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Each podcast focuses on the elements of an effective global growth strategy, the various tactics that support these efforts and hard-won lessons for successful implementation.Hosted by Rob Bata, founder and principal of WarwickPlace Legal, LLC. Rob exclusively focuses on formulating and implementing global expansion strategies for leading firms of all sizes.Joining Rob is, Murray Coffey, founder of M Coffey, LLC. Murray is a lawyer of thirty years experience, the last twenty of which he has ...
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Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group
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Steve has been an executive recruiter for nearly three decades and without naming names, he is ready to spill the tea on best practices (and maybe a few not so best practices) by firms and candidates he has seen during his career placing some of law's most driven and successful professionals into highly profitable and growing enterprises across the legal sector. Steve is a former lawyer and journalist and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and a proud son of Wilkes-Barre P ...
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The Impact of the Trump Administration's Executive Orders on Law Firm Recruiting
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Send us a text The Trump Administration’s executive orders aimed at various law firms has resulted in the most significant issue that the country’s leading law firms have faced in recent memory. Some pundits in the mainstream media have even predicted the demise of the firms that settled with the Administration. In this episode of Steve’s Rules, St…
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Under the Trump Administration the Legal Landscape is Shifting—But So Are Your Opportunities
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Send us a text While the current environment is chaotic, savvy government attorneys, particularly those with administrative law experience, may find this the perfect time to make a lateral move into law firm practice. In this episode of Steve’s Rules, we take a deep dive into the legal market implications of the new Trump administration—particularl…
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Rob and Gerard share their thoughts on global law firm expansion for the coming year and beyond (Part 2 of 2)
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Welcome back to the GMT Podcast. In this second part of our two-part conversation, co-hosts Murray Coffey and Rob Bata are joined by Gerard Tanja from Venturis Consulting Group. Together, they continue exploring the evolving landscape of global legal markets, focusing on U.S. expansion, cross-border mergers, and predictions for the year ahead. If y…
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Cross-Border Legal Expansion: Mergers, Market Shifts, and Global Strategies with Gerard Tanja (Part 1 of 2)
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Welcome back to GMT! In this episode, Rob Bata and Murray Coffey sit down with trusted advisor Gerard Tanja of Venturis Partners to unpack what's really going on in the global legal market. We take a deep dive into cross-border expansion, major mergers making headlines, and why litigation boutiques are gaining traction worldwide. It is a thoughtful…
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Steve and Murray go deep with American Lawyer's Patrick Fuller
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Send us a text Get ready to uncover the dynamic shifts in the legal landscape with our esteemed guest, Patrick Fuller, Chief Strategist for American Lawyer Media. First, we discussed the ripple effects of recent elections on antitrust, international trade, and white-collar investigations, and even in mergers and acquisitions. Then Patrick provides …
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Send us a text In this episode of Steve's Rules, podcast partners Murray Coffey founder and principal of M Coffey and executive recruiter Steve Nelson from The McCormick Group discuss some of Steve's market updates and then go deep on best practices in legal recruiting agreements.. This episode should be of special interest to those on the law firm…
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The Career Road Less Taken: Pricing Professional to Chief Operating Officer
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Send us a text Join us on this episode of Steve’s Rules, where Steve Nelson, Executive Principal at McCormick Group, dives into the evolving roles within law firms, particularly focusing on the rise of professional staff in key leadership positions. We explore the recent trend of hiring COOs from non-traditional backgrounds, such as legal operation…
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Two legal recruiters walk into a bar...don't be the punchline
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Send us a text In this episode, Murray Coffey and Steve Nelson delve into the intricacies of legal recruiting, offering a blend of practical advice and personal anecdotes. They discuss the best ways to manage recruiter inquiries, key considerations for those contemplating a career move, and the importance of building solid relationships with reputa…
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Send us a text Overview: This episode provides a deep dive into the essentials of business planning for attorneys considering lateral moves. Steve Nelson leverages his extensive experience in legal recruitment to guide listeners on crafting high impact business plans that align with market trends and firm expectations. This episode may be our most …
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Part Two of GMT's conversation with Special Guest Gus Sellitto Founder of Reputation and Media Powerhouse Byfield Consultancy
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Welcome to part two of GMT’s season opener. Murray and Rob are joined by media pro and founder of Byfield, Gus Sellitto. In this insightful episode, we explore the intricate balance global firms must strike as they navigate the challenging role of maintaining a global voice within diverse local markets. Key points discussed include: Collaboration w…
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2nd Season Premiere of GMT with Special Guest Gus Sellitto Founder of Reputation and Media Powerhouse Byfield Consultancy
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Welcome to Season Two of GMT! A heartfelt thank you to all of our listeners. We're excited to announce that we have a jam-packed lineup of episodes coming your way in 2024. Kicking off our new season, we're thrilled to have Gus Sellitto, Founder of Byfield Consultancy, join us. Gus and his firm specialize in proactive reputation counsel for law fir…
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Season Two, Episode Two of Steve's Rules: Making Bank
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Send us a text The decision to pursue other opportunities is multilayered with no one consideration being more important than the other. Yet compensation often is a driver. But most professionals including lateral partners at law firms don't do a deep enough dive on a target firm's compensation structure. Each firm approaches compensation different…
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Listen to Top Executive Recruiters Share How to Turn Government Service Into a Career As a Government Relations Professional
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Send us a text Leveraging government service into a lucrative career in government relations can be done. But, it can be tricky to turn your knowledge and connections into a career path. This podcast will be especially informative for those folks currently in Capitol Hill contemplating your next move. We start out the second season of the acclaimed…
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2023 GMT Season Finale with Special Guest Gerard Tanja
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Rob and Murray are joined by Gerard Tanja, founder of Venturis Consulting Group. Gerard is the EU's leading expert in global law firm mergers. Join us for a brisk and content rich discussion covering Gerard's unique approach to consulting with clients seeking cross border mergers. Hear about Gerard's thoughts on the next hot spots in Europe for glo…
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Episode 7 Season Finale: 2023 Wrap up with Steve and his Colleagues Saadia Sultan and Rob Verga
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Send us a text Well, here it is the 2023 season finale of Steve's Rules. In this very special episode we are joined by Steve's colleagues Saadia Sultan and Rob Verga who share insights from the 2023 lateral recruiting in market and their predictions for 2024. We end our podcast with some truly hard won observations about how firms and candidate's c…
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Episode 6 of Steve's Rules- The difference between retained and contingency search and why it matters
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Send us a text In this episode Steve provides some intel on the hottest lateral partner market (hint they call this city the Third Coast, and its the place Murray first drew breath.) Then we discuss contingency and retained search and relative merits of each approach based on your firm's profile and needs. Finally we hear a hunk from Steve's standu…
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Rob and Murray dive into brand, culture and cross border mergers with global branding guru Bill Schroeder, Principal, Clarity Consulting Group (Part 2 of 2)
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This is part II of GMT's in depth discussion with Bill Schroeder principal and founder of Clarity Group Consulting, the premier professional services brand advisory. In this episode we talk through how firms, especially those with global components, can approach the brand elements of the merged firm. Best in class firms think though the implicati…
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Steve Addresses Some of the Landmines in Hiring Business Professionals
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Send us a text Law firms need to hire business professionals as skilled and capable as the lawyers in their respective areas of focus. And yet, many firms still try to hire professional staff by relying on self-sourcing, agencies, or contingency recruiters. Steve explains why these results are often mixed at best. And what firms need to do to make …
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GMT Episode: Rob and Murray dive into brand, culture and cross border mergers with global branding guru Bill Schroeder, Principal, Clarity Consulting Group (Part 1 of 2)
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In this episode of GMT (and the next) Rob and Murray are joined by Bill Schroeder principal and founder of Clarity Group Consulting, the premier professional services brand advisory. Bill and the Clarity team have worked with some of the most notable names in global law. In his trademark down to earth style Bill shares Clarity’s simple yet profound…
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Send us a text “What does the book look like?” is generally one of the first questions asked by a firm when evaluating a potential lateral partner candidate. But is this really the best way to evaluate a candidate? Firms and candidates spend considerable time completing and evaluating detailed lateral partner questioners. Yet, the portable business…
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Send us a text This episode is a must listen for anyone involved in thelateral recruiting process, especially those in decision making roles. Steve’s Rules dives into the Lateral Partner Questionnaire (LPQ) which has become a cornerstone element of the recruiting process. As lateral recruiting has continued to gain prominence as an essential elemen…
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GMT is joined by the incomparable Zulon Begum, partner at UK powerhouse, CM Murray
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In this episode Rob and Murray are joined by Zulon Begum, oneof the world’s leading law firm merger and governance experts, and partner at UK powerhouse CM Murray for a conversation that spans the globe in about 30 minutes. Zulon, Rob and Murray provide their take on the pitch perfect communications around the putative Allen and Overy and Shearman …
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Who are you...Episode two of Steve's Rules for presenting the most authentic view of your firm to potential lateral partner candidates
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Send us a text For the second episode of Steve’s Rules, we dig into how a firm can make sure it is doing everything it can to attract the best and most appropriate lateral candidates. Hint: talk to your marketing department. This is a key episode for anyone involved in the day-to-day lateral recruiting efforts including Managing Partners, Directors…
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Welcome to Steve's Rules with legendary executive recruiter Steve Nelson from the McCormick Group-This episode...How and why to recruit high level government officials and lawyers
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Send us a text In this episode Steve Nelson walks the listener through the key considerations for both firms and candidates as they consider the intricacies of recruiting high level government officials from this or any presidential administration. For reasons Steve lays out in detail, now is the right time for firms looking to hire federal officia…
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GMT welcomes special guest David Kaufman, Director of Global Strategies at Nixon Peabody LLP - Part II
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GMT proudly presents Part II of our conversation with the irrepressible and always thoughtful David Kaufman, Director of Global Strategies at Nixon Peabody LLP. In this episode David and Rob dig into global growth strategy or, to put a finer point on it, strategies. Both David and Rob know of what they speak as both are globally recognized leaders …
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GMT welcomes special guest David Kaufman, Director of Global Strategies at Nixon Peabody LLP - Part I of II
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GMT welcomes our very special guest David Kaufman, Director of Global Strategies at Nixon Peabody LLP, for a wide-ranging discussion of all things business development, marketing, and global reach. We very quickly steered clear of higher math and had what can only be described as an epic chat with one of the sector's leading thinkers and doers. The…
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The 2nd Edition of GMT: The Podcast For Globally Minded Law Firm Leaders
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Rob and Murray return for the second edition of the GMT podcast. More than at any time in the past, clients have an abundance of options for outsourcing legal work. Traditionally most, if not all, of the legal work sent out by corporate law departments went to law firms. And while this is still where most of this work goes, things are changing. Inc…
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In this pilot podcast of GMT Rob and Murray discuss some of the basics regarding how and whether a firm should expand internationally. Including key considerations such as experience in a given geography, client needs, communications strategy, and when to bring the executive team into the discussion (spoiler alert...early.) And listen for Bata's Be…
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