Legal Commerce & Industry
We support a wide range of clients including multinational corporations, fortune 500, and UK headquartered companies to meet their legal talent requirements. Our coverage spans the UK, US, Europe, and Asia, where we have access to an extensive international network of senior talent.
We specialise in senior-level appointments from General Counsel and their senior leaders, team builds and adding junior talent as future leaders. We cover all legal practice areas and have a particularly strong track record within commercial, data protection, IP/technology and corporate.
Seniority Levels:
General Counsel
Head of Legal/Departmental Heads of Legal/Legal Director
Regional Heads of Legal
Senior Legal Counsel
Legal Counsel
Partner
Counsel
Senior Associate
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Jonathan Cartwright
Partner, Head of Legal Commerce & Industry
Alastair Brunton
Consultant, Legal Commerce & Industry and Legal Private Practice
Jonathan Cartwright
Partner, Head of Legal Commerce & Industry
Jonathan joined Simmons & Hanbury in 2021 to lead and grow the commerce and industry practice. He has specialised within in-house legal search for several years, completing numerous retained search assignments for global multinationals, SMEs and UK based businesses. He works with some of the most well-known and recognised brands in the world. Jonathan has also successfully worked with law firms and consultancies in relevant areas such as IP, Technology and Data Protection.
Jonathan is adept at assisting private equity portfolio companies with the placement of their first In-house Counsel, as well as functional Heads of Legal and General Counsel appointments. Jonathan leads General Counsel networking events, partnering with top tier law firms to deliver industry leading content for a variety of in-house legal disciplines.
Prior to joining Simmons & Hanbury Jonathan was Head of Commerce & Industry for a leading governance search firm and studied English at the University of Birmingham.
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Alastair Brunton
Consultant, Legal Commerce & Industry and Legal Private Practice
Alastair joined Simmons & Hanbury in January 2023 to work in the Legal Corporates Practice. He has worked in legal search for several years, with a background in both Private Practice and In-house, specialising in placing Commercial, Data Privacy and IP lawyers. His client base ranges from leading professional services companies, global consumer brands and several FTSE listed businesses. Prior to joining Simmons & Hanbury, Alastair worked within the Legal team at a leading global search firm.
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