Legal Recruiter - Executive Search – Private Practice (Dubai)
About This Role
Legal Recruiter - Executive Search – Private Practice
We are a leading executive search firm with specialist teams across multiple sectors operating globally. Due to growth within our Legal desk, we are looking to hire a Legal Recruiter to join the team in Dubai or London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Market mapping and identifying high-calibre legal talent
- Headhunting and proactive outreach
- End-to-end recruitment delivery
- Managing candidates from the first approach through to placement
- Interview preparation and ongoing candidate care
- Supporting senior mandates, including Partner-level searches
Requirements:
- Minimum 1 year of legal recruitment experience within private practice (essential)
- Experience across private practice legal hiring
- 360 recruitment experience advantageous
- Strong sourcing and headhunting skills
- Confident in outbound business development and relationship building
- Track record of placing Associate-level lawyers and above
- Partner-level recruitment exposure is a plus
What We Offer:
- Opportunity to work on high-level, contingent and retained search mandates
- Clear progression within a respected multi-sector executive search firm
- Supportive, high-performance environment
- Competitive base salary + performance bonus
If this sounds like you and you’re looking to move into an executive search environment in a delivery-focused role, we would love to hear from you.
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