PRIVATE PRACTICE

Private Practice Legal Recruitment Specialists

Astral Legal’s Private Practice team builds elite legal teams for prestigious law firms, connecting world-class talent from paralegals through to partners. We bring deep insight into the private practice market and a track record clients trust to deliver strategic hires.

Whether you’re building out an associate team or securing a partner who’ll shape the firm’s future, our consultants combine market intelligence with a discreet, tailored approach to find the right fit, not just the right CV.

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Our Team

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Our Approach

Practice Areas

We recruit across the full spectrum of business and professional support roles within modern law firms.

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Data Privacy & Cyber Security

We recruit the best lawyers specialising in Data Privacy, Cyber Security, AI and Digital Regulation.

Intellectual Property & Technology

We cover the full breadth of Intellectual Property & Technology, working with lawyers across Patent Litigation, IP Disputes Trade Marks, Commercial IP, TMT, and IP & Tech Transactions. We also cover Patent & Trade Mark Attorney opportunities.

Banking & Finance

We focus our efforts finding the best lawyers across Leveraged Finance, Funds Finance, Real Estate Finance and Structured Finance.

Competition & Anti Trust

Being transactional focused, we often work with competition lawyers focused on Merger Control, FDI & Investigations.

Investment Funds

Focusing on Private Funds, we look to work with lawyers working on GP & LP led work across Fund Raising & Structuring. We also support our clients on secondaries and regulatory roles.

Litigation

Our litigation team focuses on working with lawyers being instructed on High Court Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud, Banking Disputes, White Collar Crime, Sanctions & Investigations.

Real Estate

We cover roles across Corporate & Commercial Real Estate including PE Investments, Corporate Occupier Work, Investment, Development and Leasing.

Professional Staffing

Beyond fee-earners, we support firms in building out the wider professional teams that keep a practice running smoothly, from business services to operational support roles.

Corporate

We manage the full suite of Corporate law, working with lawyers who work across Public M&A, Private M&A, PE, Venture Capital, Cap Markets and Joint Ventures.

Roles We Hire

We recruit across every stage of a lawyer’s career, from
associate through partner, including full team moves.

Associate

We look to build relationships with the Top 10% of Associates in the market helping them find the best next move. Our relationships are built over many years where we take the time to truly understand someone’s needs and align them best to our client’s active roles.

Partner

We’re often mandated on Partner searches, Exclusive or Retained. As with our Associate Search business, we build relationships over years – many candidates we place have worked with us for a long time. Moving your practice takes trust, so we take time to understand your business and align you with the right platform for growth.

Team Moves

We work with a number of clients looking to build out a certain practice area or launch an office. We offer targeted search solutions where we can look to help our clients acquire the best teams in the market to meet their growth plans. We have assisted on a number of office launces.

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WHAT OUR EXPERTS SAY

“Clients come back to us because we deliver. Candidates trust us because we listen. It’s that combination that makes the difference in a market where reputation is everything.”

Liam Crank, Senior Partner

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Strategic legal hires for leading law firms

We work with top-tier UK and US firms, from Magic Circle and Silver Circle practices to leading Am Law 100 firms, to deliver the private practice talent that keeps their teams performing at the highest level.