Leading international legal search consultancy Fox Rodney announces the appointment of Ben Cockram to lead  its In-House search practice and welcomes Ben to its executive team. Ben joined the Fox Rodney team in May 2023 with a mandate to scale Fox Rodney’s In-House search capability globally, with a focus on assisting clients in searches across the Legal, Compliance, Governance, and  Government Affairs & Public Policy functions. Ben will work in close collaboration with Fox Rodney’s international offices to help drive exceptional outcomes for their clients. Ben has an e ..read more

The 26th annual Legal Business Awards took place at the JW Marriot Grosvenor House, celebrating the very best in the legal profession and is the most prestigious event in the legal calendar. To say the least, Fox Rodney were delighted to sponsor the event. The event was well turned out with 1000+ guests, many from the City’s various distinguished law firms. The host for the evening was actor, writer and producer Sally Phillips. We were delighted to be part of an event honouring so many distinguished legal professionals. In addition, we were proud to have Senior Consultant Pooja Bhandari-Maroof ..read more

Fox Rodney has released its latest report reviewing the London Private Equity market from 1st January to 30th June 2023. Key findings from the report include: Out of 17 Private Practice moves from 1st January to 30th June 2023: 24% were female and 76% were male 94% were Private Practice to Private Practice 6% were In-House to Private Practice 94% were lateral partner moves and 6% were vertical moves. Download Report To discuss the report further or to discuss the market in more detail, please contact: Siobhán Lewington Managing Directorslewington@foxrodney.com +44 (0) 20 7337 2709 ..read more

Members of the Fox Rodney team attended the 24th Annual Co-operation Ireland Legal Dinner at the Waldorf Hilton Hotel, London, on Thursday 15th June 2023. Co-operation Ireland is an all-island peace building charity organisation which promotes partnership and collaboration across the island of Ireland. The legal dinner is a key date in the Co-operation Ireland fundraising calendar, with over £80,000 raised for the charity at last year’s event alone. Present at this year’s event were members of Fox Rodney’s Dublin team, Portia White (Managing Director and Head of Dublin office) and Da ..read more

In the third of our Five Question series, Siobhán Lewington poses five questions for law firm partners to ask when Negotiating your Compensation. What is market rate? Where is the value for my firm? Am I looking at total compensation and benefits, as well as the trajectory? Am I listening and being empathetic? Is this actually the right firm and platform for me? Download the document here: Download Report To discuss further, please contact: Siobhán Lewington Managing Director  slewington@foxrodney.com +44 (0) 20 7337 2709 +44 (0) 7799 534 845 The post The Fox Rodney Five Question Serie ..read more

Fox Rodney is pleased to release its fifth annual Gender Diversity Report analysing London partner moves in 2022. Law firms have made serious efforts to boost the number of women in their partnerships in recent years and our most recent data shows that those efforts are starting to succeed. Key findings from the Report include: We find the number of female partners moving breaks the 30% barrier for the first time: 33% of all moves were made by female partners; We continue to see UK firms hiring a higher proportion of women than US and International firms but ..read more

Fox Rodney has released its latest report tracking lateral moves in London during 2022. It was another very active year, with the number of partner moves rising by 3%, with a total of 365 moves. The research reveals there is continued demand from clients for diverse candidates, and female partners this year accounted for 33% of all moves, up on the 25% seen in 2017 when we first started collecting the data. Highlights from the report include: Banking and Finance was once again the most active hiring area; Female partner hires figure reached an all-time high, whilst vertical moves showed a sma ..read more

In the second of our Five Question series, Siobhán Lewington poses five questions for law firm partners to ask at the start of the new year. Is my compensation at market rate? Does my firm’s compensation system reward my strengths? Is my practice outperforming my firm? Did the firm look after my team? Is my contribution of strategic importance to my firm? Download the document here: Download Report   To discuss further, please contact: Siobhán Lewington Managing Director  slewington@foxrodney.com +44 (0) 20 7337 2709 +44 (0) 7799 534 845   The post The Fox Rodney Five Questio ..read more

In the first of our Five Question series, Siobhán Lewington poses five questions for law firm partners to ask at the start of the new year. What do I want to achieve professionally this year? What do I want to achieve over the next 5 to 10 years? Does my firm allow me to achieve these goals? Is what I do of value to the firm and treated as such? Do I have confidence in the firm’s leadership? Download the document here: Download Report   To discuss further, please contact: Siobhán Lewington Managing Director  slewington@foxrodney.com +44 (0) 20 7337 2709 +44 (0) 7799 534 845   ..read more

In the first of our Five Question series, Siobhán Lewington poses five questions for law firm partners to ask at the start of the new year. What do I want to achieve professionally this year? What do I want to achieve over the next 5 to 10 years? Does my firm allow me to achieve these goals? Is what I do of value to the firm and treated as such? Do I have confidence in the firm’s leadership? Download the document here: Download Report   To discuss further, please contact: Siobhán Lewington Managing Director  slewington@foxrodney.com +44 (0) 20 7337 2709 +44 (0) 7799 534 845   ..read more