The brief is written for a unicorn.
A PQE bracket, a practice area, a system, and a location that together describe about four people nationally.
For Firms
Instruct once. Deal with one person.
Most of our instructions start the same way: a firm has one seat they genuinely need filled, and no appetite for a panel process.
Why briefs stall.
The salary hasn’t moved since 2023.
The market has. We’ll tell you where the band actually needs to sit before we waste your time.
Six agencies, same twelve CVs.
Volume submission isn’t search. It’s noise with a fee attached.
Nobody owns the process.
Feedback stalls, candidates go cold, and the seat is still empty in November.
Four steps, no theatre.
Brief
A proper conversation about the caseload, the team, the system and the money. We’ll challenge anything that will make the search fail.
Market read
Before searching, an honest view: who’s available, what they cost, and whether the brief as written is fillable.
Shortlist
A small number of genuinely relevant people with the evidence set out. Not a database dump.
Through to offer
We manage feedback, counter-offer risk and start dates. You keep dealing with the same person throughout.
What we deliver.
SITUATION — Growing caseload
Permanent Search
Qualified solicitors and case handlers matched against your actual caseload and systems, not a generic PQE bracket.
We qualify motivation, working pattern and money before the CV reaches you.
SITUATION — Backlog or cover
Contract & Interim
Fee-earner, costs and technical cover for holiday periods, backlog clearance and system migrations.
The assignment, engagement route and start date are separated and checked before mobilisation.
SITUATION — System change
Systems & Migration
Configuration, training and rollout support when you’re changing platform — a small market we know well.
We distinguish hands-on system evidence from a CV that merely names the platform.
Straightforward terms.
Contingent fees on permanent placements, with a rebate structure set out in writing before we start. Contract placements are charged on a transparent margin. No retainer required for a single hire.
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