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Our discipline and location-specific teams live and breathe their respective markets. Whether you're a trainee solicitor, paralegal or partner, BCL Legal helps to clarify and manage your job seeking requirements and career ambitions. We'll find you what you're looking for.

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Effective hiring goes far beyond filling a job role. Successful recruiting puts its emphasis on people, quality and speed. We operate with unrivalled insight through our discipline and location-specific teams and using integrated technology, we match the right people to your business.

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I would happily recommend BCL Legal to anyone looking for a new role. BCL Legal matched my skill set to the jobs that they have put me up for and as a result, I have been able to fit into a job and organisation quickly and be productive from day one. What sets BCL Legal apart, for me, is their friendliness that is matched by their professionalism. I found BCL Legal extremely helpful, personable and professional.
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I have worked with BCL Legal for the past 6 years. They take the time to visit to discuss our needs. Working with James Batt as closely as we do has produced some excellent results. 
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BCL Legal was absolutely key in my recruitment process. They were responsive and supportive throughout, always taking the time to meet with me and answer any questions I had.
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Latest Vacancies

Banking & Finance Solicitor

Leeds and West Yorkshire

Negotiable

Banking & Finance Solicitor | (1+ PQE) | international law firm | Leeds

Posted 13 minutes ago

Construction (non-contentious) Solicitor

Birmingham

Negotiable

Construction (non-contentious) Lawyer - NQ - 3 PQE - Birmingham | September 2026 Qualifiers Welcome to Apply!

Posted 2 hours ago

Public Procurement Solicitor 2 - 10 PQE

North West

Negotiable

BCL Legal is delighted to be partnering with a leading international law firm, who, due to continued growth, is seeking to recruit public procurement lawyers at all levels, from 2 years' PQE to those aspiring to Legal Director, to join their expanding cross-sector public procurement team in Manchester / Liverpool.

Posted 6 hours ago

Employment Associate - 4-6 PQE

Central London

£180,000 - 200,000

Employment Associate| 4-6 PQE | Top 20 transatlantic law firm| Legal 500 | London | £180,000-£200,000

Posted 7 hours ago

Senior Legal Counsel

All Locations

£90,000 - 110,000

Remote (UK) | Occasional travel | £90,000 - £110,000 + bonus + excellent benefits

Posted 8 hours ago