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Legal & Compliance Recruitment Agency

Specialist legal recruiters source and screen lawyers and compliance talent across 150+ countries. Shortlist in 5 days, pay on hire, 6-month guarantee.

Trusted by 3,000+ companies

Legal recruitment services

We find your legal team, and employ them too.

Legal hires carry real risk, the wrong counsel or a compliance gap is costly. Our recruiters source qualified, admitted lawyers and compliance professionals, verify credentials and screen for the jurisdiction and practice expertise your role needs, then onboard your hire in 48 hours with no entity.

Qualified & admitted

We verify qualifications and admissions.

Jurisdiction expertise

Screened for the right legal jurisdiction.

In-house or practice

Private practice, in-house and compliance.

Backed by a guarantee

Every placement carries a 6-month guarantee.

Our Results Speak for Themselves

5 days

to your handpicked shortlist

4.8/5

across 500+ verified reviews

97 %

clear their probation period

11 Languages

spoken by our recruiting team

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83 %

from passive-candidate sourcing

A global team, this week. In 150 countries.

From brief to shortlist in 5 days.

Real recruiters in your candidate’s city. No databases, no chatbots.

Day 1

You brief us on the role, location, budget and must-haves.

Day 3

Four vetted candidates, screened by in-country recruiters.

Day 5

You choose your hire and we close the offer.

Recruited and employed in 5 days.

We find your hire and become their legal employer, one partner.

Day 1

You brief us on the role, location, budget and must-haves.

Day 3

Four vetted candidates, screened by in-country recruiters.

Day 5

You choose; we hire and onboard them compliantly for you.

From brief to shortlist in 5 days.

Confidential C-suite and VP search, mapped to your market.

Day 1

You brief us on the mandate, must-haves and pay range.

Day 3

A calibrated longlist of leaders, personality-tested.

Day 5

Finalist shortlist, 360°-referenced and ready to meet.

Legal & Compliance expertise

Specialist desks across the sub-sectors you hire in, deep benches, not generalists.

From local team to global workforce – see how they did it

A Talent Pool of 10M Across All Business Functions

Pricing that scales with your hiring needs

Recruit & Hire with EOR

2% / mo

of annual salary over 12 months

What's included:

Legal & Compliance Recruitment

20%

of annual salary, paid on day one

What's included:

Executive Search

25%

of annual salary

What's included:

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Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. RemotePeople confirms legal qualifications, bar admissions and practising certificates, and runs reference checks before a candidate reaches your shortlist.

RemotePeople recruits for private practice roles from associates to partners, in-house roles from legal counsel to General Counsel, compliance and risk, and legal operations across major specialisms.

RemotePeople can recruit legal professionals and provide EOR employment for eligible roles in supported countries. Professional-practice rules, licensing and the proposed duties may affect whether that arrangement is available. RemotePeople confirms the local requirements and onboarding timeline before the hire proceeds.

For legal recruitment alone, RemotePeople charges 20% of annual salary, paid when the hire starts; executive search is listed at 25%. If an in-house legal hire also requires RemotePeople EOR, the agreed proposal sets the recruitment fee and payment schedule. The recurring EOR service fee and the employee’s salary and employer contributions are separate.

Yes. RemotePeople matches candidates to the jurisdictions and practice areas your role requires.

Yes. RemotePeople offers a 6-month replacement guarantee, with a replacement at no additional recruitment fee if a hire does not work out.