Thursday, 09 February 2012

Recruiter
Legal

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Morrison is director at Stanford

    Wed, 8 Feb 2012

    Legal and compliance search firm Stanford has appointed Rowan Morrison as a director.She joined the London-based company in 2008, heading up its Hong Kong operations.

  • Company secretary recruiter DMJ launches exec division

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    Legal and company secretarial agency DMJ Recruitment has launched DMJ Exec, a dedicated company secretarial executive search agency.

  • City A.M. careers site launches today

    Fri, 3 Feb 2012

    London newspaper City A.M. has launched cityamcareers.com, a jobs site for the banking & financial, IT and legal sectors.

  • BCL Legal placements up 18% in 2011

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    Recruiter BCL Legal placed 430 candidates in 2011, a rise of 18% on the previous year.

  • INTERNATIONAL Australia: Hot ‘orange collar’ mining skills revealed

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    Demand for staff driven by mining and mining-related construction requires a new tranche of ‘orange collar’ workers to emerge, according to Hays.

  • INTERNATIONAL Appointments: Adams to Laurence Simons

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    Legal recruiter Laurence Simons has appointed Guy Adams as lead director of its European Private Practice team.

  • Appointments: Nevill joins Grafton Banks from City

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    Lucy Nevill has joined Hove, East Sussex-based Grafton Banks Legal Recruitment, leaving a position as a banking lawyer with legal practice Allen & Overy.

  • CapeClarke recruits legal professionals in North England

    Mon, 23 Jan 2012

    Two former solicitors have launched CapeClarke, a legal recruitment consultancy that will recruit into roles across the North of England.

  • Penna work for KPMG wins top RAD award

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    Recruitment marketing agency Penna’s Graduate Assessment campaign for KPMG took top honours of Work of the Year on Thursday night (19 January 2012) at the annual RAD Awards in London.

  • Walters to head new Argyll Scott private practice division

    Thu, 19 Jan 2012

    Legal, tech and financial recruiter Argyll Scott International has hired Mark Walters to launch a new private practice division within its legal recruitment operation.Walters has over a decade of experience recruiting legal professionals, most recently as head of the international team at recruiter Taylor Root.The private practice division will focus on recruitment to associates, senior associate and partner roles within both London and international firms.

  • Appointments: Rhodes and Zdravkovic join BCL Legal

    Wed, 18 Jan 2012

    Legal recruiter BCL Legal has appointed Rozie Rhodes and Adam Zdravkovic as consultants.

  • Co-op Legal Services on recruitment drive

    Fri, 13 Jan 2012

    Consumer law firm Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is to take on up to 150 new positions across its business.

  • Appointments: Search Consultancy hires Simcoe and promotes Holden

    Fri, 13 Jan 2012

    UK-wide recruiter Search Consultancy has made two appointments in its medical and legal divisions.

  • Morgan McKinley asks: will City jobs ever recover from recession?

    Thu, 12 Jan 2012

    With the number of new City jobs currently sitting at half of the 2007 level, recruiter Morgan McKinley says it is regularly asking itself whether financial services recruitment will ever fully recover.

  • Recruitment industry well represented in Celeb Big Brother House

    Fri, 6 Jan 2012

    The recruitment industry will be well represented in Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother, with a recruitment director and the nephew of a chief executive of a recruitment firm.

  • Douglas Scott arrives in London

    Wed, 21 Dec 2011

    Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment has opened a London office, adding to its Manchester headquarters and offices in Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool.

  • Itchy feet in the public sector, says Robert Walters survey

    Fri, 16 Dec 2011

    Just under half of all professionals believe they should change jobs every three to five years, with public sector workers the most open to moving more frequently, according to recruiter Robert Walters’s Career Insights Survey 2011, which can be viewed here.

  • Contracts/Deals: Putting headhunting together to form The Webber Fox Group

    Thu, 15 Dec 2011

    Headhunters Carrington Fox, Fletcher Flemming and Webber Chase will merge to form financial and legal headhunter The Webber Fox Group, and will operate out of offices in London, New York and Hong Kong.The Webber Fox Group will operate under four different brands, listed below:Carrington Fox - hiring into global markets front office rolesWebber Chase - hiring into commodities rolesWebber Fox - hiring into infrastructure rolesFletcher Flemming ...

  • Thomas tackles recruitment with the launch of Sean Smith

    Mon, 28 Nov 2011

    Sean Smith and former Wales rugby captain Gareth Thomas have launched legal recruitment company Sean Smith & Associates.The company will predominantly target criminal and civil law firms.Thomas will play an active day-to-day role in the business, focusing on diversity management and training, according to a statement from the company. In 2007 he became the first Welshman to win 100 international caps.

  • Appointments: Lynch heads Linklaters global HR

    Tue, 22 Nov 2011

    Law firm Linklaters has appointed Chris Lynch as the firm’s new global HR director.Lynch will join the firm in February, having held the position of global head of HR at law firm Herbert Smith since 2008.Lynch will be based in London. She replaces Jill King, who retired from Linklaters in October.

  • Law firms feel global talent pinch above other sectors

    Fri, 18 Nov 2011

    Businesses are suffering from changing immigration laws and uncertainty as to the future of these laws, with law firms particularly hit, according to The City of London Corporation’s ‘Access to Global Talent’ report.

  • Contracts/Deals: BCL Legal and that is… brand law firms

    Wed, 16 Nov 2011

    Legal recruiter BCL Legal will work with brand development consultancy that is… to offer its new ‘Brand in a Box’ service for small to medium sized law firms to develop brand strategy.

  • Global M&A appetite unharmed by economic uncertainty

    Fri, 11 Nov 2011

    Global economic instability is having surprisingly little impact on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy, according to research among FT Global 500 organisations by global law firm, Hogan Lovells.

  • Monster: transport, post and logistics on top

    Wed, 9 Nov 2011

    Online recruitment demand was up a single percentage point in October, with more than half of industries and sectors reporting some growth, according to job board Monster’s Employment Index UK.

  • Campbell launches Woodhaven Search

    Fri, 4 Nov 2011

    Woodhaven Search, a multi-sector rec-to-rec agency based in Scotland, has launched.As well as financial services, accountancy, IT, legal, HR and office services, Woodhaven will work in the oil & gas and engineering sectors.Founder Neil Campbell has 11 years recruitment industry experience, most recently with generalist recruiter Change Recruitment.

  • Appointments: BCL Legal grows Yorkshire and North-East team

    Fri, 4 Nov 2011

    Legal recruiter BCL Legal continues its expansion with the appointment of two consultants based mainly in its Leeds office.

  • UK is top cloud freelance land

    Thu, 3 Nov 2011

    The UK is the top country in Europe when it comes to hiring freelance workers to work online, according to a report by online work platform Elance.

  • Appointments: Rimmer joins Douglas Scott

    Wed, 26 Oct 2011

    Legal recruiter Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment has appointed Nicola Rimmer as consultant to the Yorkshire team.Rimmer joins from commercial recruiter Tate Recruitment. Her new role will focus on placing solicitors and fee earners with emphasis in the field of personal injury.

  • Appointments: Specialist expands

    Fri, 21 Oct 2011

    Multi-sector recruiter Specialist Recruitment Group has appointed four new consultants.Paul Singh joins as head of the legal division, following 11 years recruiting for private and in-house roles.Sion Woodward, also with 11 years of experience, arrives to launch the company’s new mechanical and engineering division, joining from Swanstaff Recruitment.Abby Spencer and Brett McGarrigle both join the financial division.

  • INTERNATIONAL US: De Novo Legal offers executive search

    Thu, 20 Oct 2011

    De Novo Legal, an international attorney document review and electronic discovery provider, will now provide executive search for law firm senior management, partners, associates and paralegals.

  • Contracts/Deals: Healy Hunt and Jared James merge

    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    Financial services search firms Healy Hunt and Jared James have merged to create Corbel Group.

  • Appointments: GR Law hires Husnara Begum

    Wed, 5 Oct 2011

    Legal recruiter GR Law has appointed Husnara Begum as a recruitment consultant.

  • Appointments: Glasford International gets Miguel Swaen

    Wed, 28 Sep 2011

    Executive search firm Glasford International has appointed Miguel Swaen as director, finance & legal.Swaen, who established Glasford International Netherlands more than 14 years ago, started his career at IBM and held sales management and executive appointments with technology leaders such as Tandem and Hewlett Packard (formerly Synstar Computer Services).

  • Paralegals are most underrated

    Wed, 21 Sep 2011

    Paralegals top a new list of underrated jobs by careercast.com.

  • Appointments: Cogence Search appoints Christian Kelly

    Wed, 21 Sep 2011

    Legal recruiter Cogence Search has appointed former insurance litigation partner, Christian Kelly, as consultant.

  • Kellan's Hardman looks to HR and legal

    21 September 2011

    Hardman: launching into other areas

  • Law firms offer work experience for less privileged youngsters

    Mon, 12 Sep 2011

    Twenty-two law firms have come together to launch PRIME, an initiative aimed at providing fair access to quality work experience for young people from less privileged backgrounds.

  • Appointments: Tailored Solutions Legal Recruitment hires Lewis

    Wed, 7 Sep 2011

    Tailored Solutions Legal Recruitment (TSR) has appointed Sara Lewis as divisional manager, responsible for TSR’s qualified solicitor recruitment division.The appointment is an expansion of the firm’s qualified legal division.Lewis has 18 years’ experience of recruiting solicitors from newly qualified to equity partner level.

  • Law firm Linklaters asks the important questions

    7 September 2011

    Were you from the first generation of your immediate family to experience a university education? And what type of school did you attend feepaying, non-fee paying or an international school?

  • Appointments: Berwin Leighton Paisner hires head of resourcing

    Fri, 19 Aug 2011

    International law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner has appointed Tim Forster as head of resourcing.Forster previously led the employer branding communications team and more recently the experienced recruitment team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.  Last year, he worked on a project with Lloyds Banking Group, integrating their resourcing teams.

  • Legal

    17 August 2011

    Law practices are expanding often internationally in order to survive, and yet there is unfilled demand both for experienced lawyers and their junior counterparts

  • Demand for legal talent grows in Africa

    Tue, 16 Aug 2011

    While the highest levels of recruitment activity continue to be found in Asia, there is increased demand for key talent within Africa, according to Naveen Tuli, global managing director at international legal staffing specialist Laurence Simons.

  • Shilton Sharpe Quarry profits up

    Wed, 27 Jul 2011

    Legal staffing specialist Shilton Sharpe Quarry has seen profits grow, according to audited results for the year ended 31 December 2010.

  • International: Allen and Overy builds team in Casablanca

    Thu, 21 Jul 2011

    Allen and Overy (A&O) hopes to expand its newly launched Casablanca office to a team of 25 people, with a mix of recruits from the local population and its Paris office.

  • Appointments: BCL Legal hires Louisa Hill

    Tue, 19 Jul 2011

    Legal staffing firm BCL Legal has appointed Louisa Hill as senior recruitment consultant.Hill, previously a solicitor for Addleshaw Goddard and Hill Dickinson, will recruit for professional indemnity and commercial litigation to property litigation and regulatory/health & safety professionals.Meanwhile, Craig Wilson joins as consultant to recruit in-house lawyers and company secretaries.

  • Appointments: Cogence Search hires Rouse as IP specialist

    Fri, 1 Jul 2011

    Specialist legal recruitment consultancy, Cogence Search, has appointed Peter Rouse, founder of international IP [intellectual property] firm Rouse, as senior legal recruitment consultant.Rouse established the Rouse organisation, an international consultancy with 13 offices worldwide, in 1990.He will specialise in IP, media and entertainment, telecommunications and technology, data protection and privacy in the UK and internationally for Cogence Search.

  • BCL Legal launches management and support division

    Wed, 29 Jun 2011

    Legal recruiter BCL Legal has launched a new department to help law firms of all sizes recruit non-legal managerial and support staff.

  • Appointments: Sacco Mann expands in Manchester

    Tue, 28 Jun 2011

    Alison McKee and Mary Nowell have joined Manchester legal recruiter Sacco Mann as locum consultants.

  • Contracts/Deals: Alliance for Definitive Consulting and AW Rush & Co

    Mon, 27 Jun 2011

    Financial, legal and consultancy recruiter Definitive Consulting has entered into a strategic alliance with New York-based legal specialist AW Rush & Co. 

  • Appointments: Eden Scott strengthens legal and professional services team

    Fri, 17 Jun 2011

    Scottish-based recruiter Eden Scott has appointed Gillian Cunningham to its growing legal and professional services division.Based in the firm’s Glasgow office and working alongside divisional manager David Thomson, Cunningham will focus on working with law firms and in-house legal teams in Scotland, London and overseas.She has a legal background working with leading Scottish law firms, including Harper Macleod and Gillespie Macandrew.

  • Appointments: Douglas Scott hires Friend

    Mon, 13 Jun 2011

    Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment has appointed Dante Friend as recruitment consultant.Dante will manage Midlands-based opportunities in private practice and commercial law.Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment operates from offices in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Birmingham.

  • Contracts/Deals: GPW Legal Services launches

    Tue, 31 May 2011

    Multi-sector recruiter GPW Recruitment and law firm Hattons Solicitors have come together to launch GPW Legal Services.

  • Law firms cut back on graduate recruitment

    Tue, 31 May 2011

    More than four-in-ten (43%) medium-sized law firms have reduced graduate recruitment over the last year, according to a recent poll from legal referrals service, Contact Law.

  • Lawyers seek greater work-life balance

    Thu, 28 Apr 2011

    Two thirds of in-house lawyers claim they are more attracted by the prospect of a four-day week than a year ago, according to research from legal recruiter Laurence Simons.

  • Confidence on rise among legal firms

    Tue, 19 Apr 2011

    Confidence to recruit is on the increase among UK legal firms, according to legal staffing specialist BCL Legal.

  • Legal eagles set up shop

    6 April 2011

    As the Co-op announces plans to offer legal services nationwide through its 300 bank branches, taking advantage of the upcoming deregulation of the legal market, some recruiters see this as a positive sign for job creation.

  • Emmetts to recruit 100

    Tue, 29 Mar 2011

    Law firm Emmetts Solicitors is to recruit 100 new legal and administrative personnel within 12 months, according to new head of HR, Charles Crookall.

  • REC Legal and HR’s guide on relationship building

    Thu, 17 Feb 2011

    REC Legal and HR has published a paper highlighting the findings of its recent meeting which analysed the relationship between agencies and HR.

  • Contracts: BCL Legal wins Duchy of Lancaster contract

    Thu, 13 Jan 2011

    Legal staffing specialist BCL Legal has won a contract with the Duchy of Lancaster to recruit a high-profile solicitor who will form part of the management team.

  • Owners of model agency banned for 10 years

    Tue, 21 Dec 2010

    The owners of a West Lothian entertainment and model agency have been banned from running an employment agency for the maximum period of 10 years.

  • Law’s elite pass over working-class talent

    Tue, 21 Dec 2010

  • Initio continues on acquisition trail

    8th December 2010

    Brendan Flood

  • Co-op launches recruitment drive for 30 lawyers

    Thu, 2 Dec 2010

    The Co-operative has launched a recruitment drive to hire at least 30 lawyers in its Bristol-based legal services division next year.

  • Fee earners in demand

    Thu, 2 Dec 2010

    The average number of fee-earning members of staff compared to non-fee earners in law firms has risen, according to new research from management consultancy Agenda Consulting.The research reveals the average number of fee-earning members of staff compared to non-fee earners rose to 1.3 from the figure of 1.2 in 2008, while the number of fee earners to secretaries increased over the same period from 2.6 to 3.0, showing that most firms are keeping tight control of their costs.

  • Contracts: Initio International buys ASA Law

    Mon, 15 Nov 2010

    Multi-sector recruiter Initio International has acquired ASA Law from Ochre House.

  • Edwards Gibson launches

    Mon, 18 Oct 2010

    Legal staffing specialist Edwards Gibson has opened for business.

  • Laurence Simons opens New York office

    Tue, 5 Oct 2010

    Legal recruiter consultancy Laurence Simons has opened a new office in New York.The office is headed up by co-managing partners of North America Danice Kowalczyk and Carey Bertolet.Kowalczyk says: “With the US legal job market steadily improving, we expect the growth we’ve seen over the past couple of months to accelerate as we enter the traditionally busy fall hiring season. The financial crisis has provided fertile ground for corporate lawsuits which continue ...

  • Appointments: Tailored Solutions hires Pearce to expand in South Wales

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    Legal recruiter Tailored Solutions Recruitment has expanded its private practice fee earner division in South Wales.The firm’s latest appointment is consultant Claire Pearce, who comes from specialist legal recruiter Hunter Scott.Pearce will work alongside Tailored Solutions’ legal director Karen Jones in the South Wales market, working out of the firm’s Cardiff office.

  • Appointments: Chadwick Nott hires two legal recruiters

    Mon, 20 Sep 2010

    Specialist legal recruiter Chadwick Nott has expanded its in-house and private practice teams in the Midlands with its latest appointments who both come from global recruiter Hudson.

  • Law practice partners see average billable fees fall

    Mon, 6 Sep 2010

    Law practice partners have witnessed average billable fees fall by nearly £1m a year over the course of the downturn, according to legal recruitment specialist Ambition.

  • Appointments: Briony Barber returns to Chadwick Nott

    Tue, 10 Aug 2010

    Chadwick Nott has appointed Briony Barber as a consultant in its national paralegal team.

  • Appointments: BCL Legal hires trainee consultant

    Thu, 29 Jul 2010

    Legal recruiter BCL Legal has appointed Chika Okeke as trainee consultant.BCL Legal has offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Reading. Okeke will be based in the firm’s Manchester office.

  • Revival in Russia’s legal market

    Wed, 28 Jul 2010

  • Appointments: Reed Smith recruits EME HR director

    Thu, 22 Jul 2010

    International law firm Reed Smith has appointed Lucy Calver as Europe and Middle East (EME) HR director.

  • Dangers of scrapping default retirement age

    Thu, 24 Jun 2010

    Employers and recruiters should be aware of the implications surrounding the possible scrapping of the default retirement age, according to an employment lawyer.

  • HMRC may flex its muscles to curb future pre-pack abuse

    23 June 2010

    Owners of recruitment firms who walk away from their debts and set up a new company in a pre-pack administration may find it more difficult to do so in the future, according to a partner at law firm Osborne Clark.

  • Appointments: BCL Legal hires new senior manager for temp team

    Tue, 22 Jun 2010

    BCL Legal has appointed Catherine Hughes as the new senior manager of its temporary contract team.Hughes has 10 years’ experience in the recruitment sector having previously held positions at Reed, Robert Half and Morgan McKinley. Her principle role will be to strengthen the department’s profile across the legal industry and to secure new contracts, as well as maintain business with existing clients.

  • Appointments: Davies Arnold Cooper's Employment Group appoints partner

    Tue, 18 May 2010

    Law firm Davies Arnold Cooper’s Employment Group has appointed Nick Hine as a partner.Hine joins from law firm Thomas Eggar where he was head of its London employment team.

  • Legal recruiters highlight rise in in-house activity

    Thu, 13 May 2010

    BCL Legal, which has offices in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Bristol and Reading, says it registered nearly 70 in-house legal jobs in Q1 of 2010 compared with 35 in Q1 of 2009.

  • Michael Page International: Profits up and 'stronger than expected' in UK

    Fri, 9 Apr 2010

    Profits are up at Michael Page International with a ’stronger than expected’ performance in the UK, according to an interim management statement for Q1 2010.

  • City bankers and lawyers want more recognition

    Thu, 8 Apr 2010

    Most City financial professionals and lawyers (73%) think that they have performed above their current role and want recognition for what they have achieved, according to research from finance and accountancy recruiter Joslin Rowe.

  • Appointments: BCL Legal appoints training and ops director

    Wed, 7 Apr 2010

    Legal staffing firm BCL Legal has appointed Sarah Thomas as training and operations director.

  • Appointments: Crittenden promoted at Reed Smith

    Thu, 25 Mar 2010

    Lucy Crittenden has been promoted to graduate recruitment manager at law firm Reed Smith.

  • Initio International buys Longbridge International

    Tue, 16 Mar 2010

    International recruiter Initio International has acquired legal recruiter Longbridge International.

  • Graduates up as law firm simplifies recruitment

    03 March 2010

    Simplifying the recruitment process has helped law firm Browne Jacobson improve the quality and quantity of its graduate intake, according to the firm’s HR manager.

  • Appointments: Chadwick Nott

    Mon, 22 Feb 2010

    Legal recruiter Chadwick Nott has hired two new consultants.Wendy Bampton joins the firm’s London private practice team from Michael Page, while Brian Littleton will lead the in-house team having left Hughes-Castell.Director Charles Elderton says: “Wendy and Brian are both highly professional, able and respected legal recruiters. They further add to the depth of knowledge and service we offer our customers.”

  • comparelegaljobs.com launches

    Tue, 19 Jan 2010

    Job board comparelegaljobs.com has launched.

  • AM Legal offers workshops to candidates

    Wed, 9 Dec 2009

    Legal recruiter AM Legal has joined forces with training organisations Lawtrain and the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) to put on a half-day workshop, aimed at developing skills necessary for legal secretary and legal executive roles.

  • Laurence Simons opens Brazil office

    Tue, 8 Dec 2009

    Legal recruiter Laurence Simons is to open an office in São Paulo, Brazil.The new office will work both with law firms and in-house clients in Brazil and throughout the Latin America region.The office will be headed-up by Pedro Amaral Dinkhuysen, who has worked in the private practice sector placing partners and associates into local and international law firms, and will focus on legal, tax and compliance recruitment.Commenting on the development, ...

  • Compliance strong as Hays learns from price-fixing

    09-December-2009

    Illegal involvement in a price-fixing arrangement in 2005 led specialist recruiter Hays to strengthen its internal emphasis on compliance and legal awareness, the firm’s chief executive has told Recruiter.

  • Law Society welcomes MAC PBS recommendations

    Mon, 7 Dec 2009

    The Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, has welcomed the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC)’s plans submitted to the government last week on the points-based system (PBS), which regulates migrant worker numbers entering Britain.

  • Eversheds brings in 'partnership system'

    25-November-2009

    International law firm Eversheds is introducing a number of changes to its relationship with recruiters, aimed at encouraging a partnership approach.

  • Antal Russia and Laurence Simons join forces in Russia

    Mon, 23 Nov 2009

    Legal recruiter Laurence Simons and Antal Russia have joined forces to create Antal -Laurence Simons, focusing on the Russian legal market.

  • Heat Recruitment Bristol bound

    Mon, 16 Nov 2009

    Accountancy, financial services, insurance and legal recruiter Heat Recruitment has opened a new office in central Bristol.

  • Assistant level commercial legal recruitment drops

    Fri, 13 Nov 2009

    Assistant level commercial legal recruitment dropped by 95% in the first half of this year, compared with 2007, according to a report from legal recruitment firm Hughes-Castell.

  • Legal

    11-November-2009

    Recruiters in the sector are seeing a steady take-up in business, despite recent data, and hope the pattern continues for the foreseeable future

  • Revenue down 29% at MPS Group

    Thu, 29 Oct 2009

    New York Stock Exchange quoted staffing company MPS Group Inc has announced a 29% decline in revenue to $408m (£249m) for the third quarter compared with the same period in 2008.

  • Legal clause encourages ‘cowboys’ into industry, warns lawyer

    Wed, 28 Oct 2009

    A partner in a law firm, who specialises in working on issues affecting the recruitment industry, is calling on the government to outlaw legal clauses that he claims will encourage ‘cowboys’ into the industry.

  • Spring Law’s innovative recruitment model

    Wed, 14 Oct 2009

    Spring Law is expanding its team with a new consultancy offering, to recruit legal talent from across the UK.  

  • Appointments: Sellick Partnership

    Tue, 13 Oct 2009

    Finance, legal and education recruiter Sellick Partnership has appointed consultant Kate Wilson to Sellick Partnership Legal at its Manchester head office.Meanwhile, Mary Melber joins Sellick Partnership Leeds as consultant, while Tim Platt is recruited as consultant at Sellick Partnership Midlands and Ben Tootell has also been appointed as consultant at Sellick Partnership Chester.

  • International news - Middle East

    14-October 2009

    The Middle East region was a hive of legal recruitment activity prior to the financial crisis of late 2008 and supposedly immune to the effects of any downturn.

  • Taylor Root launches new site

    Thu, 24 Sep 2009

    Global legal recruitment firm Taylor Root has launched a new website which profiles a selection of its current qualified legal candidates and paralegals for temporary and contract roles.

  • Diversifying law recruits

    16-September 2009

    Nick Root

  • Lexington Gray launches

    Mon, 7 Sep 2009

    Lexington Gray, a new legal recruitment agency, has launched.

  • Adams leads legal at Carmichael Fisher

    Mon, 24 Aug 2009

    Executive search firm Carmichael Fisher has appointed Guy Adams as head of practice for legal recruitment in its London office.

  • Top professions accused of ‘closed shop mentality’

    Tue, 21 Jul 2009

    Top posts are the preserve of the rich, claims a new report into social mobility.

  • SSQ headhunts for US law firm

    Wed, 17 Jun 2009

    Shilton Sharpe Quarry has headhunted three leading lawyers for US law firm Greenberg Traurig.

  • New director at Blusource Professional Services

    Thu, 4 Jun 2009

    Philip White has been appointed director at executive search firm Blusource Professional Services.

  • Rise Hammond successfully integrated

    Tue, 26 May 2009

    Rise Group has completed its integration with Glasgow and Edinburgh-based legal, accountancy, financial services and management consulting recruiter Hammond Resources, following its acquisition just over a year ago. The division has now been re-branded as Rise Hammond.Rise Group, backed by Murray Capital, the private equity arm of Murray International Holdings, offers specialised recruitment capability in contact centres, hospitality and catering, professional services and ...

  • GRS Legal hires Caissie for New York

    Wed, 25 Feb 2009

    Global executive search consultancy GRS has appointed Todd Caissie to head up its legal division in New York.

  • US law firms offering some consolation

    Mon, 2 Feb 2009

    With the wave of of redundancies in UK law firms showing signs of intensifying,  a small ray of hope comes from US law firms, according to a legal recruiter.

  • Legal recruitment to pick up in second quarter, predicts LPA Legal director

    Mon, 19 Jan 2009

    James O’Brien, a director of LPA Legal, told Recruiter that law firms didn’t want to be seen hiring staff in one area while making redundancies in another.  However, he predicts that after a quiet first quarter, things will pick up.

  • Still some bright spots amid the gloom, say legal recruiters

    Wed, 14 Jan 2009

    Despite the downturn, it’s not all doom and gloom, legal recruiters are saying.

  • Accountancy, legal recruitment: Roddy Hammond steps down at Hammond Resources

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    Roddy Hammond, founder of Hammond Resources, has announced that he is leaving the company today (12 January).

  • Legal, International recruitment: GR Law expanding in Australia

    Mon, 12 Jan 2009

    GR Law is continuing to expand overseas by opening a new office in Melbourne, Australia. Gavin Crocker, director of GR Law, told Recruiter: “You have just got to go further afield to get new clients. Six months ago it was getting new candidates - now it’s clients. You can’t just wait for business to fall into your lap.” Crocker adds: “The Australian market looks like it’s not going to go into recession.”

  • Finance/Legal recruitment: It’s not all doom and gloom in the City, says Hays’ Venables

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

    Despite continuing job losses, and uncertainty about hiring intentions, Paul Venables, finance director at Hays, says, it’s not all bad news for recruiters in the City. There are grounds for optimism in certain niche areas.

  • Most City lawyers still expect a bonus

    Wed, 17 Dec 2008

    The majority of City lawyers still expect to receive a bonus, according to a new survey.

  • Handle Recruitment opens new legal division

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Media, entertainment and lifestyle brands recruiter Handle Recruitment is defying the ‘doom and gloom’ merchants by opening a new legal division.

  • Legal recruiter Taylor Root diversifies into admin and secretarial

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Taylor Root, which launched a secretarial division in October, has got onto the preferred supplier lists of “10s and 10s” of its law firms clients.

  • Pareto Law’s sales insourcing services is proving a success

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Pareto Law’s sales insourcing service, which allows managers to bring in additional sales effort without impacting on headcount, is already proving successful for the graduate recruitment and sales training company. Jonathan Fitchew, managing director of Pareto Law, comments: “We introduced the service earlier in the year and the combination of flexibility, highly-trained sales professionals and cost control has hit a nerve in these difficult times. Clients appreciate the ...

  • Shilton Sharpe Quarry joint venture based on predictions of transatlantic law firm mergers

    Fri, 12 Dec 2008

    Legal recruiter Shilton Sharpe Quarry’s (SSQ’s) recent decision to enter into a joint venture with US legal  recruiter Mestel & Company, is based on predictions of significant mergers between UK and US law firms,  according to a director of SSQ.

  • Global freeze on legal placements

    12-Nov-2008

    Global demand for lawyers has slowed dramatically in the past few weeks, according to legal recruiters.Naveen Tuli, managing director Laurence Simons, told Recruiter: “It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that permanent recruitment has fallen off a cliff.”Tuli said the US and Australia were particularly slow. Hong Kong and China “were not as busy as you might expect”. ...

  • Legal

    12-Nov-2008

    Recruiters are recoiling after seeing the property law market being decimated and only a few niche sectors avoiding a drop in placements

  • QPS on track for growth as Gerstein hits back at critics

    12-Nov-2008

    The chief executive of QPS Group, the company which acquired failed IT, legal and banking recruiter Greatfleet in July this year, has told Recruiter that the resurrected company is already in profit and on course for future expansion.Colin Gerstein said that profits at QPS were already “in six figures” for the first quarter.He said that revenues were on track for e10m (£8m) in the first year. However, this is set to increase later this month after it ...

  • Demand for litigators on increase

    15-Oct-2008

    The recent failure of investment banks has created an increased demand for litigators, according to legal recruiters.Scott Gibson, director at legal recruitment firm Hughes Castell, told Recruiter he had seen a 20% increase in demand for litigators to handle disputes between shareholders and banks during the recent failures of numerous investment banks. “Lehman Brothers did not have a single litigator ...

  • SSQ tackles diversity in law

    1-Oct-2008

    Shilton Sharpe Quarry is joining forces with diversity consultant Linbert Spencer to extend the legal recruiter’s reach into more diversified pools of talent.“We are in the very early stages but we are working to come up with initiatives,” SSQ director Gavin Sharpe told a London audience of HR professionals working in law firms on 24 September. “Why diversity? Diversity is relevant to both the ‘war ...

  • SSQ's millionaire aim

    16-Apr-2008

    Gareth Quarry, co-founder of the only pan-European legal search company, tells Vanessa Townsend the firm plans to continue creating more millionaires.