Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Strategic Hiringcurated sourcedetected 2026-06-20 · confidence 70%

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DLA Piper: Strategic Hiring

DLA Piper appointed Jennifer McCarthy as Senior Consultant in Corporate Insurance practice in Ireland, focusing on insurance regulatory and transaction matters.

Source: Pulse2 — funding news

The leadership read

A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about DLA Piper's next phase in Legal. It points to deepening executive bench strength over the coming quarters, clustered around the capabilities being bet on. Across EMEA, the seniority and function of the hires map where the company thinks it is headed.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.3 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-2.8pts) on signal share.

DLA Piper: 3 signals in the last 90 days — above the Legal median of 1 across 3 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow; 3 tracked across 36 days.

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