Associate Recruiting -

Associates are where we began and where we remain unmatched

Connecting the legal sector’s most exceptional talent with its most defining opportunities, we don’t view legal recruitment as a sequence of jobs. We see it as the compound effect of the right decisions made at the moments others miss.

We offer a partnership defined by listening, understanding and acting in your best interests. By simplifying the complex and delivering consistently, we enable you to focus on what matters: the law.

For Candidates

With long-standing relationships across the world’s leading firms and unrivalled market intelligence, we provide access to opportunities that ensure your next move is not just a change of scenery. It is an opportunity to accelerate your career.

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For Clients

Success is built on succession. We help leading law firms across the globe to secure a reliable pipeline of ambitious, high-calibre talent to staff their practices for today and strengthen it for the future.

Practice Areas

We cover all major practice areas, with a particular strength in:

M&A
Private Equity
Leveraged Finance
Structured Finance
Tax
Real Estate
Commercial Litigation
Restructuring
IP Litigation
Energy & Infrastructure
Investment Funds

We work in partnership with clients across every sector where legal expertise matters.

Private Equity
Technology
Banking
Public Companies
Healthcare

…and many others. Our reach extends wherever our clients operate.

Seniority Levels

Associate, Counsel and Non-Equity Partner levels represent the focus of our business and the driving force of our growth.

Delivery first. Always.

Buchanan has established a reputation for delivering quickly, effectively and consistently over the long term.

We know that time is the most valuable commodity in the legal sector. We make your job simpler and your days more productive, creating real value that extends far beyond recruitment.

Think of us as an extension of your firm, earning trust not through promises but through proven results.

Global Insight. Local Expertise.

Our Associate recruiters don’t simply observe the legal market. They help shape it. Through partnerships with legal organisations, law schools, bar associations, and law firms, we share knowledge, drive conversations and serve as trusted advisors to law firms and lawyers.