Questions?

Legal executive search

Partner or
legal executive
ambitions?

Lateral or vertical, equity or non-equity, up to legal C-level.

Founder & senior-led process
Open senior mandates ↓Let's talk, in full discretion ↓

Reactive · Confidential

A few open senior mandates.

Contact Ségolène Geeraert or Bernard Van Steenberge for the full briefing or for mandates that are not publicly listed.

For whom?

Partner · Lateral Move

Partner transitions

The right move is
rarely public.

Equity or non-equity? Boutique or international platform? The most important partner transitions happen discreetly - often long before the market sees them coming.

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What may be on your mind

  • You are wondering whether your current firm still offers the right growth platform.
  • You want to know how your practice is really valued - including equity, governance, compensation and future perspective.
  • You are exploring a lateral move without creating market visibility.
  • You are looking for a firm that better fits your commercial vision, culture or international ambition.
  • You are considering an individual move, practice build-out or team transition.

Proactive · Tailor made approach

Added
Value(s)
Based

100% confidential

Your contact people

Senior & founder-led.

Start your trajectory today and contact Ségolène Geeraert (law firms) or Bernard Van Steenberge.

For law-firm trajectories, Bernard & Ségolène work together with our law-firm specialists Cédric Denoyette and Joséphine Mairate.

Who is Steve Skills

Our approach

01

Intake and shortlist

  • Extensive intake. Your expertise, ambitions and timing.
  • Confidentiality requirements mapped out.
  • Building a focused shortlist together.
  • Firms or companies that match your profile and added values.

02

Process

  • Anonymous approach of selected parties.
  • Testing whether there is interest.
  • Only sharing your profile and credentials with your approval.
  • Guidance from first exploration to final negotiation.

03

Fit

  • More than qualifications.
  • Vision, culture and financial structure.
  • Long-term ambition must align for you and the employer.
  • We only sign off when there is real fit.

Executive search
with an eye for
numbers & letters.

Caring

  • Best interest
  • of both parties.

Frictionless

  • Correct
  • direct.

Creative

  • Analytical
  • & out of the box.

founder & senior led

years of niche recruitment experience

discreet

FAQ

Legal executive search via Steve Skills.

Why work with Steve Skills for legal executive search instead of traditional headhunter firms?

Because we know the legal niche inside and out . Both founders have a legal background . No Pan-European desk. No volume recruiter. We deliver a premium service in a market we work every day: partners, GCs, CLOs and Heads of Compliance across BeLux. A traditional headhunter firm sells scale. We sell intimacy with the market .

In private practice, everyone knows everyone at partner level. Why still use your executive search service?

Exactly. That is precisely why . Because everyone knows everyone at partner level, it matters that conversations start and are guided through us where needed . A direct approach can create unwanted signals: inside your current firm, or with the other side. We keep your search anonymous until you decide otherwise. And we know the nuance behind the scenes that you may not see yourself: which partner is genuinely open, which deal is being prepared, which move a firm is quietly anticipating.

Do you also place non-equity partners?

Yes, absolutely. Lateral, equity, non-equity, of-counsel or senior counsel-track: we cover the full spectrum. For your move, the structure is secondary. What matters is the match with the firm, the package and the trajectory.

Steve Skills executive search for private equity & family offices: why that focus?

Personal network. Word of mouth. Our founder has invested 10+ years in relationships with partners at PE firms and family office structures in BeLux. These clients require extreme confidentiality, speed and fit , which aligns directly with our founder-led approach. The work comes through referrals: a GC recommending a colleague at a family office, a PE partner mentioning us over dinner. No marketing. Pure word of mouth in a world where discretion is the currency. Today we handle mandates for portfolio companies of top-tier PE houses and single-family offices: GC, CLO or Head of Legal & Compliance, often with its own entrepreneurial dimension.

Ready to meet?

We contact you - or the other way around

+32 2 886 17 10hello@steveskills.be