Services

We ensure we understand the strategic context for any search project before identifying, researching and assessing the ideal candidates.

We combine deep industry knowledge and a consultative approach, underpinned by rigorous and qualitative research.

Our focus is on the Professional Services and Legal sectors, with a long heritage in the Private Practice, Technology, Management Consulting and Financial Services markets, where we have undertaken searches for organisations of varying scale on a global basis.

Our expertise is built upon our extensive contact network and a great deal of our time is given to supporting individuals seeking a career move.

Such moves can be life-changing for the individuals involved, so impartial advice based upon in-depth knowledge of their market is critical.

We work with individuals proactively to source suitable opportunities on their behalf, using our extensive market knowledge to suggest the right organisations. In turn, we work closely with the individual to develop their proposition to the market, guiding them as to best practice in preparing for interviews, business plan preparation and offer negotiations.

For our clients, we ensure access to the best individuals in the market, whether or not they have formal hiring plans. Understanding our clients’ strategy and growth plans means that we introduce individuals that can truly make a difference to their business.

We have extensive experience advising organisations on team hires, and advising teams on identifying the right organisation to join.

Keeping teams together often presents a stronger proposition and results in greater client portability, as well as fostering a feeling of security in numbers.

We have opened new offices and practice areas for our clients through team moves.

We advise law firms on strategic options including potential acquisitions and mergers.

We can help you:

• Analyse and determine what you are trying to achieve;
• Pull together a list of potential targets, to approach on your behalf; and
• Execute any acquisition or merger.

Our team, with extensive experience of UK and international legal markets, includes a former international law firm leader.

We are in an ideal position to assist with the relocation of City lawyers to the UK regions or elsewhere in the world. We bring overseas talent to the UK.

We advise on which locations within the UK or international jurisdictions would work best for an individual’s skill set, level and background, and offer a truly consultative, bespoke service geared towards long-term goals and ambitions.

Regional

We are market leaders in advising City lawyers relocating to regional locations across the UK, and law firms looking to attract City talent to other locations. Our relocator talent pools give our clients an edge in the competition for relocators, and our extensive knowledge of local markets means we can give re-locators everything they need to make critical decisions.

International

Our international client base covers Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan), Australia and the Middle East (including Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Oman and Saudi Arabia), as well as the offshore network (including the Cayman Islands, BVI, Bermuda and the Channel Islands).

We offer bespoke, discreet and confidential due diligence services on lateral partner or team hires.

We provide validation or challenge to the hirer by drawing on qualitative intelligence and information resources beyond the public domain.

Demand for such services has grown as firms seek to mitigate their risk, often insisting on detailed due diligence as a prerequisite to partner hires.

The true impact of an unsuccessful hire is not limited to pecuniary loss, but can encompass disruption to established teams, strategies and broader business development timescales, in addition to wasting management and administrative time and reputational damage.

Ways of working have expanded markedly over the last 10 years, with more and more people opting for ‘non-traditional’ arrangements.

We supply senior interim professionals across all our areas of expertise.

To navigate competitive and fast-moving markets, we offer strategic consulting to our legal and professional services clients, including:

·    Growth – mergers, new office openings and strategic lateral hiring;

·    Development and implementation of strategy;

·    Advice on partner remuneration systems; and

·    Integration of how a firm operates, including post-merger.