Legal Executive Search

 

Recruiting General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, and key in-house counsel and compliance executives

As business continues to grow more complex, organizations of all sizes and across all industries are seeking key in-house legal executives to mitigate risk and provide sound guidance to executive leadership teams. When a company makes the right hire in this area, the role brings immediate and lasting returns on the investment.

Recruiting in-house talent, from the GC down.

That’s why at JM Search, we’ve built a highly experienced and deeply connected team of experts dedicated to matching exceptional in-house legal and compliance leaders with private equity-backed, private, and public companies. We understand the critical importance of getting it right when working at the GC, Chief Legal Officer, and Chief Compliance Officer level and are dedicated to supporting the ever-evolving needs of our clients and their businesses. Since 1980, we’ve expected nothing less and neither should you.

Partnering with you

With deep functional and sector-specific expertise, our partners have built expansive professional networks from decades of firsthand experience.

Executive positions recruited

Our team is comprised of former C-level executives and deeply experienced executive recruiting experts that know how to assess top talent across the following key roles:

  • General Counsel (GC)
  • Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
  • Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
  • Chief Privacy Officer (CPO)
  • Chief Regulatory Officer
  • SVP/VP Regulatory
  • SVP/VP Compliance

Our focus areas

  • Consumer

    Successful consumer leaders anticipate buyer behavior, craft transformative strategies, and elevate customer experience through insight and innovation.

  • Education & Social Impact

    Transformative education leaders advance human potential, foster scalable innovation, and shape a more equitable and impactful future.

  • Financial Services

    Successful financial services leaders lead with foresight, adapt to change, and shape future-ready cultures across the industry.

  • Healthcare & Life Sciences

    Healthcare and life sciences organizations thrive under leaders who drive change, energize teams, and deliver meaningful patient impact.

  • Industrial

    Industrial businesses thrive under leaders who think globally and act locally, driving transformation with agility and foresight.

  • Legal

    Effective legal leaders expand client reach by identifying top talent, leveraging networks, and mastering the nuances of the lateral market.

  • Media, Entertainment & Communications

    Media and communications leaders’ pair creative vision with technological insight to lead transformation across evolving service-based sectors.

  • Services

    Service-based organizations thrive under leaders who modernize operations, energize talent, and expand reach in a globalized economy.

  • Technology

    Effective tech leaders unite creativity and fortitude to guide high-growth organizations through rapid transformation and market complexity.

Building diverse, equitable, & inclusive leadership teams

JM Search is committed to helping build more diverse and inclusive organizations – where all voices are heard and valued, and where employees can comfortably bring their whole selves to the workplace. We understand that each organization is at a different stage of their own DE&I journey. We strive to support clients with advancing their goals through a collaborative, thoughtful, and actionable human capital strategy, and are committed to bringing a diverse slate of qualified candidates to each search.

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