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In-House Legal
Robert Walters are specialists in in-house legal recruitment across the UK, we connect organisations with exceptional legal professionals, from paralegals to General Counsel, who bring commercial insight, specialist expertise, and strategic value to their businesses.
Specialists in in-house legal recruitment
Robert Walters in-house legal team focusses on tailored recruitment solutions on both a temporary and permanent basis. We recruit from paralegals right through to General Counsel level.
Robert Walters in-house legal have worked on a variety of mandates across the country from leading FTSE 100 businesses and a whole range of SMEs. We focus on financial services organisations as well as blue chip commerce & industry businesses.
With offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester, we have an unrivalled reach and our track record in delivering high quality recruitment solutions is proven in quality of professionals placed within leading businesses across the legal market
Trusted by over 11,000+ organisations
Meet your expert in-house legal recruiters
Victoria Pomfret
Legal In-House, London
Victoria has close to 15 years’ experience of working in the London recruitment market. She has experience of placing lawyers at all levels from NQs to General Counsels across a range of industries.
Jon Lucas
Legal In-House, London
Jon heads up the in-house legal interim desk at Robert Walters. He has over a decade of industry experience and focuses on securing temporary opportunities for qualified lawyers at all levels.
Nisha Jassi
Legal In-House, Birmingham
Nisha manages the Professional Services team. She has been a Legal recruitment specialist for 10 years recruiting across Private Practice and In House organisations in the Midlands.
Emily Climpson
Legal In-House, London
Emily is a Senior Consultant supporting clients across professional services and commerce & industry. She is experienced in interim and permanent hires from Trainee Company Secretary to Group CoSec level.
Secure top talent for your next hire
Let us connect you with the talent that can take your business forward.Our track record
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43,000
Professionals we help start their next chapter
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11,000
Organisations who we help acquire talent
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85%
Of professionals refer us to a friend
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90%
Of organisations recruit more than one role through us
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Read what our clients' and candidates have to say.
"Connor [at Robert Walters] has by far, the best recruiter I’ve approached in this competitive job market. Unlike many others, he took the time to really understand my goals and guided me with genuine care and professionalism throughout the entire process. His communication was consistent, transparent, and always supportive — I never felt out of the loop."
‘’The thing that makes working with Robert Walters and Aleisha as a recruiter different is their friendly, approachable attitude and genuine interest in finding the right next step in a person's career. It's not about finding the next job that'll do; it's about finding the perfect match between candidate and employer.’’
"Robert Walters are extremely knowledgeable about the legal industry. The team work tirelessly to ensure that you have the right opportunities at your disposal and make sure that you are always adequately prepared for any interviews."
"We were impressed by the professional approach of the Robert Walters legal recruitment team. Gafta created a new post of Head of Legal, and our consultant was very helpful in assisting us with our job specification and advising on the skills, competencies and background that would be most suitable for our role. His advice and analys is supported our decision making and enabled us to appoint exactly the right person."
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