Legal Recruitment That Delivers
Our team has hands-on experience within litigation, giving us a real understanding of what law firms need when hiring—and what good candidates actually look like in practice.
We work with employers and candidates across the legal sector to provide a focused, efficient recruitment service built on relevance, not volume.
At Themis Recruit, we keep things straightforward and outcome-driven: the right people, in the right roles.
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Our promise to Law Firms:
Legal Recruitment of the best staff is difficult, expensive and competitive – we aim to change that.
🎯 Quality over volume
We only introduce candidates who we genuinely believe are suitable for the role, based on skillset, experience, and cultural fit.
📩 No unsolicited submissions
We do not send speculative CVs. Every submission is intentional and agreed with you in advance.
🧠 Sector understanding
Our background in litigation and running law firms gives us real insight into hiring needs—not just surface-level recruitment knowledge.
🤝 Considered hiring process
We focus on building long-term relationships with firms and delivering candidates who add value from day one.
🔐 Confidential and professional
All searches and conversations are handled discreetly and professionally at every stage.
📊 Ongoing support
We provide honest feedback and continue working with firms to refine requirements and improve outcomes.
We don’t just match CVs to roles — we build relationships that lead to better hiring decisions and better careers.
What do we offer?
We’ve built Themis Recruit from a law firm perspective, shaped by our own experience running successful legal practices and understanding what firms actually need from a recruitment partner.
- Clear, competitive fees – 17% + VAT, with no hidden costs.
- Flexible payment structure – 50% on commencement and 50% after 3 months. We are confident in the quality and longevity of our placements.
- Consistent communication – We stay closely involved throughout the entire recruitment process.
- Thorough candidate vetting – Every candidate is personally reviewed by us. We only put forward individuals we would genuinely consider for interview within our own firm.
How We Work
A specialist legal recruitment approach built on relationships, not volume
We specialise exclusively in legal recruitment, working with private practice firms across both claimant and defendant work. Our approach is shaped by real experience within the legal sector and a long-standing network of trusted candidates.
Rather than relying on job boards alone, we focus on targeted search, referrals, and established relationships to identify the right people for each role.
Where do you source your candidates from?
Our candidates come from a combination of:
- A long-established UK-wide network of legal professionals
- Direct referrals from solicitors and clients we have placed previously
- Ongoing relationships built within the legal market
- Targeted search when specific expertise is required
We do not rely on volume-based CV databases. Our focus is on quality, relevance, and fit.
What types of roles do you recruit for?
We work primarily within private practice, including:
- Claimant firms
- Defendant firms
- Litigation-focused practices
- Specialist legal teams within growing regional and national firms
Our strongest area of expertise is litigation-based roles, where understanding of casework and culture fit is critical.
What makes your approach different?
We operate with a law firm mindset, not a generic recruitment approach.
Having worked within and alongside legal practices, we understand what good hiring looks like from both sides. This allows us to focus on candidates who can genuinely add value, not just those available on the market.
We prioritise:
- Fit over volume
- Quality over speed
- Long-term success over quick placements
How do you assess candidates?
Every candidate is personally reviewed and assessed before being put forward.
We consider:
- Technical ability and relevant experience
- Cultural and team fit
- Motivation and career direction
- Suitability for the specific role and firm
We only introduce candidates we would feel confident recommending within our own firm environment.
How involved are you in the process?
We remain closely involved throughout the entire recruitment process.
This includes:
- Role qualification and briefing
- Candidate selection and presentation
- Interview preparation and support
- Ongoing communication with both parties
We act as an active partner, not a passive introducer.
Do you work confidentially?
Yes. All conversations, searches, and applications are handled in strict confidence at all times.
We will never share your details or CV without your explicit permission.
We don’t take a high-volume approach to recruitment.
We build relationships, understand requirements properly, and focus on delivering candidates who are the right fit for the role—not just available on the market.
What do we need from you?
What do we need from you?
To find the right candidates accurately, we simply need a clear understanding of the role and your firm.
The more context you can provide, the better we can match you with suitable candidates. As a guide, the key areas include:
About the role
- Practice area
- Level required (qualified / unqualified / PQE level / flexibility on experience)
- Full-time, part-time, etc
- Core duties and day-to-day responsibilities
- Whether the role is fee-earning, supervisory, or a mix of both
Working arrangement
- Office location
- Remote, hybrid, or office-based structure
- Working hours and any flexibility (e.g. flexitime, flexible start/finish times)
What you’re looking for
- The type of candidate you ideally want for the role
- Key skills, experience, or background required
- Any non-negotiables
Package and benefits
- Salary range
- Holiday allowance
- Hybrid/remote options
- Parking, bonuses, or other benefits
About your firm
- What makes your firm a great place to work
- Team culture and values
- Any growth plans or unique selling points of the role
Locum or Temporary Roles
We realise that from time to time our clients require temporary vacancies across our core sectors. This might be a Solicitor or Paralegal support.
We can offer a range of services to support temporary projects, large cases or holiday / maternity cover. We vet all our temporary candidates to the same standards as our permanent placements.
Best of all we offer the same 17% fees as our standard terms, which we believe is the most competitive in the industry.
Simply email info@themisrecruit.com with your requirements and we do the rest!
Looking to Buy or Sell a Firm/Caseload?
Selling a law firm or caseload requires specialist knowledge of the legal industry to value the work in progress to get maximum value from the sale, buyer contacts and knowledge about the areas of law concerned. We have years of experience in the personal injury, clinical negligence, housing and civil litigation market places.
We act for sellers looking to sell caseloads or law firms in these spaces.
Some agents charge an up front fee to simply look at the sale (sometimes upto £5,000). We do not charge an up front fee to the seller and instead charge the buyer if we are able to complete the arrangement. We offer no sale/ no fee.
The Procedure.
- The parties are asked to sign none disclosure agreement.
- We put together a sales pack and we approach the market/ our contacts in the buying market.
- The buyer is provided with information about the practice for sale/ caseload valuation.
- The parties meet or speak about plans and proposals.
- A deal is concluded. The buyer pays us an introduction fee. The seller pays no fee.
What next?
Email info@themisrecruit.com with your requirements and we will get in touch.
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Happy clients
We are very impressed by the high calibre of candidates Themis Recruit have provided us. So far we have offered roles to two thirds of the candidates they have provided, which is a great result . The firm undertakes great vetting of candidates before putting them forward to us.
5
OM Liverpool Law Firm Client July 21
Professional advert for the job, quick and efficient responses throughout and a lovely congratulations once I was successful at getting the job. Thank you again for all your help.
5
Candidate June 2021
We engaged Themis Recruit to locate a new candidate for a housing disrepair role. We found the service to be fast, efficient and they located an excellent candidate within a week which we employed. The fees were reasonable and we would recommend to others
5
SL Manchester Law Firm Client July 2021
Themis Recruit provided a quick and efficient service in placing me with a firm that matched what I was looking for to develop my career further. Within a short time of receiving my CV contact was made, an interview was booked in, and feedback was provided, exactly what you need during a period of uncertainty.
5
Afshan - Property Disputes Associate Solicitor, Central London Law Firm
"What I love about Themis Recruit is that they understand our business inside out. We are never spammed with CVs, and we only receive candidates we want to hire. In the past 4 years, we have hired over 90% of candidates received. Keep up the good work!"
5
Tier 1 Catastrophic Injury Law Firm