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Ask most HR leaders to describe strategic workforce planning and you'll get a familiar answer: forecasting headcount, modelling future demand, identifying gaps.

Pushback from leadership is often framed as resistance to HR. In practice, it usually points to something else. It signals that HR is not yet shaping decisions at the level it could be.

As we move further into 2026, fresh from recent travels and conversations, it’s increasingly clear that the market is shifting even faster than many expected.

Offshore law firms have spent the past two decades oscillating between three models

 Over the past 15 years that Hydrogen has been placing lawyers into offshore jurisdictions, the market has changed significantly. Career success was often linked to working in major financial centres such as London or New York but that view has shifted.

Oceanology International London 2026 brought together leaders, innovators and specialists from across the global subsea and offshore energy sectors.

Access the Legal Salary Guide 2026 from Hydrogen Group, covering salary benchmarks, hiring trends and market insights across the legal sector.

 Nisrine EL MIR is a dynamic multi-lingual legal strategist with 25+ years of cross-industry expertise, who drives impactful legal and compliance leadership across the IT, air transport, telecom, and healthcare sectors.