Recruiting Director - Legal Practice

Becker Wright Consultants; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Becker Wright Consultants is seeking a Principal or Director to build and scale our Legal Practice in New York. You will originate, win, and deliver retained and contingent legal search mandates in energy and infrastructure platforms, developing a robust in-house legal hiring capability.

You will lead senior client relationships, shape team design and compensation benchmarking, and advance long-term advisory relationships beyond transactional placements, leveraging a portable client base from

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in legal recruitment in a 360 capacity.
• Operating at Managing Consultant, Principal, or Director level.
• Demonstrated sector focus in energy, infrastructure, power, renewables, or adjacent private equity / fund environments.
• Strong understanding of in‑house legal hiring, particularly within PE‑backed, M&A‑driven, or asset‑heavy businesses.
• Experience placing roles across project finance, M&A, regulatory, and commercial legal functions.
• An existing, portable book of business with client relationships that can be leveraged from day one.
• Strong business development capability and commercial ownership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage senior client relationships across energy, infrastructure, power, renewables, and fund platforms.
• Originate and win new legal search mandates through proactive, relationship-led business development.
• Lead complex, consultative searches for in-house legal roles including AGC, DGC, Senior Counsel, and specialist positions.
• Advise clients on market mapping, compensation benchmarking, team design, and succession planning within regulated and transaction-heavy environments.
• Provide insight into legal team structuring across asset lifecycles (development, financing, construction, operations, and asset management).
• Collaborate with partners and peers to share relationships, market intelligence, and cross-platform opportunities.

Skills

Legal recruitment

360 capacity

Business development

Relationship management

Sector credibility

Job description

Our client is a specialist search firm focused on energy, infrastructure, power, renewables, and adjacent investment platforms. We partner with sponsors, developers, operators, and funds on highly consultative, senior‑level searches across investment, finance, and legal.

We are hiring a Principal or Director to build and scale our Legal Practice in New York. This is a senior, revenue‑generating role suited to an experienced legal recruiter with an established network, strong business development capability, and clear sector credibility. The role sits at the intersection of legal talent and real asset investing, supporting clients operating in regulated, capital‑intensive, and transaction‑driven environments.

The Role

This position operates as a true 360 consultant role, with responsibility for originating, winning, and delivering retained and contingent legal search mandates.

You will play a central role in building out our clients legal capability, with a particular focus on in‑house legal hiring across energy and infrastructure platforms, where legal teams are critical to enabling investment, development, financing, and asset operations.

Typical mandates will include:

• AGC / DGC hires supporting platform build‑outs and geographic expansion
• Senior Counsel hires across project finance, M&A, regulatory, and commercial functions
• Legal team builds within PE‑backed developers, IPPs, infrastructure funds, and portfolio companies
• Strategic hires aligned to energy transition, grid modernization, and large‑scale capital deployment
• The role offers significant autonomy, market visibility, and the opportunity to shape a core practice area within an entrepreneurial firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage senior client relationships across energy, infrastructure, power, renewables, and fund platforms
• Originate and win new legal search mandates through proactive, relationship‑led business development
• Lead complex, consultative searches for in‑house legal roles including AGC, DGC, Senior Counsel, and specialist positions
• Advise clients on market mapping, compensation benchmarking, team design, and succession planning within regulated and transaction-heavy environments
• Provide insight into legal team structuring across asset lifecycles (development, financing, construction, operations, and asset management)
• Collaborate with partners and peers to share relationships, market intelligence, and cross‑platform opportunities

Ideal Background

• 5+ years’ experience in legal recruitment in a 360 capacity
• Operating at Managing Consultant, Principal, or Director level
• Demonstrated sector focus in energy, infrastructure, power, renewables, or adjacent private equity / fund environments
• Strong understanding of in‑house legal hiring, particularly within PE‑backed, M&A‑driven, or asset‑heavy businesses
• Experience placing roles across project finance, M&A, regulatory, and commercial legal functions
• An existing, portable book of business with client relationships that can be leveraged from day one
• Strong business development capability and commercial ownership
• Clear sector credibility within energy, infrastructure, and/or fund platforms
• Collaborative, low‑ego, high‑accountability mindset

What Success Looks Like

• Independently originating mandates and expanding client coverage across target sectors
• Building trusted, long‑term advisory relationships rather than transactional placements
• Adding incremental BD momentum and sector reach to the platform
• Establishing our client as a go‑to advisor for in‑house legal hiring within energy & infrastructure
• Contributing to a collaborative culture where relationships, ideas, and successes are shared

Why Join

• Deep sector specialism with genuine market credibility across energy and infrastructure
• Highly consultative, relationship‑driven search model
• Entrepreneurial environment offering autonomy, flexibility, and room to build
• Opportunity to play a visible role in shaping and scaling a core practice area
• Direct investment and sponsorship from the executive leadership team to build out the Legal Practice as a core growth vertical
• Access to shared client relationships, live mandates, and cross‑sell opportunities to accelerate desk build‑out and revenue generation
• Ongoing support across hiring, marketing, and infrastructure to enable rapid scaling of the practice