Meet the Team

Andrew Waters
Managing Director
Specialisms:
Private Practice
In-house International
Manchester
T 0161 828 5412
M 0776 677 5981
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Meet Andrew
Formerly a lawyer with Russell McVeagh in New Zealand, Andrew has over 18 years of international legal recruitment experience gained in London and Sydney. Prior to taking up his current position, Andrew was Business Unit Director for Chadwick Nott’s International and UK Private Practice business. He managed the UK and international recruitment process, with a particular focus on Australian, New Zealand, UK, US and Canadian qualified solicitors seeking positions overseas.

Charlie Compton
Business Unit Director
Specialisms:
Interim
London
T 0203 096 4544
M 0750 012 4845
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Meet Charlie
Charlie joined the business in 2010 after over 12 years recruitment experience gained at very well-known agencies. He specialises in recruiting qualified lawyers of all levels into Interim roles into Private Practice and Industry. He has placed large teams of lawyers, often with particular language skills, to work on projects such as complex Fraud & Regulatory Investigations and large Litigation / Arbitration matters.
In-house
Brian Littleton
Head of In-house
London/International
Specialisms:
In-house
London
T 0203 096 4549
M 0791 929 3351
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Meet Brian
Brian’s experience has principally been gained in London and the Home Counties; whilst mandates have additionally been executed for roles based in Luxembourg, Dubai, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland. Before working in recruitment, he worked as a graduate trainee at one of Britain’s largest private companies.
David Cartwright
Head of In-house
Regions
Specialisms:
In-house
Birmingham
T 0121 200 5576
M 0792 189 5768
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Private Practice
London
Luke Woodward
Business Unit Director
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4553
M 0788 005 6151
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Meet Luke
Luke joined Chadwick Nott in 2013 and helps find permanent moves for lawyers at all levels from NQ up to Partner, across all practice areas in off-shore law firms, top US firms, UK City and Magic Circle firms as well as assisting with moves into mid-town and West End firms. As well as career advice, Luke is able to support his candidates with the process of constructing both CVs and business plans as appropriate. Luke studied law at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge.
Emily Oakes
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4566
M 0734 178 2040
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Meet Emily
Emily works with top national, City, US and mid-Atlantic firms, as well as specialist and high profile boutique practices. She has over 5 years of recruitment experience and is well-versed on the legal profession, managing roles at all levels ranging from NQ to Partner moves. She completed her legal studies at the University of Liverpool and the College of Law, Chester.
Iain Millard
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4547
M 0776 695 1998
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Meet Iain
Iain qualified as a lawyer in 1992 with Penningtons, and joined the firm now known as Blake Morgan upon qualification. In 1995 he decided to leave the law behind, and spent 10 months travelling across Africa before returning to the UK to take up his first legal recruitment position. With 17 years of legal recruitment experience now behind him, Iain has superb knowledge of law firms and a real in-depth understanding of the legal market.
Niall Pattle
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 937 8452
M 07990 749208
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Meet Niall
Niall specialises in the headhunting of high-profile lawyers and teams. He has a strong background in managing the international recruitment process, particularly for Australian, NZ, UK, US and Canadian qualified solicitors. After completing a Masters in Marine Biology in Australia & NZ, Niall moved to the UK in 1997 where he qualified as a solicitor in the private equity practice of King & Wood Mallesons, before moving into the world of recruitment.

Jennifer Wellspeak
Associate
Specialisms:
ACT
London
T 0203 909 5176
M 0772 1874 1694
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Ansel King
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 946 8075
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Midlands
Jon Needham
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice Midlands
Birmingham
T 0121 200 5571
M 0746 870 0558
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Meet Jon
Jon joined Chadwick Nott in March 2016 and has over 15 years’ experience in legal recruitment, advising on all areas of recruitment strategy including talent acquisition, career development and staff retention. Jon has experience of handling both contingent work as well as retained search assignments for major UK and international law firm clients. He covers Birmingham, the West Midlands, East Midlands, Northern Home Counties and East Anglia regions.
Kate Sinclair
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice Midlands
Birmingham
T 0121 200 5578
M 0792 100 1235
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Meet Kate
Kate joined Chadwick Nott in 2010, having previously built an impressive reputation in the legal market and 10 years of recruitment experience at two well-known competitors. With so many years of experience recruiting solicitors into the Birmingham, West Midlands, East Midlands, Milton Keynes, Northern Home Counties and Cambridge markets, Kate has a huge wealth of knowledge and expertise to assist all candidates from NQs to Partners.
North West & Yorkshire

Helen Veitch
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice North
Manchester
T 0161 507 7267
M 0744 305 6776
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Meet Helen

Iona Kobbekaduwe
Associate (on maternity leave)
Specialisms:
Private Practice North
Manchester
T 0161 828 5415
M 0750 081 5923
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Meet Iona
Iona successfully manages the recruitment of permanent positions across a variety of practice areas for Solicitors throughout the North of England including PI/Insurance, Commercial, and Private Client. She recruits into high street, boutique, mid-tier, Legal 500 and Top 50 firms. She also specialises in Insurance and Healthcare in Central London. Prior to this she completed her LLB and LPC and worked as a Paralegal, gaining experience in personal injury and later Infrastructure, Projects and Energy.

Louise Carroll
Associate
Specialisms:
Insurance
Private Practice North
London
T 0203 946 8091
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South East
Penny Heighway
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South East
Reading
T 0117 917 1877
M 0739 378 2702
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Meet Penny
Penny joined us at the beginning of 2015, having practiced as a lawyer for 14 years. Penny’s interest in recruitment was piqued whilst a Partner at Henmans Freeth in Oxford, where she was very involved with the HR Team, training and the recruitment process. She therefore comes to us with great insight from the other side of the interview table. Her excellent knowledge of the South East is now being fully utilised as a member of our established South East Team.
Liam Andrews
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South East
Reading
T 0117 917 1864
M 0792 189 5776
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Meet Liam
Liam is an energetic member of the long standing South East team! Before joining Chadwick Nott he had previously worked both in law firms and legal recruitment. Liam recruits qualified solicitors of all levels including solicitors, associates, senior associates and partners into permanent private practice positions from Oxfordshire down to Hampshire and right across the region to Kent. He has strong relationships with clients that range from international firms, through to regional, boutique and high street.
William Webster
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South East
Reading
T 0117 945 1634
M 0773 370 0509
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Meet Will
Will has recently rejoined the South East team, following a successful period as a specialist tech recruiter, and is working with firms across Berkshire, Sussex, Surrey, and into Kent. Focused on placing within the Private Practice space, Will assists individuals from NQ to Partner level and has quickly re-established strong relationships with clients from high street to global Top 60 firms across the South East regions.
South West & South Wales
Cathryn Holmes
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South West & South Wales
Bristol
T 0117 917 1854
M 0779 510 7815
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Meet Cathryn
Cathryn trained at City firm Lovells (now Hogan Lovells) before joining leading regional firm Bond Pearce (now Bond Dickinson). She joined Chadwick Nott as a legal recruitment consultant in 2005 and is well known in the South West & Wales legal market. Cathryn has built very strong links to law firms from Cornwall to Gloucestershire and from South Wales to Swindon.
Emma Lester
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South West & South Wales
Bristol
T 0121 726 9738
M 07778 047719
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Meet Emma
Sarah Wood
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South West & South Wales
Bristol
T 0117 917 1859
M 0776 789 7952
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Meet Sarah
Sarah joined Chadwick Nott in 2001 and has over 18 years' experience of building and strengthening relationships with candidates and clients across the South West and South Wales. Sarah advises at all levels from Associate to Partner, and in recent years she has particularly focused on the insurance, litigation and corporate real estate sectors along the M4 to Cardiff and the Cotswolds. Prior to joining Chadwick Nott, Sarah spent 5 years at Bond Pearce (now Womble Bond Dickinson) training and qualifying as a solicitor on the insurance team.

Megan Tomlinson
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South West & South Wales
Bristol
T 0117 917 1872
M 0777 585 3338
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Meet Megan
Hannah Somers
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice
South West & South Wales
Bristol
T 0117 917 1929
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Meet Hannah
Hannah joined Chadwick Nott in 2022 following almost a decade of working in law firms in Exeter. In her previous role Hannah worked as a Practice Manager responsible for all HR and Recruitment and is therefore able to offer her own experiences and insight from a clients’ perspective. She has excellent market knowledge covering the SW region. Hannah is incredibly passionate about recruitment and recruits lawyers at all levels from NQ to Partner level focusing on not just Devon and Cornwall, but also the wider South West and South Wales market.
Insurance
Iona Kobbekaduwe
Associate (on maternity leave)
Specialisms:
Insurance
Private Practice North
Manchester
T 0161 828 5415
M 0750 081 5923
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Meet Iona
Iona successfully manages the recruitment of permanent positions across a variety of practice areas for Solicitors throughout the North of England including PI/Insurance, Commercial, and Private Client. She recruits into high street, boutique, mid-tier, Legal 500 and Top 50 firms. She also specialises in Insurance and Healthcare in Central London. Prior to this she completed her LLB and LPC and worked as a Paralegal, gaining experience in personal injury and later Infrastructure, Projects and Energy.

Louise Carroll
Associate
Specialisms:
Insurance
Private Practice North
London
T 0203 946 8091
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Meet Louise
Interim
Charlie Compton
Business Unit Director
Specialisms:
Interim
Paralegal CILEx
London
T 0203 096 4544
M 0750 012 4845
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Meet Charlie
Charlie joined the business in 2010 after over 12 years recruitment experience gained at very well-known agencies. He specialises in recruiting qualified lawyers of all levels into Interim roles into Private Practice and Industry. He has placed large teams of lawyers, often with particular language skills, to work on projects such as complex Fraud & Regulatory Investigations and large Litigation / Arbitration matters.
Chris Goodman
Associate
Specialisms:
Interim
Paralegal CILEx
London
T 0203 096 4546
M 0791 765 1039
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Meet Chris
Chris moved to London from North Devon in 2003 where he worked in the pharmaceutical/medical industry. He began his recruitment career soon after making the move, and joined Chadwick Nott with 10 years of legal and financial recruitment experience. Since he joined us, Chris has worked within the Interim legal team providing support services to clients and candidates in relation to Interim/locum opportunities as well as the fast paced document review market.
Bianca Gibbs
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Interim South West
Bristol
T 0117 917 1860
M 0776 924 1524
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Meet Bianca
Bianca joined Chadwick Nott in 2014, and has already built a successful interim business, helping firms and solicitors across the South of England and South Wales. Prior to using her skills in the recruitment market, Bianca worked as a Paralegal for five years, specialising in Claimant and Defendant Personal Injury and RTA fraud matters. She built her experience with high profile regional firms including Irwin Mitchell and DAC Beachcroft.

Charlotte Williams
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Interim Midlands North
Birmingham
T 0121 200 5577
M 0771 179 9761
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Meet Charlotte
Charlotte is a very accomplished recruiter having spent over 27 years recruiting legal and IT professionals in a wide range of locations. For the last 19 years Charlotte has specialised in securing locum, interim and document review roles for legal candidates at all levels, from Paralegal to Senior General Counsel in the Midlands, Northern Home Counties, East Anglia and the North.
International
Luke Woodward
Business Unit Director
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4553
M 0788 005 6151
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Meet Luke
Luke joined Chadwick Nott in 2013 and helps find permanent moves for lawyers at all levels from NQ up to Partner, across all practice areas in off-shore law firms, top US firms, UK City and Magic Circle firms as well as assisting with moves into mid-town and West End firms. As well as career advice, Luke is able to support his candidates with the process of constructing both CVs and business plans as appropriate. Luke studied law at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge.
Emily Oakes
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4566
M 0734 178 2040
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Meet Emily
Emily works with top national, City, US and mid-Atlantic firms, as well as specialist and high profile boutique practices. She has over 5 years of recruitment experience and is well-versed on the legal profession, managing roles at all levels ranging from NQ to Partner moves. She completed her legal studies at the University of Liverpool and the College of Law, Chester.
Iain Millard
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 096 4547
M 0776 695 1998
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Meet Iain
Iain qualified as a lawyer in 1992 with Penningtons, and joined the firm now known as Blake Morgan upon qualification. In 1995 he decided to leave the law behind, and spent 10 months travelling across Africa before returning to the UK to take up his first legal recruitment position. With 17 years of legal recruitment experience now behind him, Iain has superb knowledge of law firms and a real in-depth understanding of the legal market.
Niall Pattle
Senior Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 937 8452
M 07990 749208
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Meet Niall
Niall specialises in the headhunting of high-profile lawyers and teams. He has a strong background in managing the international recruitment process, particularly for Australian, NZ, UK, US and Canadian qualified solicitors. After completing a Masters in Marine Biology in Australia & NZ, Niall moved to the UK in 1997 where he qualified as a solicitor in the private equity practice of King & Wood Mallesons, before moving into the world of recruitment.

Jennifer Wellspeak
Associate
Specialisms:
ACT
London
T 0203 909 5176
M 0772 1874 1694
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Meet Jennifer
Ansel King
Associate
Specialisms:
Private Practice London
International
London
T 0203 946 8075
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Meet Ansel
Paralegal & CILEx
Briony
Barber- Wood
Associate
Specialisms:
Paralegal CILEx
South West Midlands
Human Resources
Bristol
T 0117 917 1874
M 0792 189 5795
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Meet Briony
Briony has amassed 10 years of legal recruitment experience with Chadwick Nott built across South West England, South Wales and the Midlands. Her area of expertise is Paralegal and Chartered Legal Executive recruitment, as well as Secretarial and other Business Support roles within a legal environment. Prior to recruitment, Briony studied Law at Cardiff University and followed this with a role working as a Casework Manager for the Independent Police Complaints Commission in Cardiff.
Emily Lonsdale
Associate
Specialisms:
Paralegal CILEx
South West South East
Human Resources
Bristol
T 0117 945 1632
M 0746 870 0016
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Meet Emily
Emily joined Chadwick Nott’s Bristol office after completing her LL.B Law degree at the University of Bristol. She is an associate within the permanent team and recruits Paralegals, Legal Executives, Legal Advisors and other business support roles within the legal sector. She covers the South West, South Wales and South East regions. Emily works with a diverse range of clients including: international law firms, small high street practices and large in-house companies.

Rachael Travers
Associate
Specialisms:
Paralegal CILEx
South East Midlands
Bristol
T 0117 917 1870
M 0770 304 6765
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Meet Rachael
Rachael joined Chadwick Nott in October 2007, after completing her BA in Sociology at the University of the West of England. Throughout her career with Chadwick Nott, Rachael has gained experience working across a number of our offices and sectors assisting in all aspects of the recruitment process. She is now using the skills and experience to assist paralegal and legal executives across the South East and Midlands.
Charlie Compton
Business Unit Director
Specialisms:
Interim
Paralegal CILEx
London
T 0203 096 4544
M 0750 012 4845
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Contact via email
Meet Charlie
Charlie joined the business in 2010 after over 12 years recruitment experience gained at very well-known agencies. He specialises in recruiting qualified lawyers of all levels into Interim roles into Private Practice and Industry. He has placed large teams of lawyers, often with particular language skills, to work on projects such as complex Fraud & Regulatory Investigations and large Litigation / Arbitration matters.
Chris Goodman
Associate
Specialisms:
Interim
Paralegal CILEx
London
T 0203 096 4546
M 0791 765 1039
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Contact via email
Meet Chris
Chris moved to London from North Devon in 2003 where he worked in the pharmaceutical/medical industry. He began his recruitment career soon after making the move, and joined Chadwick Nott with 10 years of legal and financial recruitment experience. Since he joined us, Chris has worked within the Interim legal team providing support services to clients and candidates in relation to Interim/locum opportunities as well as the fast paced document review market.
Alternative Legal Careers

Jennifer Wellspeak
Associate
Specialisms:
ACT
London
T 0203 909 5176
M 0772 1874 1694
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Meet Jennifer
Human Resources
Briony
Barber- Wood
Associate
Specialisms:
Paralegal CILEx
South West Midlands
Human Resources
Bristol
T 0117 917 1874
M 0792 189 5795
Contact on LinkedIn
Contact via email
Meet Briony
Briony has amassed 10 years of legal recruitment experience with Chadwick Nott built across South West England, South Wales and the Midlands. Her area of expertise is Paralegal and Chartered Legal Executive recruitment, as well as Secretarial and other Business Support roles within a legal environment. Prior to recruitment, Briony studied Law at Cardiff University and followed this with a role working as a Casework Manager for the Independent Police Complaints Commission in Cardiff.
Marketing
Melanie Bassett
Manager
Bristol
T 0117 917 1863
M 0781 077 0028
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Meet Melanie
Melanie has 14 years of experience in legal recruitment and over 20 years working in the legal sector. She has enjoyed and had great success in the South East private practice team and the Alternative Careers team building strong relationships with law firms right across the South of England. In her latest reincarnation, Melanie has taken on the role of Chadwick Nott Marketing Manager, in addition to being the Manager of the South East team.