Meet our Experts
Tom Balmer
David Crocker
Hamish Drake
Stuart Forsyth
Jon Parker
Seb Jones
Ellie Dade
Emily Shea-Simonds
Michael Field
Phil Redhead
Ashley King
Jamie Houseman
Andrea Hutchinson
Elmira Meehan
Gabby Hogan
Billie Partridge-Naudeer
Felicia Thelin
Hugo Chambers
Joshua Blake
Our Story
We founded Third Way to improve the experience of lawyers moving jobs.
We wanted a place where lawyers could see exactly which firms and in-house teams are hiring, including ones not using agencies or advertising publicly. That had genuinely accurate salary information listed by firm. And where they had access to a consultative expert with deep knowledge of their market.
A platform that combines the best of technology and recruiting expertise. We hope you like it.
Tom Balmer
Tom is a founder at Third Way Legal, and our sister business Montresor Legal. He has worked within the legal recruitment industry since 2001. Tom’s clients include top investment banks, asset managers and fin tech businesses along with selected law firms.
Outside work Tom enjoys exploring new ways to battle his waistline and pretending to be knowledgeable about wine.
Email: tom.balmer@thirdway.pro
Tel: +44 (0)203 691 6261
Hamish Drake
Hamish is a Private Practice Expert at Third Way Legal. He has worked in private practice legal recruitment in London since 2015 having previously worked as a debt finance lawyer with national and international law firms in Australia and his home country, New Zealand. Hamish’s clients include top UK and US law firms in both London and abroad.
Outside of work Hamish enjoys frequent trips across to the continent, the outdoors, and attempting to escape Kiwi stereotypes.
Email: hamish.drake@thirdway.pro
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6036
Ellie Dade
Ellie is an Associate Consultant at Montresor Legal. She joined Montresor Legal in 2019 from another leading legal recruitment agency. Ellie specialises in private practice recruitment, with experience of helping lawyers move within the Litigation, Finance and Commercial IP spaces, in particular, working with both UK and US law firms.
Outside of the office Ellie proudly spends her time watching Norwich City consistently be almost good enough to play in the Premier League and is always on the lookout for a new gin that she has not yet tried.
Email: ellie.dade@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6258
Emily Shea-Simonds
Emily is an Associate Consultant, covering private practice searches within general corporate and finance. Emily joined the company as a graduate from the University of Nottingham, where she worked for a tech start-up as part of their marketing and social media team.
Emily is a pub connoisseur and enjoys dad dancing into the early hours.
Email: emily.shea-simonds@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6258
Michael Field
Michael is an Associate Consultant at Montresor Legal, covering both private practice and in-house searches across the corporate, finance and litigation space. He joined the company in 2019 as a law graduate from the University of Exeter, having previously worked in corporate event planning.
When not in the office Mike enjoys partaking in motorcycle track days and throwing himself down a mountain as often as possible.
Email: michael.field@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6040
Stuart Forsyth
Stuart Forsyth is a senior consultant at Montresor Legal.
He has worked within the legal recruitment industry since 2013. Prior to working in the sector, he worked in the funds and asset management space. Stuart’s clients include the transactional (specifically funds/ corporate) practices of leading US and UK law firms, corporates and funds.
Email: Stuart.forsyth@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6362
Jon Parker
Jon heads our recruitment in litigation, investigations and enforcement. His clients include the best litigation and regulatory teams at US and City headquartered law firms, banks and industry.
Before joining Montresor in 2013, Jon spent 10 years in journalism at titles including The Times, The Lawyer and Legal Week, and is still going on about it now.
Email: jon.parker@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6262
Seb Jones
Phil Redhead
Phil has been working in legal recruitment since 2015 and specialises in helping lawyers find their next in-house role in Commerce & Industry. His clients include SMEs and FTSE businesses and he places lawyers into companies across Europe.
He spends his free time visiting National Trust properties and trying to convince people that Floorball is a real sport.
Email: philip.redhead@thirdway.pro
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6037
Ashley King
Ashley leads our commerce & industry practice, having worked in legal recruitment since 2010. Prior to recruitment, he was a distinctly average corporate lawyer, a travelling cider salesman and a cocktail bartender. Ash and his team recruit lawyers for corporates at all levels, from NQ to GC. He has particular specialism in the tech sector and frequently works with early-stage companies on first-time hires.
Outside the office, Ash enjoys watching most sports, talking about reigniting his Vets' rugby career, and writing witty blurbs for website profiles.
Email: ashley.king@thirdway.pro
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6264
Jamie Houseman
Jamie is a Software Developer who brings many years of development experience to Third Way having worked on websites for many high profile companies. He is Third Way ’s Full Stack developer and is responsible for building and deploying new features and the ongoing development of the platform.
Outside of work Jamie enjoys Music, gigs and photography.
David Crocker
David is a founder at Third Way Legal, and runs our sister business Montresor Legal. He has worked within the legal recruitment industry since 2007. David’s clients include the transactional practices of leading US and UK law firms, investment banks and funds.
When not in the office David can be found spending time watching Arsenal throw away leads and watching every reality television show broadcast.
Andrea Hutchinson
Elmira Meehan
Elmira is a Senior Consultant in the Transactional practice at Montresor Legal. She has over 9 years of legal recruitment experience, specialising in the placement of finance, funds & regulatory lawyers into some of the major investment banks, buy side firms and law firms.
When not in the office Elmira is busy running around after her 2-year-old toddler!
Email: elmira.meehan@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6361
Gabby Hogan
After graduating from law in 2018, Gabby joined Montresor as a researcher, and is now an in-house specialist consultant. Her experience includes placing lawyers within major investment banks, funds and international asset managers.
Outside of work, Gabby enjoys the challenge of inviting more people over for dinner than she has chairs for or sneaking noisy snacks into the theatre.
Email: gabby.hogan@montresorlegal.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 3691 6360
Billie Partridge-Naudeer
Billie is the Office Manager at Third Way Legal and our sister business Montresor Legal. She has worked with the team since she graduated in 2015. Billie is currently studying for her CIPD HR Diploma and runs all administrative processes in the office.
Like most millennials, outside of work you will find Billie either writing bad poetry, or out with her friends, spending money she doesn’t have on things she doesn’t need.
Felicia Thelin
Felicia is the Marketing Lead at Third Way Legal and responsible for all things marketing. She has extensive knowledge within the recruitment industry and particularly the tech startup scene.
She uniquely enjoys eating lots of food, speaking 3 different languages, playing bass guitar and occasionally trying to run half-marathons.
Email: felicia.thelin@thirdway.pro
Hugo Chambers
Hugo is the Head of Operations for the Group, bringing experience gained across multiple markets at an international recruitment business. Hugo is currently developing our operational strategy and building our Accelerator programme to help grow both our businesses.
When he's not in the office, Hugo is normally preoccupied by attempting DIY, taking pictures of his cat and supporting his beloved Manchester United - it's not what you think, he's actually from the area.
Email: hugo.chambers@thirdway.pro
Joshua Blake
Josh has 5 years of recruitment experience and was most recently a Manager at a Global PLC. Josh looks after all Interim roles at Third Way Legal across private practice and in-house. He has particular expertise in financial services and litigation.
Outside the office, Josh enjoys boxing and telling jokes that only he finds funny.
Email: joshua.blake@thirdway.pro
Our Story
We founded Third Way to improve the experience of lawyers moving jobs.
We wanted a place where lawyers could see exactly which firms and in-house teams are hiring, including ones not using agencies or advertising publicly. That had genuinely accurate salary information listed by firm. And where they had access to a consultative expert with deep knowledge of their market.
A platform that combines the best of technology and recruiting expertise. We hope you like it.