Hire Up: ESG Drives More Hiring, Tech-Related Practices Make Moves

Big law is continuing to focus on environmental, social and governance practices as this year progresses into April, with one of the more notable moves at the end of March reflecting that focus. 

Recent evidence by the creation of formal ESG practices recently by law firms Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Seyfarth Shaw and Hunton Andrews Kurth, the legal industry is getting the practice area with a new sense of pressing urgency, thanks to the interest of their clients and the perceived stance of the federal government on issues ESG tackles.

The firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius paid attention as they got partners Tomer Inbar and Megan Bell, of counsel Lauren Simpson and associate Caey Oetgen adjusted to their roles, all who focus on representing U.S. and global philanthropic and no-for-profit organizations and the for-profit organizations that WORK with them. This team came from the form Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, will be based in the firm’s New York office and is part of the Morgan Lewis’ ESG group.

“We know this team will quickly jump into our ongoing mission of helping our for-profit and not-for-profit clients alike expand their philanthropic endeavors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,” firm chair Jami McKeon said in a statement.

Are you interested in learning more about how ESG is driving more hiring and how tech-related practices are making moves? Read more in this law.com article.

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Victoria Ostrander
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