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.

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.

Luke has been with the company for 5 years 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. 

In 2018, Peter joined our dynamic London team, helping to find permanent roles for lawyers at all levels –from NQ to Partner – and in any environment in London or across the globe (with particular expertise amongst the offshore law firms in the Caribbean). Prior to Chadwick Nott, Peter practiced for 6 years as a general corporate/ commercial disputes resolution lawyer at a leading firm in Bristol and in the London office of a US headquartered firm.

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.

David is a former solicitor who moved into legal recruitment 13 years ago. He is the Manager of our North team overseeing recruitment across all disciplines in the North West, Yorkshire and North East of England. In addition to this, he specialises in recruiting into the London market for healthcare and insurance related disciplines. 

With around 10 years of experience in legal recruitment as well as a background as a lawyer, Claire is a very successful consultant. She recruits across all practice areas for Paralegals and Legal Executives throughout the North of England. Her clients include high street, boutique, mid tier, Legal 500 and Top 50 law firms. Having lived and worked in the Manchester area for many years, she has real in-depth knowledge of the legal market and the region.

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.

Matthew has been part of Chadwick Nott for nearly 15 years and is now one of our most experienced consultants. He is very well connected and highly regarded across his market having developed an unrivaled in-depth knowledge of the South West and South Wales market, working with clients from Cornwall up to Gloucestershire and from South Wales across to Swindon. Matthew was a solicitor in private practice for a number of years previously and has that personal level of understanding when working with a wide range of lawyers. He was also a lecturer at university working with LL.B students before joining Chadwick Nott in 2004.

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.

David is a former solicitor who moved into legal recruitment 13 years ago. He is the Manager of our North team overseeing recruitment across all disciplines in the North West, Yorkshire and North East of England. In addition to this, he specialises in recruiting into the London market for healthcare and insurance related disciplines. 

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.

Emily specialises in recruiting for the public sector, placing locum lawyers into a wide variety of organisations including: local government, universities, charities, research councils, central government, regulatory bodies, constabularies and the NHS. Emily is based out of our Birmingham Office but works with clients and candidates nationwide allowing her to advise with authority on trends and changes across the country.

Luke has been with the company for 5 years 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. 

In 2018, Peter joined our dynamic London team, helping to find permanent roles for lawyers at all levels –from NQ to Partner – and in any environment in London or across the globe (with particular expertise amongst the offshore law firms in the Caribbean). Prior to Chadwick Nott, Peter practiced for 6 years as a general corporate/ commercial disputes resolution lawyer at a leading firm in Bristol and in the London office of a US headquartered firm.

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.

With over 16 years recruitment experience, Sarah joined Chadwick Nott to focus on paralegal and legal executive  recruitment in the South East. A business studies graduate, she is an associate within the permanent team and prides herself on her approachable and professional manner.

Houdah set up the Chadwick Nott Alternative Careers Team (ACT) back in 2014. She specialises in flexible working solutions for both private practice and in-house, which includes advising and placing: professional support lawyers and knowledge management professionals across all levels from legal assistants to global heads of KM, flexible working consultants, and risk and compliance/ regulatory professionals. As a qualified solicitor she has a very good understanding and a great passion for the legal market.

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.