Experienced Talent Acquisition leader for elite legal and professional services firms | Founding Director of Llewod Consultancy Services (specialising in HR and TA consulting projects, delivery and implementation)

Experienced legal recruitment leader with a passion for hiring exceptional people and delivering strategic, high-quality talent solutions across elite law firms. Over the past decade, I’ve built a reputation for driving results in partner, lateral, and business services hiring, while leading teams, influencing senior stakeholders, and implementing scalable recruitment infrastructure. My background in legal recruitment spans Slaughter and May, DLA Piper, Linklaters, Pogust Goodhead and King & Wood Mallesons - each offering a unique challenge in shaping talent strategy across fee-earners, legal ops, and contingent legal talent. I bring experience overseeing the full legal recruitment lifecycle, with particular strengths in delivering a premium candidate experience, advising on international hiring needs, and aligning recruitment with commercial growth. While my focus is at the experienced hire end, I’ve also led the creation of two graduate schemes (the BD Academy and Legal Operations Training Programme), contributed to trainee assessment design, and represented firms at law fairs and on trainee interview panels. I understand how early talent supports long-term business success and know how to oversee those processes while empowering dedicated teams to deliver them. What really drives me is working in a high-performance professional services environment - partnering with smart, driven people to build exceptional teams. To help me do this, I’m certified in Strategic Talent Acquisition (through AIHR) and Hogan Assessments (HPI, HDS, MVPI), with a data-led, inclusive, and people-first approach to HR and recruitment operations. I’m also the founder of LCS (Llewod Consultancy Services), where I’ve recently focused on helping professional services firms and other diverse businesses optimise their HR and talent acquisition processes through strategic consulting, change management, and end-to-end implementation. CORE EXPERTISE IN: - Associate & Partner-level recruitment - Trainee/graduate hiring - Senior Business services recruitment - Stakeholder engagement at partner & board level - Recruitment lifecycle management (end-to-end) - ATS optimisation & data-driven reporting - Recruitment marketing & employer brand - Supplier negotiation & agency management - Immigration compliance & right-to-work checks - Budget management & forecasting