Clayton Legal

Clayton Legal is a legal recruitment agency that works only in the legal sector. It recruits for law firms across the UK, from Legal 500 and Top 200 firms to regional practices and boutiques, and also supports legal professionals looking for new roles. Its head office is in Preston, and it also has an office in Manchester. Louise Kearns is its Managing Director.

Its consultants recruit across residential conveyancing, commercial property and real estate, litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, employment, family, personal injury and clinical negligence, private client, compliance and regulatory, criminal and costs law, and legal support and secretarial roles. They work in regional teams covering the North West, Yorkshire and Humberside, the Midlands, London City, and the Home Counties and South East.

Clients can use permanent, temporary, locum and contract recruitment, on a contingency basis with fees payable on completion, or on a retained basis, which the company describes as typically suited to more senior hires. It also publishes a salary survey and a legal market report.