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Steadman & Chase is a multinational executive search firm operating across Legal, Technology, and Financial Services. The firm is built on a proprietary talent system and an exclusive professional network developed over more than a decade of direct engagement with senior specialists and leaders.
That system is protected under the Talent Vault™ trademark. The trademark exists to safeguard the name, its primary use, and the reputation attached to it, ensuring the firm’s proprietary talent network cannot be misrepresented in the market.
Steadman & Chase works with organisations where access to proven market leading professionals is often limited.
Our work is selective by design. Shortlists are typically delivered within 48 to 72 hours through direct, off-market engagement, supported by market intelligence as oppose to volume-led recruitment. The professionals represented through the firm engage us directly, outside application processes, and rely on Steadman & Chase to manage career moves with discretion.
Our social impact is embedded within how we hire. Graduate placements are delivered at no cost through our retained and scale-up partnerships, creating access to early-career opportunities across Legal, Technology, and Financial Services whilst supporting clients in building long-term capability.
We also prioritise the advancement of women in technology through targeted search, particularly in cloud and AI disciplines where representation remains structurally low across major markets. In Germany, for example, women account for just 9% of cloud engineering professionals, a disparity that often results in teams where women are significantly outnumbered. Our work supports more balanced hiring outcomes through deliberate, search-led intervention.
Partner with Steadman & Chase for executive search across Legal, Technology, and Financial Services, delivered through engagement models, including retained, contingent, and scale-up hiring with free graduate and HR hiring.
Access confidential, off-market appointments through established client relationships. We represent experienced professionals directly, managing introductions, interview process, and offers with careful market positioning.
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.
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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