Our Team

London Office

We handle vacancies on behalf of the top  350  private practices in the capital as well hundreds of small, medium sized and niche practices in London, the South, the Home Counties and the Midlands.

Our  In House team , managed by Lucy Boyd, is widely regarded as the most connected and effective in the country, handling vacancies within the financial, manufacturing, construction & engineering, commercial, high-tech, regulatory and industrial sectors.  

Our renowned Professional Support team  is also based in London. 

Vacancies in Europe, the Far East and North America are also handled from here.

The London Team

 

Marian Lloyd-Jones co-founded Lipson Lloyd-Jones with Simon Lipson in 1987 from a standing start. Marian was previously involved in the advertising and marketing industry. Now widely recognised as the most respected and effective legal recruitment consultant in the country, she handles vacancies across all sectors and is noted for her expertise in senior level recruitment  marian@ll-j.com

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Lucy Boyd joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 1987 soon after being called to the Bar. She established and developed Lipson Lloyd-Jones's In House team soon after and is noted for her expertise in managing dedicated recruitment campaigns for clients in the commercial, financial. technology, regulatory, energy and manufactoring sectors. Lucy continues to place lawyers in private practice at all levels  lucy@ll-j.com

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Shelley Carr joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2001 and initially handled both private practice and in-house recruitment. In 2003, she joined our Professional Support team and has since established herself as one of the country’s leading exponents in this area of recruitment. Shelley also places lawyers into senior non fee-earning roles such as risk management, compliance and training  shelley@ll-j.com

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Jon Cowdry joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2002 and specialised in legal executive recruitment, quickly building the first ‘go to’ division for this sector. Since then he has developed a wider portfolio, recruiting solicitors from NQ to partner, and has managed a number of high profile mergers. Jon has also become an acknowledged specialist within the insurance law field  jon@ll-j.com

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Lisa Rose qualified and practised as a barrister before joining Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2002. She handles recruitment at all levels, from NQ to partner and departmental head, in private practice and in-house, specialising in US and City firms. Lisa also specialises in moving barristers into private practice, the UK's only dedicated consultants to offer this service  lisa@ll-j.com

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Jane Fry trained at Wragge & Co and specialized in commercial/IP work there after qualifying in 1997. She subsequently worked in-house for two media companies in London before joining Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2002. Jane joined our Professional Support Division in 2004, where she handles  assignments across the sector  jane@ll-j.com

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Piers Westoby joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2006 having previously worked for eight years at a leading regional legal recruitment consultancy. Piers handles recruitment at all levels within both private practice and in-house  piers@ll-j.com

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Simon Beresford-Webb joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 2011 and has 18 years experience placing Lawyers in law firms and in-house legal departments on a permanent and interim/locum contract basis in London , the South East and Overseas. simonbw@ll-j.com

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Manchester Office

Our Northern team is based in our Manchester office. The team covers the major legal centres of the North West, North East & Yorkshire markets as well as the surrounding towns.

We have operated within the Northern legal community for over 10 years and each region is serviced by a specialist consultant who has in depth knowledge of the local markets.

Our client base consists of all major international and national commercial firms as well as a vast array of mid-tier and smaller, niche firms.  We are instructed on mergers and lateral Partnership hires and we act for lawyers of all levels from Partners to Newly Qualified. Whatever the level, we offer invaluable advice and guidance on finding the right opportunity for our candidates.

The Manchester Team

 

Kelly Reid joined Lipson Lloyd Jones in 2009, having previously forged a successful career as a legal recruiter over the previous three years, prior to which she specialized in costs drafting. Kelly acts for a broad range of private practice and in-house clients, handling recruitment assignments at every level  kelly@ll-jnorth.com

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Emma Kirk joined Lipson Lloyd-Jones in 1999 having worked in recruitment for five years specialising in legal, secretarial and financial services work. Emma handles accounts and administration matters along with enquiries from clients and candidates emma@ll-jnorth.com

 

 

Annmarie Jackson joined Lipson Lloyd Jones in August 2011 to deal with the recruitment of all levels of legal staff in the North/Midlands from Partners to Paralegals. Annmarie ran her own Legal Recruitment Firm and Law Costs Drafting firm prior to re-entering the legal recruitment arena four years ago. She is well placed to advise clients and candidates on their recruitment needs drawing on this experiencel annmarie@ll-jnorth.com

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