Leading Legal Career Opportunities

With nearly 40 years of experience, Adamson & Partners has established a leading reputation for securing exceptional legal and compliance talent for law firms and in-house legal teams. As businesses increasingly view their legal and compliance functions as critical enablers of success, aligning legal, compliance, and corporate strategies has become essential for driving growth.

We partner with law firms and corporations around the world to identify and place highly qualified legal and compliance professionals who are the optimal technical and cultural fit for their teams. Our industry clients depend on us for senior hires, complex cross-border roles, and confidential replacement searches. For law firms, we specialise in lateral hires, M&A transactions, and team moves. With our extensive global network, refined search methodology and deep market knowledge, we help law firms and companies attract and retain the talent they need to thrive in today’s competitive market.

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Our Clients

Legal Specialists

We assist global businesses with placing Legal Counsels, IP Counsels, Heads of Data Privacy and Compliance, Associate General Counsels, and General Counsels. We have experience working internationally and have an extensive network of contacts in multiple jurisdictions. Our track record covers all the key European jurisdictions, particularly the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Benelux, and Scandinavia, together with the US and Asia. With a unique understanding of the EMEA market, we provide high-end executive search focused solely on the legal market, combining local market and functional understanding with our global recruitment experience.

  • Corporate In-House

    Corporate In-House

    We assist global businesses in recruiting senior in-house legal and compliance professionals, from Associate General Counsel to Chief Legal and Chief Compliance Officer levels. We also have a proven track record in placing specialist IP counsel, Data Privacy, Regulatory lawyers, Heads of Compliance, and Company Secretaries.

    Our expertise extends to setting up legal and compliance departments and hiring first General Counsels and Chief Compliance Officers for growing companies across EMEA, North America, and Asia. We frequently move senior legal and compliance professionals across markets and jurisdictions to ensure our clients have the talent needed to drive business success.

     

  • Private Practice

    Private Practice

    Adamson & Partners is one of the few legal executive search firms offering Partner, Counsel, and Associate searches for law firms, as well as strategic growth advisory, including M&A consulting. We work with a select group of national and international firms, helping them grow their practices and strengthen their teams. We specialize in recruiting top legal talent across key markets in the UK, US, and Europe, including London, Paris, Munich, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Atlanta, Miami, and Philadelphia. Additionally, we provide tailored recruitment services for law firms seeking to expand their compliance and regulatory teams to meet evolving market demands.

Why work with us

  • Unmatched Expertise

    With nearly 40 years of specialized legal and compliance executive search experience, our industry knowledge and network are second to none. We provide the level of service and individualized touch you expect from a boutique search firm, with the tools and experience you would expect from a firm with exponential resources. Each engagement, each client matters to us. Our mix of personal attention and technical capacity is a true differentiator when considering much larger alternative providers.

  • Exceptional Delivery and Service

    Our exceptional placement success has led to a 90% repeat business rate, a testament to the trust and confidence our clients have in us. This is built on our ability to not only meet client expectations when we deliver on a project, but to exceed them through our initiative-taking and responsive culture, our commitment to efficient and effective placement, and our transparency. We approach each assignment with curiosity and expertise, thoroughly understanding our clients’ goals and providing courageous, candid advice. Our extensive due diligence ensures that no stone is left unturned, allowing us to engage both active and passive candidates effectively. We utilize our trained coaches and psychometric testing to instil confidence that the investment you are making in your team is one that is accretive. By delivering a transparent, data-driven search process, we provide clients with full visibility of our efforts, ensuring we follow through on our commitments and offer real-time insights that impact their business.

  • Global Reach

    Working across more than twenty-five countries, we leverage local market insights and a robust global candidate network to identify and place the finest legal and compliance talent for our clients. Our diverse team, fluent in multiple languages and well-versed in various cultural nuances, ensures that we thoroughly understand the unique dynamics of each market we operate in, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that meet our clients’ specific needs.

  • Niche Subject Matter Experience

    We are legal, IP and compliance focused with over one hundred years of combined experience. As experts in these fields, we not only understand the industry, but we also know the key players and what qualities, both technical and soft skills, make for a successful hire. Within these broader categories we bring to bear specialized knowledge for some of the most challenging assignments.

  • Dedicated Approach

    We approach each engagement with a team methodology. Every search is led by a Partner or our Chief Growth Officer, with the support of an assigned researcher from our in-house research team, and admin support. And, unlike some larger search firms, our Partners are hands-on and actively involved in the interview process. This team approach brings varying perspectives and contributes to ensuring a bespoke, targeted, and unbiased approach to meet each client’s unique requirements.

Delivering Exceptional Results

Our clients choose us for our expertise, deep sector knowledge, and professional approach. We provide strategic insights that help clients enter new markets, identify skill gaps, and recruit legal and compliance professionals who not only meet their professional requirements but also align with their corporate culture. Our Executive Search process focuses on proactively identifying and engaging the best talent in the market—professionals who are rarely on the open market. This exclusive and targeted approach ensures that our clients gain access to the finest legal and compliance professionals without competing with their industry peers. But we know that finding you top talent with technical fit is only part of the equation. We ensure that your values and culture are critical elements of our search criteria, and it is this commitment to finding you the right colleagues for you and your teams that results in client retention.

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