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Latham & Watkins: Strategic Hiring
Latham & Watkins added John McGaraghan as a leading data & technology transactions partner in Bay Area
Source: PR Newswire
The leadership read
A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Latham & Watkins'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: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 103.9 (Hot), down 1.9 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow easing (-2.2pts).
Latham & Watkins: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Legal median of 1 across 3 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 2 tracked across 47 days.
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