Assisting a leading international law firm to scale up its Banking Litigation division
A leading international law firm approached BCL Legal with an urgent requirement to scale up its Banking Litigation division in response to a significant increase in contentious financial services work. This included a large volume of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) litigation on behalf of several major UK banks.
The firm required over 40 legal professionals consisting of qualified solicitors, experienced fee earners, and paralegals. The roles needed to be filled nationally across multiple regional hubs, with consistent quality, experience, and onboarding timelines—all within tight regulatory and client deadlines.
BCL Legal executed a tailored volume recruitment campaign:
- A specialist team of legal recruiters managed the campaign end-to-end, providing daily updates and acting as a single point of contact for the client.
- Leveraging BCL Legal’s national candidate database and regional expertise to identify high-quality legal professionals with relevant litigation experience.
- Candidates were thoroughly screened not just for technical capability, but also for litigation volume-readiness, attention to detail, and the ability to operate within a structured, high-pressure environment.
- All candidate engagement was handled with full confidentiality, respecting the client’s brand and internal processes while promoting the opportunity in a discreet way.
- Interviews and onboarding were coordinated in phases, aligned to the firm’s operational readiness and availability, with BCL managing candidate expectations and retention throughout the process.
Results:
- Over 40 hires made.
- All hires were successfully placed across the firms regional UK offices.
- The firm met its litigation capacity requirements and was able to continue delivering PPI work for its banking clients without disruption.
