“Most Big Law firms are still jumping at the chance to hire premier transactional legal talent despite any drop in deal volume.”

“In today’s legal market, crossing the bridge from an in-house role back into a top law firm is becoming much more common (and lucrative!).”

“While a partner candidate’s book of business is undoubtedly an important component of a law firm’s evaluation process, in the vast majority of lateral partner assessments it will neither make nor break the partner candidate.”

“Miami’s legal hiring market has been heating up recently, especially after the recent hiring sprees by Big Law firms such as Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, and Winston & Strawn.”

“There is a bigger, broader role that Big Law firms play in connecting clients and serving as an intermediary when it comes to aspects of the business that are not a function of billable work.”

“I have worked with hundreds of in-house lawyers over the past decade (and spent time myself as in-house counsel at an investment bank) and have found that the best in-house lawyers share five key similarities.”