Private Practice - Associates
Access off-market opportunities at top firms
Corporate, Finance and Regulatory Associates have an unprecedented range of options at US and UK firms. Montresor are a leading firm in the field of Associate recruiting. Our Associate business embodies the firm’s core values of Partnership and Intelligence. Candidates get exclusive access to roles at top firms with advice from trusted, expert consultants.Why Montresor
Deal with a consultative recruiter, specialised in your area of practice
Access roles at US and UK firms before they come out anywhere else
See exactly which top firms are hiring with our exclusive marketplace platform thirdway.pro
See exactly what top firms pay via our crowd-sourced salary aggregator
Extensive support through the interview and moving process
Meet our experts
Hamish Drake
Hamish is a Senior Director at Montresor Legal and leads the law firm practice recruiting lawyers on behalf of US and UK law firms in London and abroad. Prior to entering legal recruitment over 7 years ago, Hamish practiced as a debt finance lawyer with national and international law firms in Australia and his home country, New Zealand.
+44 (0)7400346101
Holta Loku
Holta specialises in placing Associates within Private Practice, having worked in the legal recruitment industry since 2011. Her client base consists of top US and UK law firms and she has experience across a range of transactional practice areas with a particular focus on Finance, Tax and Corporate.
Outside of work you will find Holta at art galleries and theatres or on her sofa, watching reality TV shows.
+44 (0)7593572771
Hannah Benger
Hannah has worked in private practice associate recruitment since 2011, joining Montresor from another leading legal recruitment firm where she led the associate team. She has placed lawyers at all levels of seniority and across all practice areas into many of the most prestigious and successful firms in the London market. She has extensive experience in retained, exclusive and contingent search mandates.
When not working she enjoys sampling London’s restaurant scene (and running to work it off!)
+44 (0)7593572781
Elizabeth Sotinel
Elizabeth is a Senior Consultant with Montresor's Private Practice team. She joined Montresor Legal after managing a US immigration and asylum practice out of Libreville, Gabon.
Elizabeth is an American lawyer with a JD from the University of Notre Dame and a proud Texpat who's lived in London off and on since 2016. Outside the office you can find her chasing her Havanese around Brockwell Park or forcing TexMex on her friends and family.
+44 (0)7593 572 774
Ruchi Bhalla
Ruchi is a Consultant in the Private Practice team at Montresor Legal, specialising in U.K. and U.S. law firm recruitment. Ruchi joined Montresor Legal in 2022, previously working as a securities lawyer at a national law firm in Canada and consulted at a "Big 4" consulting firm. Ruchi specialises in bringing international candidates to the London market.
Outside of work Ruchi enjoys exploring the food scenes in both London and Toronto.
+44 (0) 7706 344 014
Alexandra Crabtree
Alexandra is a Recruitment Assistant at Montresor Legal. Alex supports and works alongside the Director of our Private Practice team.
Outside of work you will find Alex binge watching crime documentaries and supporting the Springboks.
07562 616 276
Max Campbell
Max is a Consultant in the Private Practice team at Montresor Legal specialising in U.K. and U.S. law firm recruitment in London, New York and across the globe.
Prior to entering legal recruitment, Max practised as a lawyer at two Magic Circle law firms in London.
+44 7593 572 780