About Michael Page Legal - Private Practice

The Michael Page Legal Private Practice team works with firms across the country, from high street outfits through to global multi-office law firms. Our experienced experts recruit solely into the private practice market from our offices across the UK including London, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Reading. We are preferred suppliers for many of the largest law firms in the UK.

Our team has an extensive database of candidates, many of whom began their legal careers through Michael Page Legal and treat us as trusted advisors. Our team recruit at all levels into law firms, from Paralegal to Partner, and across all disciplines of law.

Our consultants also advise firms on the ever-changing private practice legal market, providing bespoke salary benchmarking, collaborating on joint networking events and roundtables, and advice on key market trends.

> ParalegalClick to read more

Our specialist team source paralegals across all contentious and non-contentious areas on short notice. We work closely with a variety of candidates, including future trainees, senior paralegals, junior paralegals and graduates. We also work closely with candidates to the point of qualifying, after which they are supported by our qualified in-house or private practice teams.

 
> Document reviewClick to read more

We have an expert team devoted solely to sourcing document review paralegals and lawyers, who are able to deliver teams of 50+ reviewers in a matter of hours.

Our document review lawyers and paralegals have exposure to various eDiscovery platforms, levels of review including QC, a range of language skills, and a large database of immediately available candidates.

To make hiring faster and easier, we complete compliance checks on all candidates and are able to payroll all potential hires for your projects.

 
> Foreign language - Click to read more

Our foreign in-house language specialist is available to support with any language vacancies from paralegals, document reviewers, associates and partner level roles. We have assisted our clients in sourcing candidates with 30+ EU and non-EU language skills.

 
> Risk & Compliance - Click to read more

Our expert team recruit both junior and senior, permanent and temporary risk and compliance specialists across the UK. The team have a national remit, servicing companies from regional practices to top tier, international law firms.

 
> AssociatesClick to read more

At the core of our private practice sector is our associate team, who work with law firms nationwide, including Magic and Silver Circle, US, transatlantic, and international, as well as boutique and high street. The team place candidates from NQ level, up to senior associate and counsel roles. Practice areas covered include:

  • Corporate
  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Employment
  • Real Estate
  • Family
  • IP/IT
  • TMT
  • Construction
  • Environmental
  • Tax
  • Private Client
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Media
  • Sports
  • Financial Services
  • Restructuring
  • Projects
  • Transport
  • EU and competition
  • Fraud and white-collar crime
 
 
> InterimClick to read more

Our specialist interim team deliver candidates across all practice areas, from paralegal up to partner level. They have the ability to deliver a short list of candidates to our clients within 24 hours, these candidates will be fully compliant with the PageGroup vetting requirements.

 
> Partner - Click to read more

Our dedicated Partner division work closely with law firms to help them expand particular practice groups or sectors within the firm. The team place candidates from junior salaried or fixed share partners to senior equity partners.