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Legal Leadership Recruitment UK
Senior Legal Counsel to General Counsel, hired for judgement and fit, then technical depth.
Grow Talent UK recruits senior legal leaders for UK scaleups, mid-sized companies and PE-backed businesses.
We assess commercial judgement, how a leader advises a board under pressure and how they build a function before we assess their practice area. A strong PQE record is the entry ticket, not the differentiator.
Typical brief: a first General Counsel ahead of a raise or exit, a Head of Legal to bring an outsourced function in-house, or a Legal Director to build a team as the business scales.
Culture first. Attitude second. Skill third.
Who we place, and for whom
Roles we fill
General Counsel
Chief Legal Officer
Head of Legal
Legal Director
Deputy General Counsel
Company Secretary
Head of Compliance
Head of Commercial Legal
Senior Legal Counsel
Legal Counsel
Commercial Contracts Manager
Who hires us
Scaleups, PE-backed and VC-backed businesses, fintech and regulated companies, and mid-sized firms bringing legal in-house for the first time, typically 50 to 2,000 employees.
Most briefs come from a CEO, CFO or investor making a first in-house legal hire, or from a General Counsel building out their team.
We work across the UK, mostly remotely, with in-person meetings where they help.
Typical briefs
A first General Counsel ahead of a raise, exit or regulatory change.
A Head of Legal to bring an outsourced function in-house.
A Company Secretary for a business preparing for PE investment or a listing.
A Senior Legal Counsel to take commercial contracts off the founders' desk.
How the search works
Every search runs the same way. We start with your culture, interview for attitude, then verify skill.
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1. Discovery call and written culture map (week 1)
2. Market map and longlist (weeks 1 to 2)
3. Structured interviews for attitude, then skill (weeks 2 to 4)
4. Shortlist of 3 to 5 with a page of insight per candidate, not just CVs (week 4)
5. Offer, onboarding support and a 90 day check-in
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Read the full method on How We Hire, or email harvey@growtalent.uk with the brief.
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