FrancisJames Executive Recruitment

FrancisJames Executive Recruitment is a Brisbane-based agency that recruits only in the legal sector. It describes itself as a boutique firm placing lawyers at all levels in private practice, government and in-house roles. Its work covers contingent recruitment and search assignments, and it also offers research and career advice for candidates.

The company operates in Brisbane, across Australia and internationally, through Australian and global alliances. It is led by directors Katie Francis and Nina Held. Francis has worked in legal recruitment in Brisbane since 2005. Held began in legal search and recruitment in London and focuses on the recruitment and executive search of lawyers. The company says its team has combined experience of over twenty years in legal recruitment.