Ziegler Consulting

ZIEGLER CONSULTING

Ziegler Consulting is a bespoke and discreet legal recruitment and resourcing consultancy. From your first encounter with us you will notice a difference. We listen, we collaborate and we place integrity and forming long-term relationships at the centre of everything we do. It’s an ethos that has served us well in over 15 years successfully introducing hundreds of lawyers to law firms at all levels from associates through to partners.

WE HEAR YOU

We listen. It’s where it all begins for us. Working with honesty and integrity to fully understand our client’s brief or to come to know our candidate’s true character and skill set. These vital building blocks are too often skimmed over and they can only be achieved through listening.

We are motivated by the knowledge that a better and different way of doing recruitment is possible – we know this because we do it every day.

For lawyers looking to make a move it means supporting, understanding and advising objectively so that they secure a new role that fully exploits their talent, furthers their career and is one that fulfils them.

For a client it means understanding you and your business and providing targeted intelligent recruitment where candidates have been carefully vetted, have the right experience but equally are the right cultural fit with your organisation. In the case of partners, crucially, it also means that the portability of their practice has been thoroughly assessed and evaluated.

RICHARD ZIEGLER

After nearly five years post-qualification work as a corporate lawyer in the City, I made the move into legal recruitment in 1999 and I’ve never looked back. Whether placing a partner into a big City firm or advising an associate on their all-important early steps, my pleasure is in seeing them go on to fulfilling roles and careers that develop with them. They often return as clients.

For me, recruitment is all about making best use of a client or candidate’s time. For busy partners or HR professionals who instruct me that means a targeted and intelligent recruitment service. Time and time again that's what my clients say they want and increasingly struggle to find. For lawyers looking to change jobs, finding the time, between highly demanding workloads, to devote to this can be critical. They simply need a recruiter they can trust, who knows the market inside out and can make the right judgement, based on experience, on best law firm fit. Regularly the lawyers I work with tell me this is what I provide.

In between day to day recruitment I have also acted as an expert legal recruitment witness. In the reported High Court case, Clarke v Maltby, the judge, the Hon. Mr Justice Owen remarked in his judgement that the assessment I gave was based on my “... intimate knowledge of the market”.

In my spare time I enjoy spending as much time as I can with my family. That often means listening to my children play the viola and cello on the weekend and when I can squeeze it in playing football and going to the gym. Early in my recruitment career I found time to add to my law degree and LLM from Kings College London by gaining a degree in Psychology.

LAW FIRMS

We work with a wide range of law firms from U.S., silver circle and large UK firms in the City through to smaller West End and niche law firms.

A high proportion of candidates come from recommendation and referrals. However we also have a large database of candidates we have worked with in the past, regularly advertise with the leading specialist publications in the legal sector and use research and headhunting when appropriate.

PARTNERS

Working with Partners is a separate expertise within Ziegler Consulting. It’s an area in which we have vast experience but one in which we follow the very same ethos that pervades everything we do. We listen, we understand and we take time to get a crystal clear picture of you before we consider approaching firms. We provide in-depth advice on how to present you to clients, in particular your business plan as well as dealing with the whole process through to offer, negotiation and transitioning arrangements to your new firm.

ASSOCIATES

Our associate work is another area of strength and one in which we take great pride in a pastoral approach designed to ensure that candidates are able to present themselves effectively on paper and in person. Making the right career move early in your career is vital and our record in this area speaks for itself. Many of the associates we have helped are now partners and clients whom we work closely and often exclusively with in the recruitment of associates for their team.

TESTIMONIALS /

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US

Richard is an excellent recruiter and I would highly recommend his services to anyone.

He is extremely proactive and makes a real effort to match the requirements of the recruiting business with those of the potential candidate. He also works hard to ensure that both sides are kept updated as to progress. I found his approach extremely refreshing; he was honest, supportive and helpful.

Environmental Associate placed at Silver Circle Firm
Richard is simply great! He is an excellent recruiter. He knows the market inside out, manages your expectations well and will follow up any opportunities.

He is very reliable and will be with you every bit of the way from your old job to your new position. I highly recommend him. Senior Structured Finance Lawyer – placed at Magic Circle law firm.

Richard is tenacious and very supportive throughout the recruitment process, and very good to deal with.

Patent Litigation Partner placed at Central London law firm
Richard is highly recommended for candidates and those recruiting. His approach is calm and sensible.

He is patient and understands totally the importance of finding the right person for the right firm. He has in-depth knowledge of the legal market and wide experience – especially in relation to partner moves. He is very supportive & encouraging (without being pushy) and manages to keep calm when others start getting excited.

Projects Partner placed at City Firm
I have used Richard both to successfully place me (more than once) and to recruit an assistant to work for me.

Richard is excellent at understanding what precisely you are looking for and trying to find a good match for you. He resists the temptation of many recruiters of simply offering you whatever is on his files and really works hard only to try and place you at a firm he thinks will be a good fit. He is honest and trustworthy and very personable so all in all, an excellent choice when it comes to recruitment.

Property Litigation Partner placed at London Firm
Richard is my preferred recruitment consultant and number one choice. When I receive a cv from Richard, I can be sure that very careful consideration has gone into its submission and that the candidate is right for my firm.

Managing Partner – London law firm
Unlike others, you made a concerted effort to understand my background and where I wanted to get to professionally, and made me think about what kind of position I was really looking for. You clearly have great connections in the legal industryand are very well thought of by the partners that instruct you.

Associate placed from City law firm into niche Central London law firm
You have become more than an agent but provide guidance on my own career opportunities and path, which has been clear since we met.

Data Protection Associate assisted with career move.
I have known Richard for more than 10 years and throughout that time he has provided valuable support and advice. I particularly value the honesty of his opinions and he is my first point of reference for advice on specific roles and on the market generally.

Senior Financial Services Regulatory Lawyer placed into City law firm
Richard Ziegler is an extremely skillful and experienced recruiter, clearly knowing the market inside out and a real pleasure to deal with.

Senior Funds Lawyer placed at International Firm

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