Pharmaceuticals
Our clients are varied in the pharmaceuticals/healthcare sector. We work with a range of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, from FTSE 100 clients to smaller R&D biotechnology companies and also with healthcare companies, providing consumer health, beauty products and high-tech diagnostic products.
Examples of completed assignments
| Senior Legal Counsel | International Health & Beauty Group |
| Legal Director | FTSE 100 Pharmaceutical Giant |
| In-house Legal Counsel | Biotechnology Plc |
| Tax Reporting Manager | Private Health Insurer |
| Deputy Head of Tax | Global Pharmaceutical Company |
| European Tax Manager | Medical Diagnostics Company |
Our people
Karen
Glass
London office
Karen specialises in placing lawyers from mid-level to General Counsel level on a permanent basis into a range of commerce and industry clients, including the insurance, professional services, pharmaceutical and not-for-profit sectors.
She initially qualified as a lawyer at CMS Cameron McKenna and practised as a projects lawyer before moving to Speechly Bircham LLP as a commercial lawyer. She then decided to move into legal recruitment and joined a global recruitment company, where she placed lawyers of all levels into FTSE350 companies.
Hayley
Feenan
London office
Hayley has worked in legal recruitment for over four years. During this time, she has specialised in placing interim lawyers within FTSE-listed businesses, multinationals and SMEs. She has a proven track record of placing mid-senior level lawyers to cover maternity leave, ad-hoc projects, increases in workload/seasonal peaks and consultancy-based legal assistance.
Hayley joined Pure to establish the Legal Interim business, using her existing network and contacts, she has utilised Pure’s relationship-led model to build a successful interim division. Her contacts cover both commerce and industry and financial services, and she successfully recruits into both areas.
Paul
Murphy
London office
Paul works in the Commerce team and specialises in recruiting from Senior Manager to Head of Tax.
Since joining Pure in 2005, Paul has successfully recruited for a number of leading companies and has established relationships with companies within the FTSE 100, 250 and overseas multinationals.
Paul trained in tax at KPMG in London and followed this with an in-house tax role at Reckitt Benkiser plc, before joining Pure. He read Law at Hull University.
Kimberley
Britt
London office
Kimberley joined Pure in 2007 and has become a key member of the Interim Tax team. Her principal focus is on the placement of tax professionals into temporary and contract assignments predominantly within the Industrials, Consumer Services, Healthcare, Technology and Telecommunications sectors.
In addition to the above, Kimberley also specialises in recruiting tax professionals into Practice, both accounting and legal firms.
Prior to joining Pure, Kimberley spent six years establishing a successful property finance company in Melbourne, Australia, providing professional taxation advice on both residential and commercial property.
James
Incles
London office
James operates within the tax and finance sectors in the EMEA region. His remit includes Heads of Business, Tax and Finance Directors and Senior Analysts.
Having spent four years recruiting within capital markets for a UK plc in the London market, James moved to Japan to start up and launch the brand in Tokyo. Within four years, James established the brand as a market leader in financial services and commerce recruitment, both in the contingent and retained sectors.
James graduated in Accounting and Law from Kingston University.
James is an enthusiastic sportsman with a keen interest in cooking and travel.