About Pembroke Soames | International Legal Recruiter

Our International Footprint:

Corporate Operations & Offices:

London (UK & European Operations)
New York (US Operations)

Regional Hubs & Coverage:

United States: Nationwide Coverage (with dedicated hubs in New York and the Washington, D.C. Metro)
United Kingdom & Ireland
Western Europe: France, Belgium, and the Netherlands
DACH Region: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Southern Europe & Scandinavia: Spain and the Nordic Markets
The Middle East

Simon de Meo, Managing Director

Built upon more than two decades of premium professional search and legal recruitment experience—including a foundational tenure at Norman Broadbent in London and seven years at Major, Lindsey & Africa—Simon de Meo partners directly with General Counsel and corporate executive leadership to solve complex talent mandates.

Operating across international jurisdictions, his approach combines veteran headhunting advisory with the depth of data from a dedicated research practice. Backed by our firm's comprehensive market-mapping capabilities and proprietary legal database, the practice systematically identifies high-calibre passive candidates, evaluates deep cultural alignment, and navigates complex regional regulatory frameworks to deliver accelerated search execution.

About Pembroke Soames:

Pembroke Soames is a premium corporate in-house legal and compliance recruitment firm. We support corporate departments at every stage of growth, managing both domestic assignments and cross-border mandates across the US, UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Whether you are expanding a local team or executing an international placement, our practice brings the scalable networks and senior-led execution to secure the right talent.

Firm Leadership

Why Choose Pembroke Soames?

Finding the right legal and compliance talent requires an agile approach. We remove the rigid friction of legacy firms to deliver permanent and interim recruitment across the complete corporate hierarchy. Here is why organisations partner with us:

Discuss Your Needs

Senior-Led Execution

Domestic & International Scope

Flexible Approach

Focused Expertise

Strategic Market Intelligence

Boutique Value Advantage

Mandates are handled directly by our senior leadership, backed by a dedicated research practice. This structure ensures your mandates—from junior counsel positions to executive leadership roles—are managed by a veteran advisor with over two decades of international experience, rather than a junior recruiter.

We deliver premier recruitment capabilities for both localised regional hires and complex cross-border placements. Operating with a deep pool of local US candidates alongside global networks, we navigate regional hiring practices, distinct local regulatory environments, and cross-border compensation benchmarks with total precision.

We align seamlessly with internal talent teams or manage complete, end-to-end mandates. Covering permanent, contract, and interim hiring tracks, our team scales to support everything from a single niche placement to a complete departmental build-out.

We focus exclusively on in-house legal and compliance recruitment, managing recruitment across all levels of seniority, spanning from junior legal roles up to General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer appointments. This strict specialisation delivers deeper industry networks and higher placement accuracy.

We provide comprehensive talent advisory services that add long-term organisational value. Our practice delivers real-time market intelligence, candidate mapping, compensation benchmarking, succession planning insights, and data-driven team-building counsel.

We offer premium boutique attention without the bloated overhead or rigid fee structures of legacy global firms. By utilising flexible commercial engagement models, direct access to leadership, and competitive rates, we deliver enterprise-grade results.

It was evident that Mr. de Meo understood the market better than anyone else and was capable of hiring the high level of talent we needed for this role.

Director of Legal & Compliance, Medical Devices Company

John Doe

★★★★★

Building Outstanding Legal Teams

Ready to discuss your legal hiring needs or explore how we can accelerate your talent search? We welcome the conversation.

Whether you are building a corporate legal function from the ground up, navigating a stalled mandate, or seeking comprehensive market intelligence, Pembroke Soames brings the experience, networks, and senior-led execution to secure the right talent.