FOR GENERAL COUNSELS

Your legal team is your margin.

For General Counsels

More important, busier, thinner.

Insourcing makes your function more important; the AI Act makes it busier; and the market for senior counsel has never been thinner.

Where it bites
01
Senior counsel retention

The most experienced lawyers are the hardest to keep — and to replace.

02
The AI Act as a new field

A new compliance domain with no established talent pool.

03
GC scarcity in the mid-market

Time-to-hire for a GC role: 5-10 months.

5-10 mths
time-to-hire for a General Counsel role in the mid-market.
What we offer

From risk picture to the right counsel.

The Talent Risk Radar flags retention risk in your legal team. Executive & Retained Search finds senior counsel through the Impresario network — discreet and exclusive.

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Market insight

General Counsel scarcity.

Finding a General Counsel in the mid-market takes 5-10 months on average. Through the Impresario network, 2-3 months — because the conversations are already under way.

How long does it take to find a General Counsel in the mid-market?
Five to ten months on average. Through The Sourcing Partners' Impresario network, 2-3 months — because the conversations are already under way.
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What we currently have in hand.

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