The legal sector has seen major growth as emerging markets require immediate organizational development and expansion. Many of these markets are quickly evolving and expanding. Candidate pools are limited and talent is in high demand. Cluen develops recruitment software that supports strategic search teams all around the world. We spoke to some of our clients to decipher what specific industries have seen the most growth.
Data Privacy And Cybersecurity
Data breaches are increasing at an astonishing rate and so is the demand for legal professionals with data privacy experience. The explosion of regulatory compliance in areas like data hosting and storage has resulted in law firms all over the world rethinking their attorney hiring and internal operational hiring altogether. New positions have been created including privacy compliance officer, data governance director, privacy and data protection counsel and HIPPA privacy officer. With U.S. compensation laws coming into play, as I discussed in a previous article, and GDPR around the corner, the need for talent in this area is expanding at an exponential rate.
InsurTech
Technology has changed the way the insurance industry conducts business. This transformation has led to an overflow of regulatory issues and disruption within the insurance product cycle. We now have sensors in cars, personal devices and the ability to break up various insurance products that allow for media and data tracking in real time.
Brad Bruner, East Coast managing partner at Mlegal Group, explains: “The continuing proliferation of InsurTech has not only disrupted the traditional insurance industry in its drive to squeeze out efficiencies in many innovative ways. It has also brought the highly regulated insurance industry into the former regulatory Wild West of technology innovation and online commerce. InsurTech is proving to be a bonanza for attorneys who have the relevant regulatory chops relating to insurance law and the requisite technical savvy to keep up with the lightning-fast changes affecting online commerce across numerous jurisdictions.”
Blockchain And Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain is a peer-to-peer decentralized network that is enabling the transaction of goods and services without the need of a middleman. Overall, we found the blockchain practice area to be one of the most challenging sectors in legal recruitment. Evan Fox, director of recruiting at Audrey Golden, explains: “We are seeing a very high demand for FinTech attorneys in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. The work emerging is generally concerned — at this stage at least — with products or transactions that are covered by the securities laws. Thus, the ideal candidate is someone who has a thorough grasp of the technology and can counsel clients on securities issues and financial regulations.
“Since the candidate pool is small, firms are interviewing more candidates who they may not otherwise have looked at, such as someone from a lower tier school, a smaller firm, or even someone whose current practice covers only 20% of what they are looking for. I give all my candidates interested in blockchain the same advice. First, be flexible. Blockchain technology is evolving rapidly leaving everyone to guess the dominant legal issues in years to come. Second, do whatever you can to elbow your way into any deal concerning this technology, no matter how small the role — even the smallest experience can differentiate your resume from the others.”
Interactive Gaming
The soon-to-be billion-dollar e-sports industry has become mainstream, to say the least. Attorneys are being hired to help players, teams and game developers with their business and legal matters like contract negotiations, legal betting concerns, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, intellectual property, privacy and data collection and endorsements.
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