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Our discipline and location-specific teams live and breathe their respective markets. Whether you're a trainee solicitor, paralegal or partner, BCL Legal helps to clarify and manage your job seeking requirements and career ambitions. We'll find you what you're looking for.

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Effective hiring goes far beyond filling a job role. Successful recruiting puts its emphasis on people, quality and speed. We operate with unrivalled insight through our discipline and location-specific teams and using integrated technology, we match the right people to your business.

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Our average Candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS) is 82

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BCL has extensive knowledge of the market and takes great care in placing candidates in the right role and firm. They are patient and supportive and in addition very good at their jobs.
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BCL provides an extremely professional service. They take great care to match the potential recruit with my firm and as a consequence those who they put forward are appropriate.
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BCL Legal was absolutely key in my recruitment process. They were responsive and supportive throughout, always taking the time to meet with me and answer any questions I had.
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May 1, 2025

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Senior Conveyancer

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Senior Conveyancer - Cheshire - Salary up to £50,000

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Planning Solicitor | Legal 500 law firm | Southampton BCL Legal are working with a leading Legal 500 law firm to help recruit an ambitious Planning Solicitor to join the firms growing Real Estate team in Southampton.

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Corporate Associate - NQ (6 months) - 1 PQE Top 100 City law firm | London | £78,000 - £80,000

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