January 2009

Mélanie Tremblay has joined SSQ as an Associate Director to launch SSQ France. Mélanie has worked for several years in the French legal recruitment market.

Justin von Deutsch has joined SSQ’s Frankfurt office and will be part of the in-house recruitment team.

December 2008

Shilton Sharpe Quarry is featured in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table 2008.  Fast Track 100 ranks Britain's 100 private companies with the fastest growing sales over the last three years. This achievement comes two months after SSQ was ranked fourth in the Recruiter Magazine’s Hot 100 2008 Report. For more information on the Fast Track 100 please click here. 

Shilton Sharpe Quarry is to open a new office in Paris in January 2009. The French office will be led by Melanie Tremblay who has worked for several years in the French legal recruitment market.


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.


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