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Vester Group launches specialist legal recruitment and talent advisory business

The legal recruitment and talent advisory business, Lexbridge Group, will be led by Nigel Goldsworthy. 

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Vester Group has launched Lexbridge Group, a legal recruitment and talent advisory business led by Nigel Goldsworthy. 

Goldsworthy joined Vester Group earlier this month and brings over 30 years’ experience in legal leadership, including time as associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and partner at Hogan Lovells. 

He also held senior roles in-house, most recently as head of legal and group company secretary at FTSE100 Rolls-Royce plc.

Lexbridge will work with corporates, law firms, private equity-backed organisations and growth businesses across the UK. 

The focus is on recruiting senior legal professionals such as partners, senior associates, general counsel, deputy general counsel, legal director, company secretary and specialist in-house counsel.

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Lexbridge takes a peer adviser model, aiming to connect legal professionals with organisations that value integrity, excellence and long-term partnership. 

Goldsworthy said: “The legal talent market is at an inflection point. 

“The role of the General Counsel has evolved fundamentally, with in-house legal leaders now expected to contribute to strategic decision-making, governance and commercial leadership, in addition to managing legal risk. 

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“However, the recruitment market has not always kept pace with that evolution.”

Goldsworthy added: “Lexbridge has been established to address this gap by operating as a peer adviser to legal leaders and boards, rather than as a transactional intermediary. 

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“Having spent more than 30 years building legal teams, making senior appointments, advising at board-level, and being recruited myself I have seen first-hand what good legal hiring looks like and what it costs organisations when it goes wrong.

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“I am very much looking forward to building Lexbridge into a trusted, long-term partner for clients and candidates across the UK.”

Dave Matthews, managing director at Vester Group, said: “The launch of Lexbridge is an important milestone for Vester Group. 

“Nigel’s approach to legal recruitment, grounded in experience, judgement and sector knowledge, is exactly what the market needs and what our clients deserve.

“Lexbridge enhances our group offering considerably, and we are confident it will establish a strong and distinctive presence within the UK legal talent sector.”

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