Legal & Compliance recruitment
Leading specialist recruitment for legal & compliance professionals
Amidst economic volatility, regulatory change, and shifting customer expectations, organisations need legal, risk and compliance professionals who are attuned to the threats, risks and opportunities in today’s market. Our legal headhunters and compliance recruiters are experts in Hong Kong market - specialising in connecting organisations across commerce & industry and financial services with high calibre legal and compliance professionals in Hong Kong.
Over the years, we have built a large network of highly skilled legal and compliance professionals, making us one of the most established and trusted legal recruitment agencies in Hong Kong. Hiring across permanent and contract positions, our legal & compliance recruitment team has strong connection with professionals including legal counsel and experts in regulatory compliance. As many of our consultants possess extensive experience and network in the legal and compliance sector, we can both advise on and support their hiring needs.
The roles we specialise in
Meet your expert legal & compliance recruiters
Elaine Chu
Financial Services Hong Kong
With over 10 years of experience in recruitment, Elaine Chu is currently a senior manager at Robert Walters Hong Kong, where she leads a team specialising in sell-side roles with expertise in risk, compliance, audit, finance, operations, and legal recruitment.
Jessie Chan
Legal & Compliance Hong Kong
With over 7 years of experience recruiting in the compliance market, Jessie has a strong understanding of the market and extensive connections.
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FAQs
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Do you offer contract or temporary staffing solutions for short-term needs?
Yes. Our legal & compliance recruiters can connect you to our established community of contractors.
We provide a highly professional and efficient services tailored for you – from payroll, sourcing to organising contractors’ contracts on behalf of our clients, making the recruitment process seamless and stress-free.
Get in touch to discuss our flexible hiring solutions including temporary/contract recruitment, executive interim management, Statement of Work (SOW), payroll-only solutions and fixed term contracts.
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What is your process for vetting and screening potential candidates?
From junior legal candidates to experienced in-house counsel, our recruitment consultants conduct an initial screening call followed by a detailed interview to assess each candidate’s background, motivations, and long-term career goals. To minimise unconscious bias, we anonymise CVs and focus on skills rather than background.
We integrate diversity and inclusion into every stage of our recruitment process through a combination of technology, assessments, and strategic partnerships. We have access to testing platforms to create bespoke screening processes which can include aptitude, behavioural and technical testing.
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How does your legal & compliance recruiters source candidates?
Our legal recruitment team sources talent using our established candidate sourcing strategy. This includes Robert Walers global and GBA database, job board advertising, candidate referrals, industry events, partnership with professional accounting organisations and more.
We search legal & compliance professionals with the right skill sets and experience levels in Hong Kong.
Our targeted approach is powered by insights from our in-house market intelligence team. For harder-to-fill roles, we also offer talent mapping solutions.
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Can Robert Walters provide advice on current salary ranges for legal & compliance positions in Hong Kong?
Yes. You can find legal & compliance job market insights, hiring advice and salary trends with our comprehensive Salary Survey tool.
For bespoke insights, our in-house market intelligence team provide a salary benchmarking service. Salary benchmarking can support your attraction and retention strategy by giving you unbiased data, tailored to the needs of your business.