Key to the success of every law firm is hiring and retaining the right legal and business professionals who will provide the best counsel and representation to clients, enable the firm to capture and retain clients, and contribute to the workplace.

Recruiting talent can be expensive and risky — expensive because of the time commitment involved in selecting candidates and risky when the person who is selected is not the right fit. While many candidates will have the academic and prior employment credentials to meet the requirements of the job, not all will have the communication skills, work style, and ability to grow needed to succeed in the firm's unique culture. 

When it comes to hiring lawyers, firms and Corporate Counsel offices have many legal recruiting firms from which to choose. Some recruiters are former Big Law associates and partners; others are recruiting professionals who know how to identify and place attorneys. Most recruiters work on a contingent basis, i.e., they earn their fees only when their candidates are hired.  

P2B FirmBuilders works with clients as an extension of their human resource recruitment team. We help clients create staffing plans for the year, update or develop position descriptions, partner with stakeholders for each role, and schedule interviews. We spend time learning more about the nature of the work that the firm or department does so that we can match the right person to the job. This groundwork enables us to work faster and with greater success. 

As part of our ongoing relationship, we meet regularly with our clients to stay abreast of changes and developments at the firm or company, adjusting the staffing plan as required. Our fee structure reflects our commitment to our clients and is generally lower than that of contingency and retained research firms.

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Mergers, acquisitions, and lateral hiring are key growth strategies for many firms. After what can sometimes be months of negotiations, firms often rush through the onboarding process. Not having integration plans to make clients, the public, and the firm aware of the value proposition of the new combination can waste time and resources, contribute to the loss of clients, and ultimately cause the new venture to fail.

P2B FirmBuilders works with firms, groups, partners, or associates to develop and execute integration plans.

Plans may include:

• Communications with current clients
• Importing contacts into the new firm's mailing list
• Announcing the combination to firm clients
• Crafting press releases and coordinating interviews with the media
• Drafting and editing website bios and LinkedIn profiles
• Adding practice expertise and matter descriptions to pitch materials and websites
• Creating PowerPoint presentations to serve as a basis for presentations to the new firm’s practice groups
• Organizing welcome events for internal and external audiences
• Scheduling meetings with key clients and targets
• Coaching and trouble-shooting throughout the onboarding process