Legal Executive Search Director
CurrentZephyr Legal Search is a pre-eminent Australian owned Executive Search firm that exists to serve the Australian Legal market. We are specialists in Search work at the Partner Level for Australia’s leading law firms. Website: zlsearch.com.au Email: nick.sweeney@zlsearch.com.au We provide the following services across the Australian Legal Market: • Retained and Exclusive Law Firm Partner Executive Search• Law Firm Partner and Team Move Work • Tailored and Bespoke Partner and Senior Lawyer Search Work• Facilitation of overseas based Australian expat Law Firm Partners’ relocation back to the Australian market • Firm Merger and Acquisition Work Director Nick Sweeney has spent over fifteen years working in the legal market in Melbourne and Sydney, as well as in New York City. He is a qualified lawyer, part of a multi-generational family of Australian lawyers and is very passionate about the Australian Legal market. Nick is recognised for the many senior Partner assignments and Team Moves he has successfully conducted. Throughout his career he has facilitated over 100 moves of market leading Partners and lawyers. He has worked in Legal Partner search with a leading global Executive Search firm in Melbourne for around five years and prior to that worked for five years in Legal Search in New York for a major international search firm, where for a period he was the top performer out of over 5,000 recruitment consultants globally. He commenced his career as an M&A/Corporate lawyer in Melbourne with a leading national firm, a firm with an outstanding culture. Nick has excellent long-term relationships across the Australian legal industry and personally values these relationships very highly. Whether it be for a tailored search or just to discuss the market, opportunities or goals for your firm, team or your career, he is always happy to chat over coffee or at 0403 669 470.
