TALENT VAULT™
An executive search framework for Legal, Technology & Financial Services
TALENT VAULT™
An executive search framework for Legal, Technology & Financial Services
YOUR EXECUTIVE SEARCH PARTNER
WHO WE ARE
We are an international executive search agency partnering with leaders in Legal, Technology & Financial Services. We provide you access to elite talent with discretion.
OUR FRAMEWORK
Talent Vault™ is our proprietary executive search framework, built on direct relationships with proven professionals and used to execute searches across Legal, Technology, and Financial Services.
MARKET INTELLIGENCE
Access structured insight across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, covering Legal, Technology, and Financial Services. Our analysis examines workforce shifts, hiring demand, project launches, and areas of talent constraint, providing context for organisations planning growth and professionals navigating change.
OUR SERVICES
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
Cloud, AI, Cybersecurity, and Systems Engineering hires where programme timelines, billable utilisation, and technical credibility are directly linked.
We work with consultancies, enterprise transformation teams, and high-growth technology firms that cannot afford delay or misalignment.
Legal
TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGY
Senior in-house legal appointments for market-leading Am Law firms, Magic Circle firms, and international corporations.
We support these clients across complex roles in regulatory matters, compliance, investigations, cross-border advisory, data privacy, cybersecurity, and AI governance, helping our clients handle 2026’s regulatory and AI transformation pressures.
Financial Services
Free Graduate & HR Hiring
Free Graduate & HR Hiring
Quantitative research, systematic trading, risk, and platform engineering across hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, and institutional investors.
We place professionals who understand both code and capital allocation, where performance tolerance is zero.
Free Graduate & HR Hiring
Free Graduate & HR Hiring
Free Graduate & HR Hiring
Our graduate hiring program, provided at no cost to clients under our retained and scale-up schemes, connects early-career professionals to our clients’ future leaders programs.
We invest significantly in advanced headhunting tools to source and vet graduate talent, absorbing all costs.
What Our Candidates & Clients Say
CONTACT US
CONTACT OUR TEAMS
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at enquiries@steadmanchase.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
We operate on a headhunting model, not job board dependency. Most professionals we represent are not actively applying to roles. Searches are conducted through direct market engagement, supported by proprietary intelligence within our Talent Vault™ network.
Talent Vault™ is our protected executive search framework, built through years of direct engagement with senior professionals across Legal, Technology, and Financial Services. It enables rapid access to individuals rarely visible through conventional hiring channels.
No. Many mandates are confidential or business-critical. A significant portion of our work is conducted off-market to protect both client strategy and candidate privacy.
Qualified pipelines are typically delivered within 48 - 72 hours following brief confirmation, using targeted outreach rather than volume sourcing.
Not typically. We primarily engage proven specialists and leaders within our network, who rely on us to manage career moves discreetly.
If you have already applied to a client directly, we are typically unable to represent you to the client within a 6 month timeframe of the application. Once an application is submitted, GDPR and right-to-represent provisions prevent third-party introduction, removing our ability to manage the process or act on your behalf. For this reason, we advise engaging with us before applying, so representation, coordination, and communication can be handled properly from the outset.
Our work is intentionally selective. Representation is based on market credibility, delivery history, and leadership trajectory, not application volume.
Yes. Searches are handled with strict discretion, particularly where candidates must avoid signalling movement within their current organisation.
Because their careers are managed with precision, discretion, and access to opportunities rarely visible to the wider market.
We support multinational corporations, consultancies, investment firms, and high-growth technology businesses where access to specialist talent directly impacts performance.
We operate across retained, contingent, contract, and scale-up partnerships depending on urgency, seniority, and hiring volume.
Retained search is an exclusive partnership structured around staged deliverables to secure senior or specialist talent where failure to hire is not an option.
Yes. Replacement searches are provided under defined conditions when a placed candidate exits within the agreed guarantee period.
Candidate ownership remains with the firm for a defined period following introduction, preventing circumvention and protecting search integrity.
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