Legal Executive Search and Law Recruitment Service
The best legal hires
aren't actively looking.
Specialist talent acquisition for law firms and in-house legal teams, across private practice, in-house and interim legal support.
Legal recruitment across private practice, in-house and interim
Most senior legal professionals worth hiring are not actively looking. They are already embedded in their firms and earning good money. Reaching them requires a recruiter with genuine sector credibility and direct access to the candidate market.
Whether you’re hiring for a critical partner role, building out your legal function or recruiting for executive positions, we bring precision, discretion and deep sector knowledge. We build long-term relationships with legal practices like yours and with the candidates they need.
Who we work with
- High street practices
- Multi-office partnerships
- In-house legal teams
- Global clients
Where we place
- Private practice
- In-house legal teams
- Interim legal support
We've helped businesses like these with their hiring challenges.
How can we help you?
“Help, my law firm needs to…”
Urgently Hire
A fee earner has left and the caseload isn't waiting. You need a qualified replacement placed fast without compromising on calibre.
Find an Interim
Whether it's a partner departure, parental leave or a restructure, your firm needs experienced legal leadership in place while you find the permanent solution.
Build a Team
Growing your practice means hiring across multiple positions without letting standards slip. We build legal teams around your firm's culture and commercial priorities.
We handle recruitment for the senior roles that require precise profiling
Legal executive search
When a senior legal role is open, the impact on your firm is immediate. Client relationships sit unmanaged and the remaining team absorbs work they shouldn’t be carrying.
Coreus conducts retained executive search for law firms and in-house legal teams hiring at partner, legal director and head of legal level. We offer permanent, interim and fractional engagement models, so the search is built around what your firm actually needs rather than a fixed structure.
Permanent
Full-time executive search for senior legal hires who will shape your firm for years. We identify passive candidates and deliver a curated shortlist of serious options.
Interim
Immediate senior legal cover when your firm cannot afford a leadership gap. Experienced legal professionals ready to step in and keep your firm moving.
Fractional
Part-time senior legal leadership for firms that need strategic input without full-time commitment. Ideal for growing practices navigating a period of change.
Every search is led by the same consultant from first conversation to placement. No handoffs, no account management layers.
What you can expect from working with Coreus
Attract great talent. Avoid bad hiring.
Results
Rigorous briefing processes to ensure a match and long term success.
Quality
Hire with confidence and avoid delays, repeat interviews, and re-advertising
Experience
We handle the heavy lifting of hiring and ensure experience is of the highest standard.
Our legal recruitment practice works with law firms and in-house legal teams across the UK
Based in Brighton and London, we support local law firms and extend our services across the UK, and for global clients where required. From high street practices to multi-office partnerships, we understand how legal businesses operate and what it takes to secure the right appointment at every level.
94% of our placed talent, identified through our stringent process, accept offers and start.
Trusted by the businesses we recruit for
David Dand
Founder & Managing Director, Coreus
David built his career inside the recruitment and HR teams of EY, AXA, Roche and Laureate. Book a call to talk through the role you need to fill.