COGENS Executive Search specialises in filling positions in the field of legal. Our name is our driving force: Cogens* – bringing together what belongs together.

We connect selected lawyers with law firms and companies. Our clients benefit from our long-standing experience in the search for qualified reinforcement. Our consultants have their own professional backgrounds in the legal field of companies as well as in law firms.

Since 2010 through our professional competence but also through the advantages of a small boutique, we have established ourselves as partners for mostly internationally operating commercial law firms. We attach great importance to individuality and personality.

For companies, we support the establishment as well as the expansion of legal departments. We discuss the development of the legal function with senior lawyers and propose tailor-made solutions.

We develop comprehensive career strategies for lawyers who want to change their career path.  Our network provides access to a diverse job market, some of which is not publicly accessible.

Our mandate database summarises all publicly available information on the German transaction market. We report on it quarterly in our Transaction Monitor. Of course, we also use this treasure trove of data to provide faster and more precise advice.

* from cogere: [to] collect, unite, bring together

Executive Search for Law Firms

We fill partner and associate positions for national and international law firms nationwide.

Our consultants specialise in specific fields and sectors.  This ensures that our clients have a complete overview of the market, even in specific segments. We use our own competence model to discuss positions in detail and fill them precisely.

We know the special economics of law firms and understand the close connection between their considerations for personnel and strategy. If necessary, we first prepare a market study – for example on a specific market segment of legal advice – before starting a search, or help in other ways when considering a new hire.

In particular, the issue of parity is also very important to us. In this context, we advise both law firms and female lawyers. Our thoughts in this regard can be found in condensed form in our whitepaper Women in the Law Firm World.

Support in special situations (team building, location expansion, outplacement, etc.) is also part of our service portfolio.

Transparency in our cooperation is always important to us: our clients are kept up to date through a structured approach that includes regular reporting.

You can get a first insight into our working methods here.

Legal Search for Corporate Clients

We think that the majority of candidates who are suitable for specialist and management positions in law is not reached by classic job advertisements.

Lawyers interested in a change often do not take the time to read job advertisements. In addition, the specific requirements profile is conveyed to a limited extent. It is not clear to the target group what the special attraction of the advertised position is. Also, interested people often avoid applying directly because discretion and anonymity are very important to them.

This is where we step in.

We can phrase your wishes in a way that is appropriate to the target group, since we know and understand both market and industry.

With the help of our extensive candidate pool, requirement market research and an excellent network that has grown over many years, we bring the right people together. Thanks to our competence model, we filter out exactly the right candidates for your specifications.

In doing so, we are aware that the role of in-house lawyers goes far beyond purely professional qualifications – joint success can only be achieved if the personality of the candidates also matches the corporate culture.

Thanks to our legal background and many years of professional experience in the legal sector of international companies, we are able to work out an efficient and target-oriented strategy with you – be it for an individual appointment or for the establishment, expansion and restructuring of an entire legal department.

You can get a first insight into our working methods here.

Counselling for reorientation

We support lawyers who want to reorient themselves. Our contribution can vary widely – from a short orientation talk to a comprehensive analysis of all options, from reviewing a CV to assisting with business planning, from making a single contact to talking to several carefully selected law firms or companies. We are also provide advice and support when considering a move from a law firm to a company.

Please contact us, as we can only achieve optimal results through personal dialogue.

Our promise

Our top priority is confidentiality and discretion as well as adherence to professional standards.

We see you as our client and ensure, among other things, short response times, availability even outside normal office hours and careful documentation of our work. You can get a first impression of our approach here, using the example of a referral to a law firm. We would be happy to explain our working methods in more detail in a personal meeting.

Our support for your desired job change

We systematically observe the law firm landscape and are very well-connected, not least through our own career. This means that we also have access to the hidden labour market and to options that are not advertised through traditional job advertisements.

In addition, we have relevant contacts to HR and technical managers in companies of various stripes – from start-ups to strongly growing medium-sized companies to established corporations. Here, too, we always keep an eye on the dynamics of the market in order to be able to provide our candidates with the best possible advice.

Our advice for your career planning or reorientation

Do not hesitate to contact us if you are not yet clear about your next career step. We also offer you the option of counselling that does not pursue the specific goal of a job change. Here we support you in your strategic planning by working out together what your individual wishes, your values and your strengths are so that the course can then be set.

We are also happy to advise female lawyers specifically on the subject of women in the law firm world (Frauen in der Kanzleiwelt), as our work has taught us time and again that special approaches are needed here in order to be able to achieve personal objectives.

Open positions

We are personnel consultants and see ourselves less as web designers. Therefore, we do not update our job advertisements on a daily basis, but prefer to talk to you directly during this time.

Feel free to contact us or write to us at info@cogens.net.

You can get a first insight into our working methods here.

Open positions

We are personnel consultants and see ourselves less as web designers. Therefore, we do not update our job advertisements on a daily basis, but prefer to talk to you directly during this time.

Feel free to contact us or write to us at info@cogens.net.

You can get a first insight into our working methods here.

Expertise: Analysis and Know-How

Since 2011, we collect all information related to law firm assignments in Germany that is available in the public domain and amalgamate it in a customized, unique data base. We analyze this data in regular intervals to the benefit of our clients and candidates.

Transaction Monitor

Quarterly information on the German market

Market Analysis

In-depth analysis
of market segments

Case Studies

Insights into the world of in-house lawyers

Business Monitor / Company Monitor

Regular information on transaction participation

If you are interested in receiving our analysis and publications in a timely manner, please contact info@cogens.net so that we can add you to our mailing list.

Know-how

Since transparency creates trust, you will find some selected information on our approach and corporate culture here, which should serve to give you an initial overview of our working methods.

Frauen in der Kanzleiwelt

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Kompetenzmodell Unternehmensjuristen

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Kompetenzmodell Kanzleijuristen

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Vorgehensweise Suche (Unternehmensjuristen)

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Vorgehensweise Platzierung (Kanzlei)

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Our Team:
Dedicated advice from specialists

Every new appointment has its background, every personality fits into an organisation in its own way. All our consultants have a legal background and deal with new developments in commercial law firms and legal departments on a daily basis.

Office Frankfurt

Partner

Stefan Grub has been an HR consultant in Frankfurt since 2010. Prior to that, he worked as a lawyer, in-house counsel and in first-level management positions. He studied law and economics in Passau, Cologne and Volgograd. Working languages are German, English and Russian.

Main focus:

  • Mergers & Acquisitions / Corporate Law
  • Financing & Capital Markets Law
  • Dispute resolution
  • Compliance & white collar crime
  • Partners and teams, salaried lawyers
  • Executive positions for corporate lawyers

+49 151 4262 6512

+49 69 24 74 33710

stefan.grub@cogens.net


A team of five law students, each with several years of relevant experience, works in the back office.

They take on research tasks and preliminary evaluations for market studies and identification of candidates in different compositions.

We look forward to meeting you

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Office Frankfurt

Große Gallusstraße 16-18, Spaces Omniturm
60312 Frankfurt am Main
Phone: +49.69.2474.33715

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