We provide retained search and selection, as well as contingency recruitment, across four closely connected markets:

• AI-Native Law Firms
  Talent and leadership for the new generation of AI-native legal businesses.

• In-House Legal
  AI-experienced legal talent for teams embracing new technology and new ways of working.

• Law Firm AI & Innovation
  AI adoption specialists, legal engineers, innovation leaders and transformation professionals.

• Legal AI Vendors & Consultancies
  Specialist talent for the businesses building, delivering and advising on Legal AI.

The positions and organisations we represent are pioneering new territory in the legal sector, and as such require an adaptable approach. The emergence of Legal AI is impacting organisational structure and changing career trajectories for those working in the legal profession, simultaneously creating roles and capabilities that did not previously exist. We understand these dynamics and how best to navigate this new era of legal service delivery.

Our recruitment work combines rigorous search methodology with a nuanced understanding of the legal market, AI and the evolving relationship between the two. We look beyond titles and conventional career paths to identify the skills, experience, mindset and adaptability that organisations increasingly require.

For clients, this means a search process built around genuine understanding rather than volume. We invest time in understanding the business, its culture, strategy, technology, leadership and ambitions before approaching the market. 

For candidates, it means a similarly considered experience: discreet, informed conversations about opportunities that genuinely align with their expertise and aspirations.

Great talent doesn’t necessarily require a permanent employment contract. Businesses may need additional capability during periods of rapid growth, transformation, expansion into new markets, M&A activity, technology implementation or regulatory change. AI native businesses and innovative law firms may also require specialist expertise before there is justification for a permanent role.

Our flexible talent and fractional lawyering offering provide access to high-calibre legal expertise on a more adaptable basis.

Sicura provides flexible offerings in tandem with our permanent recruitment practice, providing access to carefully selected legal professionals who can contribute on a fractional, interim, project, flexible or otherwise tailored basis, depending on the requirement.

Our role is not simply to provide additional resource. We focus on understanding what the organisation actually needs to achieve, the capability required to do it and the most appropriate way of accessing that capability. By engaging and deploying our proven consultants, Sicura’s flexible talent offering shields your business from any unnecessary commitment and liabilities associated with permanent recruitment.

The impact of AI on legal services is far reaching, with significant implications for organisational and employment strategies. When legal businesses and in-house teams adopt new technologies, traditional structures, roles, career paths and models of work are subsequently impacted. Organisations will need to think differently about the capabilities they require, how teams should be structured, where expertise should sit, and how they attract, develop and retain people with specialist skills in an increasingly competitive market.

Sicura provides organisational and strategic consulting focused on recruitment, talent and people strategy, drawing on our specialist understanding of disruptive legal services, legal technology and the evolving employment landscape.

Our work aims to support organisations with a broad range of strategic input, helping to answer questions such as:

• What capabilities will our organisation need as AI changes the way legal work is delivered?

• Where should our legal innovation focus be?

• Which roles should be permanent, flexible, fractional or technology-enabled?

• How do we build an effective talent strategy around a new business or service model?

• How should we approach senior hiring in a highly specialised and competitive market?

• Where are the emerging pools of legal and technology talent?

• How should our recruitment strategy adapt to changing employment and hiring practices across jurisdictions?

• How do we align our people strategy with our wider business and technology strategy?

We bring together market intelligence, recruitment expertise, organisational thinking and a deep understanding of legal-sector disruption to help clients make better-informed decisions about their people.

For organisations operating at the forefront of legal AI, this perspective can be particularly valuable. The talent model that worked yesterday may not be the model required tomorrow.

Our consultancy pricing is tailored to the specific scope and nature of each engagement. Given the varied nature of our work, fees are bespoke to each project, with fixed pricing provided as standard wherever possible. Where specialist expertise or independent benchmarking is required, we draw on a strong network of trusted, technology-agnostic AI consultants and benchmarking specialists.