Amicus Legal & Regulatory

Finding Ireland’s Best Professionals and introducing them to ireland’s best employers.

Practice & Industry

Supporting Law Firms and In-House Legal Teams, and advising Irelands top legal talent.

Experienced

Amicus Legal & Regulatory comprises over 20 years of law recruitment experience.

Regulatory

We hire regulatory and compliance professionals across financial services, pharma & engineering.

Featured Roles

Top Legal Roles This Week

3rd March 2026

Private Practice

Funds Associate – 2PQE

€120,000

An exceptional newly created opportunity with a leading US Headquartered firm.

This is the best paid associate role on the market.

Private Practice

Head of Energy Law

€200,000+

Energy and utility lawyer sought to lead the energy law offering of my clients construction and infrastructure department.

Private Practice

Employment Law London

€135,000+

We have several high quality employment law roles with London firms currently paying premium reward levels and giving access to international advisory exposure.

Private Practice

Tax Director (Partner Track)

€160,000

As a “big fish in a medium pond,” you will provide holistic tax leadership across both personal and corporate tax, serving as the primary point of contact for the firm’s most valuable clients and bridging the gap between technical execution and the firm’s commercial growth.

Your Recruitment Team

Almost two decades of introducing great people to great brands.

Our Network, Your Move

Robert Connolly

Director, Legal & Search

Robert is a legal recruiter with 20 years experience. He is a go to choice for partners and senior counsel when it comes to key career decisions.

robert@amicus.ie

Caitriona Breaw

Senior Consultant, Legal & Regulatory

Caitriona is a detail oriented and highly organised legal and regulatory recruiter, trusted by HR and TA teams across Ireland and the UK and an expert process manager.

caitriona@amicus.ie

Latest Positions Available

  • November 12, 2025

    Debt Capital Markets Partner

  • October 8, 2025

    Company Secretary

  • October 7, 2025

    Senior Associate | Tech Transactions & Digital Regulation | Dublin

  • September 26, 2025

    Partner Designate | Utilities & Energy Sector

  • September 26, 2025

    Financial Services Partner

  • September 22, 2025

    Associate – Product Regulatory & Life Sciences

  • September 9, 2025

    Corporate Senior Associate (Venture Capital & M&A Focus)

  • September 5, 2025

    Solicitor Real Estate

Market Intelligence

The Amicus Brief

Our annual salary benchmarking report for the Irish legal market. Salary bands from NQ to Partner, practice area premiums, bonus structures and hybrid working trends — built from live market data.

What We Do

How We Work With You

Our Approach
  • Retained & Exclusive Search
  • Contingency Recruitment
  • Confidential Market Approaches
Client Services
  • Senior & Niche Hire Mandates
  • Competitor Mapping & Talent Intelligence

  • Practice Group Build-Outs
Professional Advisory
  • Career Positioning & Market Timing
  • CV & LinkedIn Profile Optimisation

  • Salary Benchmarking & Offer Negotiation

Passionate – Dedicated – Professional

The steps we follow to
achieve your goals

We listen. We hear. Then we talk.

The options we present you will reflect your expectations and goals, we rarely start a conversation with specific roles in mind.

Advisory

We discuss careers, markets and how best yours can be managed.

Amicable

We don’t twist arms. Our clients have needs, you have expectations – it’s great when they match.

Managed

We know what we’re doing, we live best practice to ensure excellent conclusions to your search.

Passionate – Dedicated – Professional

what people are saying

Don’t take our word for it.

His network within the legal sector is impressive, and Robert’s ability to source top-tier talent, even on challenging hires has been very valuable to us.

Department Head | Asset Management

Robert secured my current role and from the outset was looking for what I wanted instead of pushing positions I wasn’t interested in. I have recommended him on numerous occasions since.

Senior Associate | Corporate Finance

I hadn’t used a recruiter before and wasn’t sure what to expect, it says a lot that I slightly regret not working with Robert before now. The advice and support made a big difference.

Senior Associate | Corporate Finance