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Active Bystander Training for Leaders in a Top 50 Global Law Firm

Challenge Before working with us, our client, a top 50 global law firm, faced challenges in ensuring that company behaviour across the organisation aligned with their values. They needed to address changes to regulations, particularly in providing psychological safety and calling out inappropriate behaviour. Dealing with these issues in the moment, while meeting regulatory requirements, […]

Written by on July 25, 2024

Future Leaders Programme at Gowling WLG

Gowling WLG is a sector-focused international law firm, with more than 1,400 legal professionals in 19 cities worldwide, across UK, Canada, Continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm has in-depth knowledge and expertise across multiple sectors, including energy, financial services, life sciences, natural resources, infrastructure, government, real estate and tech. Challenge Gowling WLG […]

Situational Judgement Tests – a better way to hire the best trainees

Ability, not background, is what really counts at the law firm Wragge & Co. Changes to its trainee selection process are ensuring that, in tune with its diversity-minded approach it recruits only top-quality candidates, and in a way that takes less management time. Each year the international law firm, Wragge & Co recruits around twenty-five […]

Herbert Smith Freehills boosts top talent management

Big ticket clients and high-profile matters are all part of the mix at Herbert Smith Freehills Freehills, which is the leading litigation firm in Europe and Asia and has one of the world’s pre-eminent corporate practices. The firm also aims to be a great place to work and places a premium on training and developing […]

Eliminating bias drives Freshfields’ diversity push

Ranked in The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is working hard to build a more inclusive and open culture. A key step is ensuring all its partners recognise their unconscious bias that could affect how they recruit, employ and promote people. The firm chose Pearn Kandola to design […]

Improving Senior Manager promotions at Linklaters LLP

Linklaters LLP are a leading global law firm, with a sizeable business services function that provides internal support services. The Head of HR for Business Services, Vicky Twibell, engaged Pearn Kandola to provide individual assessments as part of the Senior Manager promotions process. There were three key drivers for this project: To enhance the candidate […]

International Law Firm supports business success with best-fit recruitment

Working with Pearn Kandola, a leading international Law Firm recently introduced a new recruitment process to enable it to make more robust and timely decisions in the best interests of both the business and it’s candidates. The move, which reduced the risk of costly hiring mismatches at partner level, supported the Firm’s growth plans while […]