These are ambitious undertakings. We can acquaint you with models for embarking on the study, making the decision and finding the attorneys with whom to join forces. There is a healthy body of information about the law of partner movement and the practical considerations of moves and combinations of practices. Traditionally, companies found their attorneys in the firms who served them as outside counsel. Today companies still want lawyers trained by law firms but the company is less likely to know already the lawyers who are both interested in a corporation setting and trained in the areas of practice they need in-house.
Companies typically define a search much differently than law firms do.
Personality traits, work habits and history of relationships with supervisors and subordinates, may be important in the profile of the successful candidate. So too, may education and work before law school be significant. Law firms have asked us to assist client firms in finding their first General Counsel. This is an exciting prospect for a law firm attorney.