White & Case
White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Their long history as an international firm means they are perfectly placed to help clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be. Operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, they have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market.
White & Case benefits from it’s the global interconnectedness which their people and client’s value most and they work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. Which is why they attract and retain cross-border work and a diverse group of people. Their people are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence and their people represent 90 nationalities speaking over 80 languages.
Our history with White & Case
Harcourt Matthews has been proactively involved since Jan 2016 – date
Situation & Objective
Harcourt Matthews is a Recruitment Business Partner to their Business Support functions for their global organisation, specifically in UK & EMEA HQ and New York, USA.
The firm sought to bring onboard specialist recruitment business partners to lead on recruitment activities and support a business growth & transformation programme specifically in Europe & Internationally as part of their 2020 plan, and recently support on their 2024 plan, which would also support their US business from time to time.
Actions:
Sourcing and placing people in Interim and permanent in the following skills lines:
- Strategy & Transformation
- Project Management including Legal Project Management
- Marketing & Recruitment Communications and technology
- Market Research
- Business Development & Proposals/Tenders
- Finance & Accounting
- HR & Recruitment Management
Examples: –
In Strategy & Transformation
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs in the short, medium and long term e.g. building a small, highly focused Strategy team of 4 in London and 4 in New York, which would eventually evolve into a team of 8-10 individuals
In Project Management
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs in the short, medium and long term which involved supporting the development of the: –
– LPM team from its pilot & proof of concept in 2017 to its current BAU state a team building up to 4+ individuals in London
In Business Development
We have provided a recruitment advisory service aiding in the definition of needs in the short, medium and long term which involved supporting the BAU recruitment needs of industry specialist BD types in e.g. Global Private Equity, EMEA Financial Restructuring and Insolvency (FRI), Disputes & Competition etc.
Harcourt Matthews established & utilised various recruitment methods from advertising campaigns and networking as well as database contingency candidate sourcing processes
Results & benefits for White & Case using Harcourt Matthews:
As one of two preferred suppliers Harcourt Matthews works closely with the HR & Recruitment team and, more importantly, met with and contributed in briefings led by the Skills Line Management teams, consequently everybody has been on message, advice has been sought & given and challenges dealt with, complimenting the recruitment partnership & process which has led to speedy recruitment and Harcourt Matthews delivering results as a preferred supplier
Roles we have worked on recently include: Salaries range from £50k – £100k
- Strategic Initiatives Manager
- Senior Strategy / Business Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Financial Accountant
- Business Development Manager
- HR Manager
- Legal Project Managers
- Market Research Manager
- Marketing Technology Manager
- Interim Senior Marketing Communications Manager
- Proposals Manager
- Recruiting Marketing Communications Manager
- Interim Legal Project Manager (Client-side bank)
- HR Project Manager (Global People Team)