UNCOVER

UNCOVER is a specialist legal risk and compliance recruitment agency founded by Daniel Chatfield, a former solicitor with extensive experience in the sector. The company has been recruiting in the legal risk and compliance profession for over seven years, building strong relationships across the industry. Daniel trained and qualified as a solicitor in South Africa before relocating to the UK in 2015, where he spent six years leading the Legal Governance team at an international recruitment firm. During this time, he worked with the majority of top international and national law firms, sourcing and placing risk and compliance professionals at all levels including Analysts, Lawyers, Directors of Risk, and General Counsels. UNCOVER was established to fill a gap in the market by creating a specialist agency that helps both clients and candidates uncover their potential.

UNCOVER specialises exclusively in legal risk and compliance recruitment, covering the entire risk and compliance function rather than isolated corners of it. The agency recruits for roles spanning AML and financial crime analysis, conflicts of interest analysis, business acceptance and client inception teams, risk and compliance management, professional indemnity and risk lawyers, and senior appointments including Heads of Risk, MLROs and COLPs. The company places candidates in permanent, contract and interim positions, demonstrating deep expertise in understanding the distinctions between different compliance roles, their market value, and which firms are genuinely hiring.

UNCOVER operates across the UK and international markets, having developed companies and careers by matching people with opportunities throughout Europe, Australia, Asia and the UAE. The agency places candidates across regional and national firms in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Bristol, as well as London and US-facing roles. Clients choose UNCOVER over generalist agencies because of its niche specialisation, maintained live network of candidates, rapid shortlisting capabilities, and access to proprietary salary data drawn from annual market surveys rather than scraped job advertisements. The company's resource hub provides comprehensive market intelligence including role-by-role salary benchmarks, a dedicated podcast, newsletter and advice library built from extensive experience within legal risk and compliance.