Founding partner of Hatch Henderson Fivel LLC, Michelle Fivel, talks to Law360 Pulse about where firms are seeking talent in practice areas, like finance, real estate and M&A.

Michelle Fivel, partner and co-founder at search firm Hatch Henderson Fivel, discusses M&A in Big Law. In her words, it's “the engine of the Big Law firms,” evidenced by the data that shows deals activity ticked up by nearly 19% in the first half of the year compared to the same time last year, but not nearly at the rate expected following the results of the last presidential election. Tariff wars & global unrest tamped down earlier expectations for an M&A boom. “New deal flo

Michelle Fivel, a founding partner of Hatch Henderson Fivel, was interviewed by Law360 Pulse about the latest legal job sector growth data from the BLS, emphasizing the nuance behind the numbers. As Michelle notes, while job growth is occurring, law firms remain thoughtful and selective in their hiring, balancing caution due to ongoing economic uncertainty with optimism for a potential surge in transactional work. Aligning with 2025 trends so far, the legal job market is show

Michelle Fivel offers her thoughts to Law360 regarding the impact on Associates who want more face time with Senior Partners and are being met with empty offices. Michelle offers, "I think it's just that they're incredibly busy. They've got a lot of competing responsibilities for their clients, and training their associates and running their desks."

Jennifer Henderson discusses Big Law's use of bonuses as a retention tool with Law.com as a top law firm pushes to retain their top talent.

Michelle Fivel opines on the disconnect between the BLS reported decline in legal sector jobs and the current dynamics of recruiting with La

Bloomberg Law talks with Michelle Fivel regarding Paul Weiss's climb to the top of the M&A deal front and the moves that got them there.

Jennifer Henderson speaks with Law360 about non-equity partners and why they might lateral to another firm.

Michelle Fivel talks about Associate compensation and billable hour expectations in the Big Law environment with The American Lawyer.

Michelle Fivel discusses the legal job market, noting the downward trend is not effecting HHF's majority of top tier clients

The American Lawyer talks to Michelle Fivel about how Big Law is flexing their Partner comp buying power in this new era of legal recruiting

Michelle Fivel speaks with Law360 on expected mid-year bonuses and the new norm of Big Law firms pausing to avoid a bonus matching war.

Michelle Fivel, Hatch Henderson Fivel, tells Law360 she expects other Big Laws firms to follow Milbank's lead on mid-year associate bonuses.

Law360 talks with Hatch Henderson Fivel founder, Michelle Fivel, about how firm recruiting specs are expected to impact Partner recruiting.

Michelle Fivel and The American Lawyer talk Kirkland's Associate referral bonuses strategy and what's ahead for the firm and market.

Michelle Fivel explains that the rise in associate hiring is mirroring the market demand and workload as firms target "superstar" associates