November 2008

An article by Alejandro Kress is featured in major Spanish business newspaper, La Gaceta de los Negocios, which discusses the growing number of international law firms interested in entering the Spanish market. Please click here to view the article.

October 2008

Shilton Sharpe Quarry has been ranked fourth in the Recruiter Magazine’s Hot 100 2008 Report. This report analyses which recruitment consultancies are best at maximising the effectiveness and productivity of each of their employees. Please click here to view the complete report.  

Gavin Sharpe took part in an online Legal Week panel debate discussing the issues surrounding diversity in the legal sector. The debate covered issues such as why diversity is important to law firms and companies, the role of clients, how diversity targets can be realistically met and the role that recruitment consultancies and law firms have in pressing for change. Please click here to view the video debate.

September 2008

Christopher Hurst has joined SSQ’s London office and will be part of the in-house recruitment team.

SSQ, in association with Legal Week, hosted a seminar entitled ‘Diversity – The Greatest Challenge Facing the Legal Community Today?’ on 24 September 2008 in London, attracting over 50 partners and HR professionals from law firms, financial institutions and companies. The guest speaker was Linbert Spencer, Director, Linbert Spencer Consultancy.


July 2008

SSQ is pleased to announce the establishment of a Law Firm Management recruitment division in London. The Law Firm Management recruitment division will focus on recruiting for senior management level positions across business support areas within law firms. The team is headed by Will Coulter.

June 2008

An article by Mark Schulte is featured in the NJW’s 27 June 2008 issue which discusses the added value a legal recruitment consultancy can provide for in-house clients. Please click here to view the article.

May 2008

Three SSQ employees, Nicola Morris, Till Schöppe and Diana Luczak, from SSQ’s London and Frankfurt offices recently returned from Tanzania supporting Streetkids, a children’s charity headquartered in Frankfurt, which seeks to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged children in Tanzania. They were involved in the development of a reliable water supply to an orphanage through the installation of a pump, piping, generator and water tanks. For further details please click here.

Sarah Cartasegna and Andrea Brugiotti were interviewed for the April 2008 issue of Top Legal in Italy. The interview discusses the issue of lateral hires in the Italian legal market and the required skill set for the ideal partner. Please click here to view the article.

Giulia Citterio has joined SSQ in Italy. She will be recruiting lawyers for law firms, companies and banks.

Milo O’Connor has joined SSQ’s London office and will be part of the private practice recruitment team.



February 2008

SSQ has been nominated as finalists in three categories at the Recruiter 2008 Awards for Excellence in the UK. The awards ceremony will be held on Monday 28th April 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. This follows on from last year’s awards where SSQ won the Best Legal Recruitment Firm category. This year SSQ are finalists in the Best Client Care, Best Legal Recruitment Firm and Best Recruitment Firm to Work For categories. Please click here to go to the Recruiter Awards website.

This year SSQ has chosen to support Streetkids, a children’s charity headquartered in Frankfurt. Streetkids seeks to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged children in Tanzania and currently cares for 17 children in two orphanages in Dar es Salaam. For further details please click here.


December 2007

Helmut Rogalla was interviewed for the January 2008 issue of Rechtsmarkt. The interview discusses the developments in the German legal recruitment market during the last few years and thoughts on future trends. Please click here to view the article.

Gareth Quarry has been included in The Lawyer magazine’s 20th anniversary ‘Hall of Fame’ as one of the 100 pioneers in the law of the last 20 years in the UK. Gareth is the only legal recruiter included. Please click here to see view The Lawyer’s ‘Hall of Fame’.

November 2007

Mark Schulte has joined the in-house team in Germany. He will be based initially in Frankfurt and will transfer to the Munich office in early 2008.


October 2007

Coverage of SSQ’s recently opened Madrid office in La Gaceta de los Negocios. Please click here to view the article.

Shilton Sharpe Quarry hires senior in-house legal recruiter June Mesrie and opens in Madrid. Read the press release here.


September 2007

Alejandro Kress has joined Shilton Sharpe Quarry in Spain and will be based in the Madrid office.


August 2007

An interview with Nick Shilton has been published in German legal magazine Juve Rechtsmarkt regarding the legal recruitment market in Berlin. Please click here to view the article.


June 2007

An article by Sona Walentin is featured in NJW of 4 June 2007 which discusses the need for law firms to change their working culture and human resources strategies to adapt to the changing mindset of Generation Y. Please click here to view the article.

April 2007

Jonathan Field has joined SSQ’s London office and will be part of the private practice recruitment team. He studied at Leeds University and BPP Law School in London prior to training with Allen & Overy in London. Jonathan qualified into the Banking Department at Allen & Overy before joining Shilton Sharpe Quarry. He will be recruiting associates at all levels on behalf of law firms.


March 2007

Shilton Sharpe Quarry won the Best Legal Recruitment Firm 2007 category at The Recruiter (UK) 2007 Awards for Excellence held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on March 27th 2007. Read the press release here.

Carolin Rose has joined SSQ’s Frankfurt office and will be part of the private practice recruitment team. She studied law at university in Würzburg in Germany and Limerick in Ireland. She qualified as a German lawyer in 2005 and subsequently spent 2 years working as an in-house lawyer for KPMG in Frankfurt in the field of taxation. She will be recruiting associates at all levels on behalf of law firms.


January 2007

Laura Field has joined SSQ’s London office and will be part of the private practice recruitment team. She studied Psychology at Southampton University before starting her career in legal recruitment in 2002 at another well known recruitment consultancy. She will be recruiting associates at all levels on behalf of law firms.