Wait for it, Wait for it, GO! While we were fortunate to begin the year with two 2023 Partner placements starting in January at MoloLamken and UB Greensfelder respectively, January and February recruiting activity was beyond slow. That changed rapidly in March with 3 litigation offers from Kirkland & Ellis (Partner, Mid-level Associate and Junior Associate) and an offer from Sidley for a relocating Capital Markets / Finance Senior Associate.
Q2 commences with an April 1st (no fooling) accepted Litigation Associate offer from Quarles & Brady and we have several litigation candidates and 1 corporate candidate in various rounds of interviews. We would characterize the current state of the market as “situational” and we remain optimistic for the rest of 2024.