Larbey Evans

What Larbey Evans does

Larbey Evans is a niche UK-based recruitment consultancy specializing in the placement of business services personnel into law firms. Founded in 2009 as a private limited company (Larbey Evans Ltd, registered in England under company number 7065389), the firm operates from a City of London office at 125 Old Broad Street alongside a Hertford registered office. Co-founded by Adele Evans and Damian Larbey, the firm targets legal-sector business services roles — Legal PAs, legal secretaries, HR professionals, finance/accounting staff, and administrative personnel — for top US, international, and UK law firms with London operations.

The firm operates as both an employment agency (for permanent and fixed-term introductions) and an employment business (for the supply of contract and temporary workers engaged via PAYE, personal service companies, or umbrella arrangements). Revenue mechanics combine placement fees from permanent roles with margin on contracted temporary hours. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: direct engagement with law firm HR departments and hiring managers, supplemented by job board advertising across CV Library, Reed, Monster, Total Jobs, and Indeed, plus social media sourcing via LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. The firm holds REC membership and the Recruitment Agency ACE Fairness Commitment as compliance credentials.

There is no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML capability, no disclosed funding, and no parent company. The team is small (1–10 employees) and structured around co-founders, a Director of Recruitment, and an Associate Director specialized in US-law-firm HR placements. Customer concentration is exclusively within the legal vertical, with active mandates visible across multiple top-tier law firm clients.

Name

Larbey Evans

Legal name

Larbey Evans Ltd

Website

https://larbeyevans.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Larbey Evans is a UK-based niche recruitment consultancy placing business services staff — Legal PAs, secretaries, HR, and finance professionals — into top US, international, and UK law firms on both permanent and contract bases.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Compliance Direct Hire (BPACAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

Keywords

• Legal recruitment services
• Permanent placement staffing
• Contract legal staffing
• Executive legal search
• Document review resourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Permanent Placement Services: Fee-based placement services for permanent roles. The company introduces candidates for permanent and fixed-term vacancies with client law firms, earning placement fees upon successful hiring.
2. Contract/Temporary Staffing: Supply of contract resource for temporary and contract roles. The company engages contract workers as PAYE employees or through their personal service companies (PSC) or umbrella companies, earning margin on the contracted hours.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Larbey Evans is a specialist recruitment consultancy that places business services professionals, document review/eDisclosure staff, and management-level candidates into UK law firms. Core service lines include permanent placement, contract and temporary staffing, document review resourcing, eDisclosure resourcing, and executive/management search. The firm serves as a focused intermediary between law firm clients and qualified candidates in administrative, operational, and support functions across the legal sector.

Product overview

Larbey Evans is a niche legal recruitment and executive search specialist that provides tailored recruitment services for law firms. The company operates as a single-service recruitment agency focused on placing permanent and temporary staff in business services roles within law firms. Their service offering centers on connecting legal employers with candidates for positions including Legal PAs, legal secretaries, HR roles, finance positions, and administrative staff. The company does not operate a technology product platform but rather provides human recruitment services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Placement (Business Services Recruitment) Recruitment of permanent business services professionals — including legal PAs, secretaries, HR, and finance staff — into UK law firms. Targeted at HR and hiring managers at law firms seeking permanent support function hires.
• Contract and Temporary Staffing Provision of contract and temporary business services staff to law firms for fixed-term, project, or cover requirements. Serves law firm operations and HR teams needing flexible resourcing.
• Document Review Staffing Sourcing and placement of document review personnel to support law firm litigation, investigation, and matter-driven review projects. Targeted at law firms and legal teams managing high-volume document review work.
• eDisclosure Recruitment Recruitment of eDisclosure specialists and support staff for law firms handling electronic disclosure phases of litigation and regulatory matters. Serves practice groups and project leads running eDisclosure workflows.
• Management and Executive Search Executive and management-level recruitment assistance for law firm business services functions, supporting senior hires across operations, HR, and finance leadership. Targeted at law firm partners, COOs, and senior stakeholders involved in management hiring decisions.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Taylor Root: Global legal recruitment firm placing lawyers and business services professionals into law firms and in-house legal teams. Overlaps with Larbey Evans on the legal business-services and HR/finance side of UK placements.
• Realm Recruit: Boutique UK recruiter focused on legal sector business services, including HR, marketing, IT, and finance roles in law firms. Directly comparable niche focus and target client profile to Larbey Evans.
• BCL Legal: UK-based legal recruitment specialist placing legal PAs, secretaries, paralegals, and business services staff into law firms. Closest direct competitor to Larbey Evans in the London legal business-services recruitment market.
• Douglas Scott Legal Recruitment: UK-wide legal recruitment firm placing both qualified lawyers and legal support/business services staff. Overlaps with Larbey Evans on the legal business-services recruitment axis in the UK.
• Leighton Taylor: London-based boutique recruiter focused on business services and support roles within City law firms, including legal PAs, HR, finance, and operations. Directly comparable in niche and customer base to Larbey Evans.
• Chadwick Nott: Established UK legal recruiter with strong City of London presence placing lawyers and legal support professionals. Comparable as a competing legal-sector specialist, though with broader solicitor-side coverage.
• Career Legal: Specialist London legal recruitment firm placing legal support, secretarial, and business services staff. Comparable in operating model (permanent + contract) and customer base (City law firms) to Larbey Evans.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half Legal: Global staffing firm with a legal practice placing legal support, paralegals, and contract staff into law firms and corporate legal departments. Comparable on the contract/temp legal staffing model that Larbey Evans also operates.
• Michael Page Legal: Global generalist recruiter with a dedicated legal division placing lawyers and legal support staff into UK law firms. Competes with Larbey Evans in legal business-services placements but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Hays Legal: Large multinational recruiter with a UK legal division placing into in-house and private practice. Overlaps with Larbey Evans on law firm business services and legal support hires but operates at much greater scale across all sectors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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