The search took six months. You wrote the job description, screened the shortlist, negotiated the offer, and finally got a signature. That was the hard…
You can pressure-test a CFO candidate in an afternoon. Hand them your model, watch how they stress the assumptions, and you’ll know within an hour…
Your first-counsel offer isn’t competing with another fund. It’s competing with a partnership track the candidate has been running toward for six years. That’s the…
It’s a familiar problem at a growing investment firm: seventy or so people, a growing contract pile, a compliance exam on the horizon, and budget…
Search “average general counsel salary Toronto” and you’ll get a number around $200,000. For a 60-person fund, it’s the wrong number twice over. Too high…
A 40-person advisory shop can carry the same regulatory obligations as a bank fifty times its size. The registration category is the same. The filing…
Two Toronto companies call the same week. Both say the same thing: “We need a real estate lawyer in-house.” One is a developer putting shovels…
A 30-person fund can generate more legal work than a 500-person manufacturer. That surprises people. The manufacturer has HR files, supplier contracts, and the occasional…
A litigation group at a boutique Toronto law firm needed an associate. The partner was specific: three to five years of post-call experience, commercial litigation.…
The thought usually shows up uninvited. You’re three or four years into practice, and after a tense exchange with a partner, or a review that…
