Client background
Our client is a privately held, family-owned and operated company. Based in New York City, they acquire, develop, manage and lease commercial and residential properties in sought-after Manhattan locations.
The brief
The company wanted to hire a General Counsel urgently. This senior hire would be part of the company’s leadership team and would need to oversee all legal matters including advising on special projects and potential acquisitions.
Skip to our search methodology to find out how we engaged with our client, sourced candidates, assessed them and delivered this assignment.
The results
The client enjoyed interviewing the candidates and felt both were suitable for the role. Anna successfully filled this role within just 20 days from the briefing stage to successfully appointing the new General Counsel.
Time does not have to compromise quality. Taking a detailed brief is essential so that we can offer clients the best of both worlds – working with Page Executive, clients benefit from our research team supporting with market mapping, candidate searching and headhunting, ensuring we have thoroughly searched the candidate pool to deliver a detailed shortlist of all the suitable available candidates in the market to select from.
Anna JacobsSenior Partner – Page Executive
Looking to partner with us for your executive search requirements?
Fill out our form and we will be in touch.
Search methodology
Engagement
The company had been temporarily operating without a General Counsel and relying on Outside Counsel which was becoming costly. They had initially enlisted the support of another search firm though the
profiles that they produced were not hitting the mark and the client was becoming concerned at the length of time taken to appoint this pivotal hire.
Having had a positive experience working with our sister brand, Michael Page, to hire property development professionals, the client reached out to Page Executive to take over this urgent GC search.
Considering the client’s urgency and their negative experience with the previous search firm, we demonstrated our flexibility, working on this assignment on a contingent exclusive basis – this was key to earning the client’s trust.
Sourcing
Led by Anna Jacobs, Senior Partner, the search was prioritized as time was of the essence. Wanting to make no concessions on quality of candidates and thoroughness of the recruitment process, Anna met the hiring team to take an in-depth brief on the client’s ideal candidate.
Our inhouse research function advertised the job across recruitment platforms and mapped the market whilst Anna called on her network, asking for referrals and proactively headhunting suitable candidates.
Assessment
The sourcing effort generated a longlist of 25 candidates which Anna interviewed, comprehensively assessing their technical expertise, leadership qualities, management experience and interpersonal/ communication styles - critical to attaining a cultural and mindset fit with the company.
Delivery
Anna delivered her shortlist of 6 candidates in 2 weeks, the client selected 2 candidates who they felt were the strongest match to interview. The team organized the interviews and ensured a smooth offer and onboarding process for both the client and the successful candidate.
Related links
Our consultants
Insights