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Alternative Career Paths - Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
December 14, 2007 |
Legal Week reports that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer UK corporate head Tim Jones has vowed to put alternative career paths at the top of his agenda in his new role as head of the firm’s London management group.
Career management is one of a number of projects Jones has singled out for attention since taking over from chief executive Ted Burke as chair of the firm’s City management team.
Jones is now discussing a number of proposals with the firm’s associate engagement group after Freshfields’ first ever associate away-day earlier this year highlighted career structure as one of the main issues concerning fee earners.
In particular, Jones will look to flesh out the role of counsel to give it more prominence and a clearer brief. The role is currently recognised in different ways in different jurisdictions — in some areas it has been a step to promotion, as was the case with former City counsel Stuart Grider who was this year made partner, as well as being viewed as an alternative to partnership.
Jones told Legal Week:
“I want to push the debate forward. A number of proposals are beginning to emerge and a lot of changes we make will be experimental.
“At the moment, the term ‘counsel’ is inconsistent and covers a multiplicity of different applications. We want to beef it up and we need to decide what it means in terms of participation in a management function.”
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