London-based legal recruiting firm Buchanan Law announced Tuesday that it is opening its first U.S. location and second shop overall in Miami, touting the city’s status as a principal hub for the country’s East Coast legal industry.
Thomas Hanlon, director and head of the agency’s U.S. operations, will helm the Sunshine State shop, and CEO James Baker is relocating to Miami in conjunction with the launch, the recruitment firm said in a statement.
Hanlon told Law360 Pulse in an interview Tuesday that the move was a logical step as 70% of the firm’s revenue is generated through its U.S. clients.
“It wasn’t that long ago that we launched the U.S. arm, it’s a great market and has a lot of synergy with our client base in London,” Hanlon said. “It took off quite quickly.”
Hanlon said Buchanan Law benefited from the meteoric pace of BigLaw hiring in 2021 and 2022 and that things have been operating smoothly via the use of virtual technologies.
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