Executive search is built on discretion.
Many of our mandates are conducted on a confidential basis and are never made public. The opportunities shown on our website represent only a proportion of the assignments we are currently managing.
We partner with global legal leaders at critical moments.
Through specialist legal executive search and advisory, we support private-practice and in-house teams facing complex leadership decisions – bringing clarity, confidence, and direction.
Specialist executive search and leadership advisory
H&P Executive Search is a specialist legal executive search firm focused on in-house teams and private practice firms across the UK, US, and Europe. We support leadership teams and senior decision-makers through periods of growth, transition, and complexity, delivering critical hires through retained executive search and exclusive mandates.
Our work is defined by expertise, discretion, and outcomes that create lasting impact for organisations and the leaders within them.
International reach, local insight
With offices in London and Miami, and an established presence across New York, Germany, France, and key European markets, we advise leadership teams operating at the top end of international markets.
Legal specialists
Our consultants are specialists within clearly defined legal markets, allowing us to advise with insight, credibility, and precision.
Trusted by global leaders
We work in long-term partnership with leading organisations and individuals, supporting critical hires where quality, discretion, and consistency matter.
Trusted by global leaders
We work in long-term partnership with leading organisations and individuals, supporting critical hires where quality, discretion, and consistency matter.
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Who are H&P?
H&P Executive Search is a legal executive search firm specialising in senior appointments across private practice and in-house legal teams. Founded in 2019, we place partners, teams and General Counsel for law firms, corporates and financial institutions across the UK, US and Europe.
What types of legal search does H&P handle?
H&P work across private practice and in-house legal, from individual senior appointments to full team moves, office launches and building in-house functions. We operate on retained, exclusive and contingent bases, matching the model to the sensitivity and scale of each mandate.
Who does H&P work with?
H&P partners with international and independent law firms, corporates and financial institutions — from high-growth businesses making a first senior legal hire to global leaders redefining their leadership. We advise across the UK, US and Europe.
We’ve provided simple and clear answers to some common queries about private practice hiring and our services.