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When Your General Counsel Seat Is Empty, Risk Doesn’t Wait.

 

When a General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer role is vacant, legal direction fractures. Regulatory strategy slows. Risk tolerance goes untested. Commercial decisions stall. Outside counsel spend expands – quietly and without internal counterbalance.

This is where the right search partner changes the trajectory. Princeton Legal Search Group partners with CEOs, Boards, and Chief Legal Officers to secure seasoned in-house legal leaders when the exposure is greatest and the margin for error is smallest. We combine institutional knowledge of your business with enduring access to undisclosed legal talent, delivering legal leaders who possess the judgment, credibility, and strategic discipline to strengthen the enterprise from day one.

Our work is fully embedded in the in-house legal market. We spend every day engaging with senior legal leaders and have built trusted relationships, acquiring the hiring insights required to execute high-stakes searches with confidence, transparency, and discretion.
It is this depth of engagement that leads those same leaders to rely on us when it’s their turn to build their own legal teams.

Since 1999, we have achieved a 100% placement success rate across every senior General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer search we’ve conducted, as measured by leaders who deliver impact to organizations navigating M&A, CEO transitions, market expansion, and increasing enterprise complexity.

The right legal leader reduces risk before it materializes. Our commitment is to secure that leader, with precision and certainty, the first time.

 

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Partner with Holland & Knight placed by Princeton Legal Search Group, LLC

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New Jersey Law Journal * The Best of 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

What People Are Saying

“PLSG played an integral role in my transition from an AmLaw 100 firm to one of the country’s largest cultural not-for-profit institutions.  Mary Clare provided invaluable industry guidance and answered all of my inquiries throughout the process.  She was genuinely invested in my success,  and I am grateful for her continued support.”

- -Counsel, Major Non-Profit Institution

“When you finally get the approval to move forward and add headcount, you know the organization and Department need somebody a month ago if not earlier. This is when I turn to David and can count on him to immediately focus on the search knowing he will professionally present me with a package of qualified candidates backed with his meaningful insight and ranking. Throughout the process, David is also extremely accessible and becomes a valuable partner in the selection process.”

- Gregory Mayes, Chief Operating Officer , Vice President, General Counsel
Advaxis, Inc.

“I turned to David and Michael to help expedite filling a legal role with a niche specialty that was difficult for our internal recruiters to fill and that had been open for numerous months.  Within 60 days of finalizing the engagement, David and Michael presented to us the candidate whom we ultimately hired. That speed to hire would not have been possible without David’s and Michael’s intentional efforts to learn and understand our company, our department and the value proposition for the candidate to join us.  It also would not have been possible without David’s and Michael’s understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and the requirements for this niche role, and also their expansive network of lawyers who may or may not be in active search mode.  Consider me a happy customer and I’ll be back in the future to engage with Princeton Legal Search Group.”

- General Counsel, Mid-size Pharmaceutical Company