Specialist legal recruitment. Partner and senior appointments.

Private Client & Tax

We recruit private client and tax lawyers at Partner, Legal Director and Senior Associate level, working with specialist boutiques and larger law firms across London and the UK.

Our searches cover UK and international practices advising individuals, families, trustees and family offices. We consider the balance of trusts, tax, succession and estate work, alongside the client base and opportunities for progression. For senior appointments, we explore practice compatibility, leadership responsibilities and the scope to build or strengthen a team.

Areas covered

• UK and international private client
• Personal tax and wealth structuring
• Trust creation, administration and advisory
• Estate planning, probate and estate administration
• Cross-border succession and offshore trusts
• US tax and international tax advisory

Family

We work with family lawyers and firms across London and the UK, focusing on Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner appointments.

Our searches include specialist family boutiques and family teams within larger firms. We explore the balance of financial remedy and children work, the complexity of matters, client relationships and the support available within the team. For senior moves, we also consider business development expectations, leadership opportunities and the route to partnership.

Areas covered

• Divorce and financial remedy
• High-value and complex financial matters
• Private children proceedings
• International family matters
• Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements
• Cohabitation disputes and agreements

Employment

We recruit employment lawyers across employer advisory, litigation and senior executive practices at Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner level.

We work with specialist employment firms and employment teams within larger practices. Our searches cover lawyers advising businesses, organisations and individuals, with attention to the balance of advisory work, Tribunal litigation and commercial responsibilities. We also undertake selected employment law and HR consultancy assignments where legal knowledge and practical workplace experience overlap.

Areas covered

• Employer advisory and workplace issues
• Employment Tribunal litigation
• Discrimination and whistleblowing
• Senior executive appointments and exits
• Restrictive covenants and confidentiality
• TUPE, restructuring and redundancy

Real Estate

We recruit real estate lawyers across commercial property, development and real estate finance, focusing on Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner appointments.

Our searches cover investment, acquisitions and disposals, asset management, landlord and tenant, development and property finance. We assess the nature of a lawyer's experience and the work they want to develop, rather than relying on a broad property job title. This helps distinguish opportunities with different client bases, transaction profiles and progression prospects.

Areas covered

• Commercial acquisitions and disposals
• Property investment and portfolio transactions
• Landlord and tenant and asset management
• Development and regeneration
• Real estate finance
• Corporate property support

Rural & Landed Estates

We work with lawyers advising landowners, farming businesses and landed estates, focusing on Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner appointments.

This market combines specialist property work with long-term estate relationships and issues spanning succession, tax and land use. We explore each lawyer's transactional and advisory experience, their professional network and the type of practice they want to build. Senior searches also consider team leadership, business development and the strength of the proposed platform.

Areas covered

• Farms, estates and country property transactions
• Agricultural tenancies and farm business tenancies
• Estate management, easements and land rights
• Succession and collaboration with private client teams
• Strategic land, options and overage
• Renewable energy and rural diversification

Private Wealth Disputes

We recruit contentious trusts and estates lawyers for specialist disputes teams at Senior Associate, Legal Director and Partner level.

Our searches focus on trust and estate litigation, contentious probate and inheritance disputes, including practices with international and offshore elements. We consider the complexity of matters, the lawyer's responsibilities and the balance of litigation and negotiated resolution. For senior appointments, we also explore client relationships, referral networks and opportunities to develop the practice.

Areas covered

• Trust disputes and trustee issues
• Contentious probate and will disputes
• Inheritance Act claims
• Estate administration disputes
• Proprietary estoppel
• Cross-border and offshore trust and estate disputes