Legal Recruitment
Established global leaders
in Legal recruitment
Since 2005, we’ve delivered integrated hiring solutions across the Legal market for permanent, interim, and contractor positions for some of the world’s most impressive legal teams.
Our network of professionals is constantly expanding. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships working with companies in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 as well as some of the leading Legal 500 and Chambers-ranked practices globally.
Our teams are not just legal recruitment experts, they are qualified lawyers who have first-hand experience of working in legal roles. Our Legal recruitment teams specialise in Financial Services, Insurance, Commerce & Industry and Legal Private Practice.
In-house Legal search and recruitment (Financial Services and Insurance)
In-house legal professionals work in an organisation’s legal department to provide advice, support, and representation. These highly skilled professionals manage a variety of legal matters, including contracts, intellectual property, compliance, and dispute resolution.
Our in-house legal recruitment experts are trusted advisors to transformational global companies, from multinationals and listed businesses to privately held companies. We create tailored hiring solutions to meet the challenges of a fast-paced, regulated landscape. From paralegals through to General Counsel, we have an extensive, global network of legal professionals enabling us to meet our client and candidate needs across multiple sectors, including:
- Retail and Investment Banking
- Insurance, Reinsurance and Intermediaries
- Asset and Wealth Management
- Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds
- Brokers and Exchanges
- Payments and FinTech
Legal Commerce and Industry search and recruitment
Our legal team is acutely aware of the different rules, regulations and challenges that apply to markets in the C&I landscape. Whether it be specific environmental laws relating to drilling and extraction in the oil and gas sector, a trademark infringement for an FMCG brand, a competition issue in Telecoms or an M&A transaction in Tech, we understand the complexities and specific sector requirements.
Built over decades of experience, our technical knowledge allows us to provide transformative advice to benefit high-performing, fast-paced businesses that want to attract the most innovative global candidates. We remain agile and responsive, readily available to support our clients and candidates with their hiring challenges. We go beyond the transaction to fully understand and represent in partnership.
We support leading Commerce and Industry businesses in recruiting the best legal talent and providing lawyers with career-defining opportunities across industries including:
- Charity and Non-Profit
- Engineering and Construction
- Hospitality, Sport, and Wellness
- Media and Entertainment
- Technology and Software
Private Practice Legal recruitment
For almost two decades, our private practice recruitment team has been helping law firms secure some of the most notable and high-profile hires across the market. We are known for partnering with intent at every level. From Partners to Paralegals and newly qualified lawyers, we create an enjoyable, informed and diligent recruitment experience at every stage of the process.
Our established private practice recruitment teams are based in London, New York and Hong Kong. We partner with multiple organisations across Private Practice - from large UK and international law firms to mid-market practices, smaller boutiques, and start-ups. Each specialist is a known trusted advisor. Some have first-hand experience working as ex-lawyers, providing market intel and key trend insights in a consultative approach. We are the leading experts across:
- Litigation
- Corporate
- Finance
- Commercial, including Media, Entertainment and Sport
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Employment
- Competition and Antitrust
- Construction
- Private Client and Family
- IP, Crypto and Digital Media
Why partner with our
Legal recruitment specialists?
Our consultative approach, unrivalled global-market knowledge, and career-spanning support and advice maintain our position at the forefront of the legal recruitment industry.
Ready to talk? Speak with our team directly at legal@puresearch.com
In a fast-paced market, we ensure you're not left behind.
We understand the daily regulatory and business changes our clients face and provide expert guidance on navigating these challenges. We offer tailored solutions that drive success and ensure stability within teams.
Our approach is personal, but our reach is global.
With offices in London, Hong Kong, and New York and established partnerships in Australia and New Zealand, we have access to an extensive and sought-after talent pool.
We have first-class internal support teams no matter where you are.
We can lead networking and round table events and provide informative materials for clients and candidates, such as the latest salary guides. All tailored to your industry.
We're here for you from start to finish.
Our dedicated team of consultants delivers exceptional end-to-end services to clients and candidates seeking interim or consulting solutions. We take a consultative approach and offer customised solutions for their immediate and future needs. We also work closely with our candidates on a long-term basis to help them continue to secure interesting assignments.
Our team is very well-established.
This means we’ve built up vast networks with over 68,000 lawyers on our database, and 25,000 are in the UK.
Meet our Legal recruitment specialists
Julian Doyle
Managing Director
Mark Neal
Executive Director
Bally Aujla
Director
Dan Diamond
Director
Lauren Pang
Director
Dorraine Tay
Director
Rob Whiteford
Director
Michelle Hu
Associate Director
Joanne Lee
Associate Director
Louise Shearing
Associate Director
Musa Jemal
Principal
Austin Hale
Consultant
We are always specialists, never generalists. Our consultants each focus on a specific sector within the market to develop a comprehensive understanding of their niche. So, you get an outstanding service that goes beyond recruitment expectations.
What makes
us different?
We have first-hand professional legal experience. Our consultants utilise their backgrounds in law to advise you on a much deeper and more personal level. They have been through the process themselves and understand how candidates and clients should be treated throughout the recruitment process.
We understand the importance of lawyers engaging with the businesses they represent and building relationships with their colleagues. We get to know every one of our candidates, prioritising meeting them in person where we can. We create a more genuine and personal evaluation of their individual qualities and how they’d fit into specific roles and firms.
Examples of our roles in Legal positions
The jobs we hire for include:
- Corporate Lawyer
- Associate
- Managing Counsel
- ISDA® Negotiator
- Head of Legal
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