Do You Assist UK Solicitors & Lawyers Looking for Legal Jobs Overseas?

Category: Candidates

Yes, although only very occasionally and in particular circumstances. We have worked with law firms in offshore locations before such as Bermuda, the Falkland Islands and the Cayman Islands. We will not work with any law firms (particularly the Middle East) who are unwilling to provide evidence of an equal opportunity policy that is applied in practice (in the past we have been approached by firms in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to recruit white male solicitors aged 26-36 years old!). We do not tend to work in the opposite direction – UK firms tend to go for UK solicitors or lawyers from overseas with UK experience. Australian and New Zealand lawyers in particular are always very surprised to hear this.

Jonathan Fagan

Jonathan Fagan LLM FIRP is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment. He has been recruiting solicitors and legal support staff for law firms and in house legal departments for over 25 years and handles law firm sales & mergers. A non-practising solicitor on the Roll since 2000, he is also the author of a number of legal career books. You can contact Jonathan at cv@ten-percent.co.uk