Elias Legal Recruitment

Elias Legal Recruitment provides Professional and White Collar Recruitment focused on legal talent across Australia, with over 20 years of specialist expertise in placing lawyers and legal professionals for law firms, corporates, government, indigenous organisations and not-for-profits.

• Founded in 2000 by Jason Elias (LLB), former lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills and Baker & McKenzie; founder is Fellow of the Recruitment Consulting and Services Association and adjunct lecturer in Legal Practice Management.
• Offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth; member of NPAworldwide for access to talent across the Asia-Pacific region.
• Service models include Executive Search (targeted headhunting), Retained and Exclusive arrangements, Contingent recruitment, Talent Pool (pre-screened candidates) and fixed-fee sourcing.
• Team of legally qualified recruiters; clients include law firms, government agencies, statutory authorities and native title representative bodies.

Best for: law firms, corporate in-house counsel and not-for-profit organisations recruiting permanent lawyers and legal professionals across all experience levels.

Elias Legal Recruitment provides Executive Search and Headhunting for senior legal roles across Australia, using targeted research and market mapping to identify hard-to-find lawyers and senior counsel.

• Premium service with exclusive headhunting and proactive research; fees structured in staged milestone payments.
• Founder Jason Elias combines expertise from over 20 years in legal recruitment, lawyer background and extensive industry networks across law firms, corporates and government.
• Asia-Pacific talent access through NPAworldwide membership, enabling cross-border executive search capabilities for in-house counsel and General Counsel roles.

Best for: law firms and corporate legal departments recruiting General Counsel, Senior Legal Officer and other hard-to-fill senior legal positions.