Hi folks, need your help please!
When Law Firms talk about "lateral hire", what exactly does that mean? I know it has to do with some sort of high level hiring (eg. when Partners are "poached" from other Firms) but I would be grateful if anyone could tell me what the term means literally.
Thanks in advance!
Lateral hire
Posted Jun 10, 2006 00:19
Hi folks, need your help please!
When Law Firms talk about "lateral hire", what exactly does that mean? I know it has to do with some sort of high level hiring (eg. when Partners are "poached" from other Firms) but I would be grateful if anyone could tell me what the term means literally.
Thanks in advance!
Posted Jun 10, 2006 02:27
I always thought lateral hire was something naughty...
Posted Jun 10, 2006 08:39
james i have pm-ed you.
Posted Jun 10, 2006 19:51
Many thanks rendezvous
Posted Mar 19, 2010 13:49
Lateral means belonging to the side in Latin. Thus a lateral hire is someone hired "from the side", meaning at the same experience and wage level as their previous job.
In the context of law firms, lateral hire usually refers to a lawyer with several years of experience who takes on a similar position at a new law firm.
In the context of law firms, lateral hire usually refers to a lawyer with several years of experience who takes on a similar position at a new law firm.
Posted Mar 19, 2010 18:39
At my firm (in the US) it's even simpler - a "lateral" hire is simply someone who joined our firm from another firm.
Posted Mar 23, 2010 10:08
I'm not a native speaker, so I just posted what I found on the web. I guess transplant's explanation is better than mine.
Posted Mar 23, 2010 17:51
I'm not a native speaker either, but in my country (Brazil) we use the exact same term (literally translated) to mean what Transplant said.
Posted Mar 23, 2010 20:05
Didn't mean to imply your definition was incorrect - merely that it might differ by context/location - which is why I specified US. Either way!
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