Oliver James Associates has a specifically designated team to resource Legal professionals. We work on a wide range of mid to senior positions, from In-House Lawyers & General Counsels through to Senior Associates & Partners within Private Practice. Each consultant has specialist knowledge of their chosen market with an extensive network of contacts across all sizes of business, enabling us to be at the forefront when generating new candidates and job opportunities.

Many of our current assignments will be worked by Oliver James Associates on an exclusive basis, having developed solid relationships, trust and confidence with a large number of clients.

There are two main teams within our legal division: Private Practice and In-house. The needs of both markets are quite different so we have developed our service accordingly.

In-House

Oliver James Associates specialist in-house division placing lawyers at all levels into the corporate and financial institutions. We take a sectorised approach to in-house legal recruitment:

Retail Banking
Insurance (life, general, reinsurance, broking)
Asset Management
Investment Banking
Hedge Funds
Professional Services

Private Practice

Oliver James Associates specialist Private Practice team directly sources the country’s leading talent for premier UK/US and International Law Firms. At Oliver James Associates we have chosen to specialise within the following vertical markets:

Banking & Finance
Corporate Commercial
Employment, Pension & Benefits
Tax
Dispute Resolution
Insolvency/Restructuring
Antitrust, Competition & Trade
IP/IT
Real Estate

We work on a retained search basis for the majority of our clients, alongside managing advertised selections and providing contingency solutions, where required.

Salaries range from £60,000 - £350,000 (plus bonus, pension and benefits).

For interim opportunities please review our Contract division.