Schollmeyer & Steidl

What Schollmeyer & Steidl does

Schollmeyer & Steidl GmbH is a Frankfurt-headquartered, privately held German personnel and merger consultancy specializing in the recruitment of legal, tax, finance, and compliance professionals. Founded in 2006 by Daniel Schollmeyer and Ina Steidl — both former practicing lawyers with LL.M. degrees — the firm operates a contingency-based executive search model under which candidates are served free of charge and clients (law firms, companies, banks, insurance companies, and audit/tax advisory firms) pay placement fees. The firm employs approximately 10 senior consultants across five German offices (Frankfurt am Main, Köln, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf), each of whom is a former Rechtsanwältin or Syndikusanwältin with prior careers at top-tier international law firms or major corporates, enabling them to evaluate legal fit at the partner, associate, counsel, and General Counsel levels.

The firm's core product lines are Legal Executive Recruiting, Tax & Finance Recruiting, Compliance Recruitment, and Legal Interim Management, supplemented by Merger Advisory for law firm transactions and Talent Acquisition across all seniorities. A proprietary candidate database of 749 pre-screened, change-willing legal and tax professionals — built and curated over nearly two decades — is the firm's central operational asset, alongside a self-service job portal listing 374 active mandates. The firm maintains the LTS (Legal Tax Support) subsidiary for support-function recruitment, is part of the FlexSuisse international network enabling placements into Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, and is affiliated with the House of HR Group for strategic expansion.

Schollmeyer & Steidl has been ranked as Germany's best Personalberatung for jurists by Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche in each of 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and serves a blue-chip client roster that includes virtually every major international law firm operating in Germany (K&L Gates, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, Covington & Burling, Gibson Dunn, Mayer Brown, GSK Stockmann, Flick Gocke Schaumburg, Oppenhoff) alongside large corporates such as PwC, BASF, Aurubis, Exide Technologies, ING, and BNY Mellon. As of April 2022, Dr. Barbara von Rohr — a co-founding-era partner with prior tenure at Clifford Chance — serves as sole managing shareholder.

Name

Schollmeyer & Steidl

Legal name

Schollmeyer & Steidl GmbH

Website

https://schollmeyersteidl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Schollmeyer & Steidl is a Frankfurt-based, German private legal recruitment firm founded in 2006 that places partners, associates, general counsel, and tax/finance professionals for international law firms, corporates, banks, and audit firms via a five-city, 10-consultant specialist team and a proprietary 749-candidate database.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Executive Search and Recruitment

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry-Specialist / Sector-Focused M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-side/Sell-side) (BPAHADAC)

Keywords

• Legal executive search
• Tax finance recruitment
• Compliance officer placement
• Law firm recruiting
• Legal interim management

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingency Recruitment Fees: Placement services are free for job candidates. The company enters into fee agreements (honorary arrangements) with law firms, companies, banks/insurance companies, and accounting firms (WPGs) for recruitment and placement services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Schollmeyer & Steidl is a specialized personnel and M&A consultancy providing executive search and recruitment services for legal, tax, finance, and compliance professionals. The firm places partners, associates, general counsel, tax advisors, and compliance officers at law firms, corporations, banks, insurance companies, and audit/tax advisory firms across Germany. Services include Legal Interim Management for short-term project-based legal staffing and advisory on law firm mergers and acquisitions.

Product overview

Schollmeyer & Steidl is a specialized recruitment firm operating as a unified platform for legal, tax, finance, and compliance staffing solutions. The core offerings include Legal Executive Recruiting, Tax & Finance Recruiting, Compliance Recruitment, and Legal Interim Management services. The company also provides merger advisory services for law firms. A complementary sub-brand, LTS (Legal Tax Support), extends services to HR, marketing, and business development roles within the legal/tax sector. The firm leverages a proprietary candidate database built over nearly 20 years to facilitate precise talent matching.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Executive Recruiting

Named customers20 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FlexSuissecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational network partner (formerly PerConex) representing the company internationally in various European countries. In Germany, FlexSuisse provides 'Zeitarbeit' (staffing/temp work) for lawyers, tax, and compliance experts (Legal Temp). In Zürich, the group cooperates with the company on Executive Search for legal and compliance roles. Schollmeyer&Steidl is part of the FlexSuisse network.
• LTS (Legal Tax Support)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLTS ('by Schollmeyer&Steidl') is a subsidiary company focused on recruitment in HR, Marketing, and Business Development positions around the topics of Legal, Tax, and Compliance. Founded by Daniel Schollmeyer and Ina Steidl approximately 20 years ago alongside Schollmeyer&Steidl. Complements the core legal/tax recruitment with support-function placement services.
• Partnerkarriere.deminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLinked from the website footer. Partnerkarriere.de appears to be a partner career platform that aligns with Schollmeyer&Steidl's focus on partner-level legal recruitment. The nature of the partnership is primarily referral/linking.
• House of HR GroupminorOthersDaniel Schollmeyer is responsible for strategic expansion of the company in interplay with other companies of the House of HR Group. This positions Schollmeyer&Steidl within a broader HR group of companies, though the exact relationship structure is not detailed.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Boyden: Boyden is a global executive search firm with significant presence in Germany serving financial services and professional services clients. It competes for senior partner and in-house legal placements at German-domiciled firms.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a US-listed global executive search firm with a dedicated Legal, Risk, Regulatory & Compliance practice in Europe. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same large-international-law-firm and GC mandates S&S targets.
• Robert Half (Legal & Compliance): Robert Half is a global staffing firm with a dedicated legal and compliance practice placing paralegals, legal counsel, and compliance staff. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps S&S at the in-house legal and compliance mid-market level.
• Odgers Berndtson: Odgers Berndtson is a global executive search firm with a strong German practice across professional services. It serves as a broad incumbent alternative for senior legal and finance leadership mandates.
• Hays (Legal & Tax): Hays is a global recruitment firm with dedicated legal and tax practice areas covering Germany and DACH. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps S&S in tax/finance recruitment and interim legal staffing.
• Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a global executive search firm with German roots and a strong practice in legal, tax, and compliance officer placement. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps S&S in senior legal and General Counsel searches.
• Kienbaum Consultants International: Kienbaum is Germany's largest domestically rooted executive search and HR consulting firm. While broader than S&S across industries, it competes for senior legal and finance mandates and represents the principal German incumbent in the executive search space.

Direct peers

• Taylor Root: Taylor Root is a specialist legal recruitment firm with global operations, placing partners, in-house counsel, and compliance professionals. It is the most direct international peer to Schollmeyer & Steidl in the legal executive search niche.
• The Law Support Group: The Law Support Group is a London-based legal recruitment specialist covering in-house, private practice, and compliance roles across Europe. It competes head-to-head with S&S for cross-border legal mandates involving German lawyers.
• Laurence Simons: Laurence Simons is a UK-headquartered international legal recruitment firm focused on partner and team moves, in-house counsel, and compliance placements. It directly overlaps S&S's core legal executive search proposition in continental Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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