Since 2004, Danos Group has partnered with regulated organisations to build stronger governance frameworks and deliver senior regulatory talent across Financial Services and Professional Services.
In 2017, we established a dedicated In-House Legal recruitment practice, supporting existing and new clients, and partnering with General Counsel and senior legal leaders to build high-performing legal teams. Operating at the intersection of governance, regulation and commercial strategy, this practice has given us direct access to legal professionals with meaningful regulatory exposure and decision-making responsibility.
Building on our governance heritage and In-House Legal capability, we have since expanded into Private Practice recruitment. This evolution allows us to support selected law firms with the same discipline, discretion and market insight we apply to corporate mandates.
How We Support In-House Legal Functions
Permanent Recruitment Senior and specialist In-House Legal hiring, from mid-level qualified lawyers through to General Counsel and executive leadership appointments.
Interim Legal Solutions Short-term Legal leadership cover and specialist interim support, including regulatory change, transactions and transformation activity.
Legal Consulting Deployment of experienced Legal practitioners to deliver defined projects, regulatory initiatives and change programmes where additional capacity or specialist expertise is required.
Our solutions enable organisations to scale Legal capability appropriately, while maintaining quality, oversight and regulatory standards.
We advise boards and executive teams on senior In-House Legal hiring, where judgement, regulatory awareness and commercial credibility are essential.
Our mandates regularly include:
General Counsel
Deputy and Assistant General Counsel
Heads of Legal
Head of Legal & Compliance
Regional and Divisional Legal Directors
Senior Regulatory and Commercial Legal leaders
Assignments are delivered through retained executive search, exclusive contingent mandates or interim leadership solutions, depending on organisational structure, regulatory exposure and timelines.
Private Practice Coverage
Alongside our In-House focus, we support selected law firms with Private Practice hiring across Associates, Senior Associates and Partner appointments, particularly within regulatory-driven and governance-heavy practice areas.
Global Legal Recruitment Coverage
With established teams across Asia Pacific, EMEA, and the Americas,we deliver Legal talent globally. Our network is built through long-standing relationships with In-House Legal leaders and Private Practice lawyers operating within regulated environments.
Danos Associates offered much more than simply sourcing candidates.
They helped frame the scope of the search, giving context as to where we could search for our candidate pool and provided a commercial view of the labour market in this field and what we could expect… The shortlist of candidates we received was of a very high standard. Each candidate had been looked at critically.
Nicola SwannHR Director
Danos Consulting offered an excellent Interim Head of Compliance as a solution whilst undertaking our challenging permanent search mandate.
Danos Consulting really listened to our needs, parachuting in a candidate with the right technical skill set and personality. They really understood the DNA of our business which enabled them to provide support effectively when working to tight onboarding deadlines.
General Counsel, Niche Asset Management Firm
Danos Associates spend a lot of time getting to know your team and the culture, which makes it easier when new staff join the business.
In credit risk often the candidate pools have the same skill sets, however there are elements that the CV miss out. The Danos team work tirelessly to understand the skills levels of all candidates and most importantly, they get us quality candidates we can close and bring on board quickly.
Director of Model, Development Banking
Danos was referred to me as the best in the business.
I needed to find risk and compliance staff. My experience corroborates precisely that. Thorough, encyclopaedic market knowledge and execution orientated.
Hugo van VredenburchNon Executive Director, TMF Group
