Advisory
Our Advisory practice works across banking and professional services and is a search based solution within the specialist disciplines of restructuring, distressed debt, debt advisory, leveraged finance and structured finance.
We are accustomed to working on a range of challenging mandates that require a bespoke solution as well as highly research driven assignments across numerous geographical territories searching for a unique skill set.
Our clients range for major investment banks, national banks, (UK and non UK) , funds, boutiques and professional service firms (Big 4 and non Big 4). We have successfully completed assignments in the UK and Europe for our clients.
Our People
Tim
Jones
London office
Tim leads our Restructuring Practice and focuses on search assignments for mid level and senior appointments within Financial & Operational Restructuring, Business Support & Workout, Debt Advisory and Distressed Private Equity.
He joined Pure in 2006 to develop our Specialised Finance offering and also has extensive experience of recruiting at senior levels within leveraged, mezzanine and acquisition finance, and private equity.
He previously established and managed the banking division of a medium sized recruitment firm where he gained over seven years' experience recruiting for a variety of different areas within banking and financial services. Tim graduated in Economics and Business Studies from Sheffield University.
Tim has a passion for travel and has visited over 35 countries. Prior to joining Pure, Tim took a 12 month sabbatical and travelled extensively in South America, Australasia and Japan.
Chris
Miller
London office
Chris specialises in placing tax lawyers on a search and selection basis. This includes significant Partner and team moves. He deals with all areas of corporate tax, private client tax and wealth management, indirect taxes, tax litigation and share schemes.
Chris has a strong network of contacts in the tax world and often hosts events for Heads of Tax in the FTSE 100, Partners in the Law Firms and in the Accountancy Firms. By being fully immersed in the tax world he is able to advise clients and candidates on what is going on in the market and likely trends for the future.
Prior to joining Pure, Chris worked at a number of leading law firms and a large legal publishing house. He studied law at university and completed the LPC.
Chris has completed five marathons and enjoys football and skiing.
David
Hurrell
London office
David works with banks, law firms and corporates in the Energy, Trade and Commodities sector. He focuses on search and selection mandates for senior and mid level lawyers and compliance professionals. He has recently completed a number of high level retained searches including a General Counsel and Global Head of Compliance for two commodities trading houses.
His sector focus gives him complete coverage of this market and enables him to have a thorough understanding of both the businesses and individuals within it.
David joined Pure from another leading global recruitment business.
He studied History at University College London and successfully completed the GDL and LPC. Rather than taking up his training contract David decided to pursue a career in legal recruitment. David’s interests include following Gloucester Rugby Club, most music genres and fine food and wine. Gradually eating his way round the capital’s excellent restaurants means the gym necessarily features too!
Divya
Bhardwaj
London office
Divya focuses exclusively on recruiting senior lawyers and partners with expertise in corporate restructuring and insolvency. Divya deals with roles within UK/International and US private practice firms, in addition to legal opportunities in corporate recovery teams for financial services firms.
Prior to joining Pure, Divya spent two years at a leading global recruitment firm, initially in the Legal Financial Services Team where she head-hunted lawyers for both private practice and in-house roles. She then moved to the International Legal team where she established the Middle East practice desk in addition to dealing with private practice and in-house roles in Asia and the Caribbean. Divya also spent a month in the Sydney office identifying lawyers from Australia and New Zealand for London-based roles.
She read Law and Economics at the University of London and successfully completed the GDL and LPC.
Divya enjoys travelling, going to the cinema and playing badminton.
Ian
Addison-Smith
London office
Ian is responsible for developing our Actuarial practice across all functions with a specialism in Pensions & Investments. He works closely with market leading consultancies, banks, asset managers (including fiduciary managers) and corporate clients. His focus encompasses both UK and International search and selection mandates for senior and mid level actuaries.
He has an extensive network in the actuarial space and a track record of consistent delivery across a range of search assignments. Through the provision of specific market insight and his ability to outline market trends and industry dynamics he is well placed to identify, present and place premier actuarial talent.
Prior to joining Pure, Ian worked for a boutique search firm where he managed the UK Pensions & Investments Actuarial team. Before this he spent a period of time with a clinical research group in a statistical analysis capacity. Ian holds a Masters (with Distinction) in Applied Linguistics from the University of Nottingham and First Class BA (Hons) degree in English Language & Literature from the University of Liverpool.
Ian watches more football than he plays and is a beginner rock climber. He is a keen acoustic guitarist with a particular passion for flamenco music.
James
Everett
London office
James is responsible for developing our Actuarial practice across all functions with a specialism in the Insurance arena. He joined Pure in 2009 from a boutique recruitment firm where he was responsible for the performance and development of the UK business.
He has delivered on retained and contingent mandates at mid and senior management levels and built extensive networks across the insurance industry. Having worked across multiple geographies including the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa he has established a diverse client base ranging from established insurance companies and consultancies to start up operations. James's knowledge of the insurance market has seen him place Chief Actuaries, Senior Management and Insurance Directors.
James has a passion for travel having spent time living and working across Asia. An avid sports enthusiast he will turn his hand to most sports.
Research
Vanessa
Anaman
London office
Vanessa is our Head of Research. With over eight years’ experience in market mapping, candidate sourcing, headhunting, profiling and name generation in the market, Vanessa has worked both in a banking recruitment environment where she covered both front-office and legal projects and in an external research agency. She joined Pure in 2007.