Real Legal Recruitment

Real Legal Recruitment has delivered targeted talent solutions from our London base. Specialising in Legal, HR, Consulting & Advisory, and Customer Service, our dedicated team connects professionals with engaging opportunities across the United Kingdom. We focus on understanding specific client needs to build strong, effective teams.

Real Legal Recruitment is a recruitment agency run and owned by John Fowle and Larissa Rea.

John specializes in providing tailor-made solutions for law firms around the world. John is an expert with many years of experience in the field, having built strong relationships with firms of all sizes, across a range of different practice areas.

At Real, we understand the importance of building teams within a firm, from associates to partners, and pride ourselves on making lasting connections and providing the best possible outcomes for all of our clients. We strive to provide the highest quality of service, and are committed to helping our clients find the perfect fit for their legal team.

We work with lawyers of all levels across all practice areas. John specialises in working with midlevel and senior associates in the corporate space and surrounding areas, including finance and commercial. John's network is expansive, but his main markets are New York, Texas, Boston, and Chicago.

Larissa is an ex-Clifford Chance lawyer who has since become an award-winning legal headhunter. She knows the legal market inside and out, and has been described by clients as "the go-to for our specialist recruitment needs". She is the "first one [clients] call when [they] need something done meticulously, quickly and with no fuss", and is tenacious with searches.

SImilarly, with her candidates, she encourages them to go deeper about their wants and needs; once those desires are discovered, she will stop at nothing to achieve those goals for her candidates.