For Lawyers.
Confidential career and practice advice informed by deep knowledge of Vancouver’s legal market,
executive coaching expertise, and careful attention to what matters to you.
Our ApproachA clearer view of what comes next.
Identify opportunities. We advise experienced lawyers in leading law firms and in-house teams, as well as partners with established practices. We take time to understand your professional ambitions, personal priorities, and longer-term plans, helping identify environments where you can thrive, build lasting relationships, and realize the full potential of your career or practice.
Test assumptions. Our advice combines executive coaching expertise with deep immersion in BC’s legal market. We test assumptions against market data, firsthand experience, and insights from years of candid conversations with lawyers and legal employers—helping you see options and trade-offs that may not be obvious.
Culture and belonging. Our lived and professional experience supports an evidence-informed assessment of workplace culture, belonging, and opportunity—with particular insight into the considerations facing lawyers from equity-seeking backgrounds and those balancing their careers with parenthood or caregiving.
The right outcome. Sometimes that leads to a move; sometimes it means a clearer plan to grow where you are. We help you understand how your current role or firm compares with the alternatives, including the advantages you may be taking for granted and the costs associated with a move.
Partner moves and practice strategy.
For partners and practice groups considering a move, we begin with a confidential, thorough assessment of the practice—its client relationships, work, team, economics, and ambitions. We then examine where it could be supported and valued, and how prospective firms’ strategies, cultures, and platforms fit your longer-term goals. Only then do we suggest options to explore and make carefully chosen introductions.
The same practice can have different prospects in different firms, or even within the same firm at different times. Overhead, complementary practices, referral opportunities, and team support can substantially affect profitability and potential. We help you understand those differences before deciding whether a move makes sense.
Career advisory for associates and emerging partners.
A career move deserves more than a comparison of vacancies, titles, practice rankings, and compensation. We help associates and emerging partners examine their options with care. That may mean finding stronger mentorship, cultural fit, better files, or a clearer path to partnership—or considering an in-house role, greater autonomy, or a different way of working altogether.
We consider the professional and personal circumstances behind each decision, test assumptions against market realities, and help lawyers make purposeful moves.
Career mapping for in-house lawyers.
For in-house lawyers, progression can mean deeper specialization, leadership of a legal team, or broader business responsibilities. We help you understand the experience each path requires and where you can build it.
Together, we assess how your current role supports your goals, identify gaps worth addressing, and consider opportunities to build the skills, leadership experience, and industry knowledge that will matter.
Top-tier lawyers relocating to Canada.
We regularly advise and place experienced lawyers relocating to Canada after building their careers at Magic Circle, leading U.S., and other major international firms. Our work has focused primarily on lawyers from the U.S., U.K., Sydney, Hong Kong, and Singapore, with select placements from other leading international markets.
We assess how your experience may translate to opportunities in Vancouver and elsewhere in British Columbia by understanding the substance of your practice, your responsibilities, and the firms or legal teams in which you have worked. Many lawyers from leading international firms have highly specialized practices. We help you understand differences in local firms’ practice areas, clients, and work, and where your expertise may be most relevant.
Where there is a credible fit, we offer candid advice on how local employers may value that experience, which opportunities are worth exploring, and what a move could mean for your longer-term career.
Our career advice is always confidential and offered at no cost to lawyers we are able to work with. You do not need to be actively considering a change.