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Rod Ellis
Director

Rod specialises in partner-level recruitment across the City and the North of England. He founded ReLegal in 2006 after serving as a partner at a Top 100 law firm, where he led firmwide recruitment and business development. With over 30 years' experience, he has successfully advised and recruited for leading global law firms and high-performing regional practices. His extensive market knowledge, credibility with senior lawyers and leadership teams, and relationship-driven approach consistently deliver outstanding results.

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Liz Rooke
Director

Liz  focuses on partner level recruitment in the City and the South East. As well as being qualified as a solicitor in 1998 she has moved on to have a stellar recruitment career. Liz and Rod worked together to build the Asia Pacific recruitment business of Hays Legal where she progressed to managing the team nationally.

On her return to the UK she moved on to head up the recruitment teams at UBS and Credit Suisse and latterly has been Head of Recruitment for Clyde and Co globally. She combines a results driven mentality with an eye for detail and an uncanny ability to build rapport with everybody she meets. Liz lives in Whitstable in Kent.

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Emily Lewis
Director

Emily focuses on partner level recruitment in the City and the South West. Emily qualified as a solicitor with Linklaters. Another with a stellar recruitment career, Emily moved into recruitment shortly after qualification with Hays Legal. She has many years’ experience dealing with private practice firms ranging from the Magic Circle and US firms through to high quality commercial regional practices.

Prior to joining Re Legal she co founded and successfully ran the market leading legal recruitment company in Hong Kong. Emily’s keen intellect, commercial acumen and engaging personality mean she is able to achieve results that can seem impossible. Emily lives in Bath.

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Louise Goodwin
Director

Louise has built her career as a corporate lawyer working at leading firms including Squire Patton Boggs, DLA Piper and Slaughter and May, Louise went on to head and expand the in-house legal team at Boohoo plc, guiding the function through its IPO. Her expertise now centres on business development, thought leadership, and cultivating long-term relationships with clients and industry leaders.

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Liz Hardcastle
Senior Consultant

Liz specialises in partner-level recruitment across Manchester and the North West. She joined Re Legal in 2020 following a career break to raise her family, bringing with her a strong legal background. After qualifying as a solicitor with Dentons in 2004, she practised as an employment lawyer before relocating to Manchester in 2007 to join Addleshaw Goddard's employment team.

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Alice Charles
Resourcing and Marketing

Alice is a Law graduate from the University of Liverpool and is responsible for ReLegal's resourcing and marketing functions. Drawing on her experience in finance recruitment with Hays, she brings a proactive approach, strong interpersonal skills, and meticulous attention to detail.

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