convince your management to secure additional resources.
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A Leading U.S.-Based Airline Seeks Help with Privacy & Technology Contracts NeedsA Leading U.S.-Based Airline Seeks Help with Privacy & Technology Contracts NeedsThe legal department of a leading U.S.-based airline was facing a high volume of privacy and technology contracts matters, ranging from data processing agreements, software licensing deals, SaaS agreements, IT services contracts and other transactions.
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Interim Legal Talent Hot Roles in Hot Markets in 2025Interim Legal Talent Hot Roles in Hot Markets in 2025With recruiters on the ground in major markets around the world, we pride ourselves on being able to share our local market knowledge with our clients and candidates to help keep them abreast of activity in the legal industry.
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When to Convert a Contract Lawyer to a Permanent EmployeeWhen to Convert a Contract Lawyer to a Permanent EmployeeDiscover why bringing in a contract-to-hire lawyer can make sense for your legal team in this new article Thomas Goubadia.
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Global Logistics, Fortune 100 Company Builds Trade Function through Interim CounselGlobal Logistics, Fortune 100 Company Builds Trade Function through Interim CounselA Fortune 100 global logistics company addressed gaps in export controls and sanctions compliance by engaging MLA Interim to build a robust trade compliance system, resulting in significant cost savings and effective solutions despite a hiring freeze.
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Interim General Counsel Expertise On-DemandInterim General Counsel Expertise On-DemandWhen there is an unexpected departure at the GC level, companies need to act fast to keep things running smoothly and effectively. Interim Legal Talent is uniquely positioned to provide organizations with the expertise, on-demand resourcing and bandwidth required to effectively and efficiently navigate all your Interim General Counsel needs. MLA interim counsel and compliance professionals are embedded seamlessly into our clients’ legal teams and assist these clients in both their execution and realization of desired business and legal outcomes.
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