Adele Evans

A founding Director of Larbey Evans, Adele remains firmly hands-on, leading complex business services mandates while overseeing the firm’s financial governance, compliance, operations, wellbeing and marketing strategy. Commercially astute and detail-driven, she combines operational leadership with a highly consultative approach to recruitment.

Trusted by clients for her candour, market intelligence and delivery focus, Adele partners with firms on an exclusive, PSL and retained basis, providing strategic hiring solutions aligned to growth, transformation and succession objectives. She is particularly experienced in supporting organisations navigating change — including digital transformation, innovation programmes, process improvement initiatives and user adoption strategies — recruiting talent within emerging and technology-driven functions that enhance operational performance and long-term capability.

On the candidate side, Adele is known for her tenacity, discretion and long-term relationship focus. She acts as a career partner rather than a transactional recruiter, offering informed guidance grounded in real-time market insight.

Her areas of expertise span senior management and leadership appointments, Human Resources, eDiscovery, Business Development and emerging technology and transformation-focused roles.

To contact, please email aevans@larbeyevans.com.

Damian Larbey

Damian is a founding Director of Larbey Evans, responsible for strategic recruitment initiatives, working with boutique firms through to Magic Circle. Having assisted with the set-up of City based “start-up” law firms in recent years (as well as the organisational restructuring within established firms), Damian offers consultative advice surrounding remuneration, best practice, testing, software design and methodology. Damian leads regular market overviews, producing informed literature on key “hot” topics. Our clients look upon Damian as a trusted advisor for large scale Document Reviews – engaging English and Foreign Qualified lawyers within complex, multi-jurisdictional litigation matters whilst also being a contact for recruitment of all legal support and administrative staff for London, Europe and Middle Eastern offices. Specialist areas including Paralegal, IT and Senior Management roles. To contact, please email dlarbey@larbeyevans.com.

Jack Waldron

Jack is Director of Recruitment at Larbey Evans, with over 13 years at the firm specialising in senior-level and confidential hires across business services and talent functions within the legal sector.

Jack works closely with law firm leadership teams on the identification and appointment of senior professionals, particularly at Director, Head of Department and senior management level, across Human Resources, Talent, Compliance and other key business services functions in London, nationally and internationally.

Alongside client work, Jack plays a central role in the development and leadership of the Larbey Evans recruitment team. He oversees the hiring, mentoring and professional development of Consultants, supporting the growth.

Jack brings a strong understanding of the legal sector, having previously worked within internal recruitment teams at three leading US law firms in London, spanning HR, graduate recruitment, fee-earner hiring and wider business services recruitment, giving him a well-rounded perspective on talent strategy within law firms.

Additionally, Jack is committed to mentoring and pro-bono initiatives that support early-career professionals and those looking to develop careers within the legal sector, including educational workshops and mock interviews at GCSE secondary schools.

To contact, please email jwaldron@larbeyevans.com

Kirstey Foot

Kirstey is the Operations Manager at Larbey Evans, responsible for overseeing internal processes, procedures, and service delivery to ensure everything runs smoothly and in line with our core values. With over a decade of experience in the legal sector, Kirstey began her career as a Legal Secretary before moving into HR and recruitment, supporting top-tier US law firms in London across Business Services, Fee-Earner, and Graduate Recruitment. Her broad experience gives her a well-rounded view of the industry and what makes legal recruitment successful. Kirstey is passionate about building strong relationships, streamlining operations, and supporting the continued growth of the Larbey Evans team.

Neil Hagan

Neil is Managing Consultant (Finance, Business Development/Marketing) at Larbey Evans, specialising in the permanent and interim recruitment of professionals in these areas. He has worked within the legal industry throughout his career, working for established City law firms before moving to legal recruitment over 10 years ago. He has an exceptional understanding of how the modern law firm operates at all levels and able to offer guidance to hiring managers through all stages of the recruitment process.

Neil has an established legal network of qualified and non-qualified finance, business development, marketing, and compliance professionals. He prides himself on providing a first class service with regards to advice on career moves, cv presentation, interview coaching and the offer process.

To contact, please email nhagan@larbeyevans.com.

Mark Irwin

With over 15 years of legal recruitment experience, Mark brings deep expertise from in-house Recruitment Manager and Senior Leadership roles at Magic Circle, Silver Circle and US law firms in addition to top-tier legal recruitment agencies; hiring and placing talent across fee-earner and all business services support functions.

Mark possesses in-depth understanding of internal hiring processes and strategic talent acquisition and takes a consultative and strategic approach to recruitment, drawing on specialist knowledge including Human Resources, Talent Development, Business Development and Finance.

A strong advocate for relationship building, Mark supports candidates through every stage of the recruitment process-from career planning to interview preparation and is committed to creating lasting, mutually beneficial connections between firms and candidates, always focused on securing the right fit for long-term success.

To contact, please email mirwin@larbeyevans.com.

Sarah Henderson

Sarah is a Candidate Consultant at Larbey Evans, where she plays a key role in shaping the candidate experience from first interaction through to placement.

With a foundation in legal recruitment within the London market, complemented by experience in private staffing, she offers a thoughtful and well-rounded approach to talent engagement. Her academic background in Law with English further strengthens her understanding of the legal landscape and the nuances of the recruitment process.

Sarah is dedicated to ensuring every candidate’s introduction to Larbey Evans is both seamless and memorable.

Emma Hossack

Emma, Founder of “Glow At Work” is an ICF accredited Executive Coach, Master Resilience and Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, who is dedicated to helping organisations create healthy, high-performing workplaces.

Larbey Evans is a long-term advocate of Corporate Wellbeing, having been pioneers within our industry providing both online and in-person workshops over the past 10 years, we are now very excited to have Emma as our resident Executive Coach Consultant to work closely with our clients, creating bespoke packages with easy-to-implement tools to empower you and your team to thrive, not just survive!

Emma passionately believes that investing in the wellbeing, resilience, inclusivity and mastery of employees is the key to unlocking their full potential and driving organisational success.

To contact, please email emma@glowatwork.co.uk.

IN MEMORIAM - TOM PYE

Recruitment Team Leader

Gone and never forgotten.

We had the absolute privilege of working alongside Tom (affectionately known to us as “TP”) for many years and his passing is an immeasurable loss. We will always remember Tom with immense gratitude for the love, laughter, loyalty and unwavering support he brought to us and so many. Tom’s memory will remain forever at the heart of our team.

Rest peacefully, TP… You were truly one of the very best 🕊️