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Linklaters: Strategic Hiring
Linklaters hired César Rivière (partner), Grant May (counsel), and Cara Day (associate) from Paul Weiss to expand U.S. litigation and sports practices during period of U.S. revenue and profit growth.
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The leadership read
Linklaters is resourcing ahead of a step-change, not backfilling. A build-out like this concentrates senior bench strength in the sector where the mandate is strongest. Watch the mix of the hires across Americas — that is the clearest read on the plan behind the headcount.
Market context: Backdrop: a 100.4 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.1 on the month) with Americas activity easing (-1.8pts).
Linklaters: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 3 tracked across 32 days.
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Where this lands in our work
- Executive Search →
Hiring at this level is the visible half of a search that started a quarter earlier.
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