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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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Our average Candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS) is 82

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I have found BCL Legal is always willing to give realistic appraisals, work hard to find the right candidates and clearly take the time to get to know the people that they work with.
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Thank you for working so hard in getting me this position. You both spent so much time and put in much effort in arranging interviews, even working late into the evening. 
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Family Solicitor, Regional Firm in Worcestershire
Mark Levine at BCL was fantastic to work with. He always kept me up-to-date on the progress of my application, adopts a partner-style, collaborative approach and is straightforward and honest. Mark was excellent at reassuring me about the job's suitability and at boosting my confidence. 
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Latest Vacancies

Commercial Associate Solicitor

Birmingham

Negotiable

Commercial Associate (2+ PQE) | Leading International Firm | Birmingham (Hybrid)

Posted 21 minutes ago

Senior Conveyancer

York and North Yorkshire

£45,000 - 65,000

Senior Conveyancer - York - Legal 500 firm - Hybrid working - Excellent progression

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Commercial Litigation Associate vacancy - 2-5 PQE

Central London

£150,000 - 170,000

Commercial Disputes Associate - 2-5 PQE Silver Circle law firm | London | £150,000 - £170,000

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Managing Associate - Employment - 5PQE+

Central London

£100,000 - 120,000

Managing Associate - Employment| 5 PQE+ National Top 30 firm| London office | £100,000 - £120,000

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Tax Associate, Dublin

Dublin

€90,000 - 120,000

BCL Legal are working on an opportunity with a leading tax team that continues to advise on some of the most sophisticated and high-value matters in the Irish market.

Posted 23 hours ago