A global law firm partner was asked by a Fortune Global 500 client to immediately begin a secondment as senior in-house environmental counsel for six-to-twelve months. Both the partner and other qualified firm attorneys had significant responsibilities with other clients, and losing a highly productive senior-level attorney to a secondment was not financially viable.
SOLUTION
Latitude proposed a highly experienced environmental attorney, which the law firm then seconded to its client. This fully satisfied the client and also avoided disrupting the law firm’s internal staffing and the lost profitability of a firm secondee, and prevented a competing law firm from gaining a foothold with the client.
