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About us

Introduction

LPA Legal Recruitment was established in 1995 and is one of the major players in the legal recruitment market. Based in the heart of legal London (Gray’s Inn Square), our professionally trained consultants service the market through five divisions: LPA Legal Private Practice, LPA Legal Partners and Teams, LPA Legal In-House and Banking, LPA Legal HR, Marketing and Senior Executives and LPA Legal Barristers Chambers.

All our consultants strive to foster positive, long-lasting relationships with both candidates and clients, leading to a high level of referrals. Regular contact with market leaders allows LPA Legal to be proactive in seeking potential vacancies, whilst enabling us to brief candidates and clients on market trends. Our divisions are closely aligned, allowing us to share market knowledge and provide for lateral hires, where appropriate.

Our consultants consider confidentiality a matter of principle, offering each candidate honest, bespoke advice. Our level of service is consistent regardless of whether we are assisting a newly qualified lawyer, a senior associate or a partner / general counsel. We are conscious of the difficulties faced by candidates in making the right career move and by clients managing their teams or departments and we provide targeted market knowledge as appropriate.

In advising our clients, we are able to identify the unique aspects of each role and assist in formulating the correct strategy for how the role should be pitched. We use a variety of methodologies and take a consultative approach to provide timely and effective recruitment across the legal sector. Our clients include Magic Circle, mid-sized and boutique firms, in the UK, US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

Our extensive but selective database of both candidates and vacancies enables us truly to match our candidates’ aspirations with our clients’ requirements. A testament to our bespoke service is the rate of referrals from candidates, many of whom are registered exclusively with LPA Legal, and from clients for whom LPA Legal is always the first port of call, not just for recruitment, but also for advice on market conditions, remuneration issues and even business strategy planning.

So if you have an interest in furthering your legal career, please do not hesitate to contact one of our consultants. We appreciate the constraints placed upon you whilst at work hence our consultants are available via their desk and mobile contacts, in addition to email and other electronic methods. Full contact details are available on the Contact Us page.

LPA Legal Private Practice

Lawyers at all levels are recruited on behalf of a wide range of law firms, from the magic circle and US firms to the smallest niche practices. We also service the recruitment needs of Barristers Chambers, sourcing both Barristers and marketing/administrative staff. With over 25 years combined experience our consultants are well positioned to advise on market trends and salaries.

Contacts: James O'Brien, Steven Horvath, Louise Carr and Philip Jennings

LPA Legal In-House & Banking

Our specialist In-House consultants source candidates on behalf of many of the biggest names in the investment banking world, as well as a large number of commercial and retail banks. We also recruit for a large range of multinationals and smaller private companies in sectors such as IT, energy, pharmaceuticals, telecoms, construction, financial services and FMCG. Candidates are recruited at every level from Paralegal to General Counsel.

Contacts: Contacts: Anil Shah and Louise Carr

LPA Legal Partners & Teams

LPA Legal Partners & Teams caters only to partners and teams of lawyers. LPA Legal have put together a number of high profile partner and team moves over the last five years. As the deals became larger, more frequent, and more complex, a decision was taken to launch a designated division which would service the strategic requirements of law firms in the UK and internationally.

Contacts: Anil Shah, James O'Brien and Steven Horvath.

LPA Legal HR, Marketing and Senior Executives

LPA Legal HR, Marketing and Senior Executives meets the needs of our clients' rapidly expanding businesses in the areas of HR, marketing, business development, finance and general management. The division sources high calibre professionals in all these areas, from junior through to board level, into Law Firms and Barristers’ Chambers.

Contacts: Anil Shah and Guy Hewetson.

LPA Legal Barristers Chambers

LPA Legal began working with sets of chambers in 2000, and as far as we are aware, has since become the first and only full-service recruitment consultancy to the Bar. As well as covering individual Barrister moves, teams of Barristers and mid-ranking to Senior Clerks, our services to the Bar have expanded in proportion to the Bar's modernisation. The introduction of new management structures within chambers has led to the creation of many high profile opportunities for Chief Executives, Chambers Directors, Chambers Managers and Marketing/Business Development staff, many of whom bring experience from different business sectors to the Bar. Contingency, advertised selection and retained and non-retained search are the methodologies offered. LPA Legal also provides advice to chambers on recruitment strategy, lateral barrister business planning and interviewing techniques.

Contacts: Guy Hewetson and Anil Shah.

LPA Legal Company Details

Company registration number: 3015848.
Place of registration: England and Wales.
Registered office address: 10-11 Gray's Inn Square, London, WC1R 5JD.
Our offices can be found using the following map.