Rob Green: Global Legal Career Management: Hiring Lawyers

Using Game Theory in Legal Recruiting

Rob Green — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:59:59 GMT

Game Theory in Legal Recruitment: A Strategic Framework for Talent Acquisition

Game theory can be effectively applied to legal recruitment, offering a sophisticated framework for understanding and optimising the complex strategic interactions between law firms, candidates, and competitors in the legal talent market.

This mathematical approach to decision-…

Legal hiring: You are at a crossroads. Here is your path.

Rob Green — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:51:01 GMT

Recruitment and retention, across every industry, is broken.

There are many reasons its broken, some are symptomatic of the business cycle we are in, and have been in for the past 40 years, some are symptomatic of you and your business, but also because legal recruiting, generally, is broken, globally, because the industry, largely, remains trapped in ou…

Don't hire reactively

Rob Green — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:39:28 GMT

Why Companies Who Hire Reactively Lose Up To 70% of the Talent Market – Why You Must Always Be Hiring

Are you missing out on the best talent? In today’s ultra-competitive landscape, companies that only recruit reactively—waiting until roles are open or teams are stretched—end up losing access to up to 70% of the available talent.

The hidden costs of reactive vs. proactive hiring
Why top performers rarely wait around for job postings
How “always be hiring” builds stronger, more resilient teams
Strategies for creating a talent pipeline and employer brand
Real-world examples and results from the legal and corporate world

Stop falling behind your competitors. Learn actionable steps and proven methods to future-proof your hiring strategy and make sure your company isn’t missing the best people in the market.

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The Power Behind the Throne: Why Disrespecting Agents is Corporate Suicide

Rob Green — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 21:12:07 GMT

We all seen it - in sports and in business - Agents are a necessity and companies who hire have often made massive mistakes in their dealings with the Player/Talent’s representative.

In the cutthroat world of professional sports and entertainment, there exists an unspoken truth that sends shivers down the spines of team executives and corporate leaders: …

What SME law firms really need to survive and grow.

Rob Green — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:38:27 GMT

There are some really good companies hitting the market at the moment.

Take as an example South Africa’s legal landscape.

It is dominated by small practices—more than three-quarters of the country’s 10,930 law firms have just one to ten fee earners, focusing on bread-and-butter work like litigation, debt collection, and conveyancing.

While these firms are…

Amsterdam Legal Market Remuneration Survey 2025

Rob Green — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 05:57:51 GMT

For the first time, GRM is proud to present a comprehensive report on remuneration trends in Amsterdam’s legal market, alongside informed predictions for the rest of 2025.

Leveraging our extensive global partnerships and recent engagements with legal professionals across the Netherlands and Europe, we have gained deep insights into Amsterdam’s evolving …

The Unspoken Reality of Client Poaching in the Recruitment Process.

Rob Green — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 16:55:53 GMT

I read a little ad on LinkedIn earlier, it was a small law firm looking to hire - and it read….

“We recently joined the panel of an established XXXXX. We are looking for a Senior Attorney to assist with our workload.”

I think you’ll agree, this is a nice, harmless advert, looking to add a senior attorney to their team.

But it turned my mind to something a …

More regulation incoming...Soon, you'll have to be AML/KYC compliant to secure a job in a law firm, everywhere.

Rob Green — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:13:45 GMT

Did you know? The number of countries in which Law firms are considered accountable institutions due to their obligations under anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) regulations is growing rapidly.

These include:

🇿🇦 South Africa: Governed by the Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA), law firms must comply with strict AML/CFT measures, including client due diligence and reporting suspicious transactions.

🇲🇺 Mauritius: Under the Financial Intelligence and Anti-Money Laundering Act (FIAMLA), law firms are required to meet AML/CFT obligations.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Law firms are regulated under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and Money Laundering Regulations, with similar compliance requirements.

🇪🇺 European Union Member States: Countries like Germany, France, Italy, and Spain implement AML laws aligned with EU directives, which apply to legal professionals.

🇺🇸 United States: Law firms must adhere to AML regulations enforced by agencies like FinCEN and the Department of Justice.

🇮🇩 Indonesia: The Anti-Money Laundering Law imposes reporting and due diligence obligations on law firms as designated non-financial businesses.

So what does this mean for employment in Law Firms?

As an example Under directive 8 in SA, any Legal professional that works for law firms in these jurisdictions, or anyone they may want to hire - needs to have compliance clearance.

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One way video interviews are idiotic. Stop them now.

Rob Green — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 11:12:12 GMT

My point is - they treat the candidate, the job seeker, the person with the experience the company desires….as a second class citizen.

Journalist Dan Toomey, from the brilliant Morning Brew, recently released this video, please watch it - he’s very good.

5 reasons your General Counsel should be your CEO's successor

Rob Green — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:34:15 GMT

By Rob Green

In the ever-evolving corporate world, the General Counsel (GC) has quietly become one of the most critical figures in any organisation.

Traditionally seen as the legal gatekeeper, today’s GC is so much more—strategist, risk manager, and trusted advisor to the board and CEO.

With the rise of data privacy regulations, quantum computing, and es…

The future for ESG legal hiring

Rob Green — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:27:12 GMT

I recently saw this on X, with Michael offering thoughts and prayers to those with ESG high on their investment strategy

The Future of Hiring ESG Lawyers: Navigating a Shifting Landscape

The Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement, once heralded as the cornerstone of sustainable corporate strategy, is facing significant headwinds.

With major …