{"id":125473,"date":"2026-09-02T16:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taylorroot.com\/?p=125473"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:04:29","slug":"why-more-businesses-are-building-in-house-legal-teams-in-uk-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taylorroot.com\/nl\/market-insight\/why-more-businesses-are-building-in-house-legal-teams-in-uk-regions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why more businesses are building in-house legal teams in UK regions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0fbd6134 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns single-post__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6ed55936 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column single-post__columns__column--nav is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" 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class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-table-of-contents yoast-table-of-contents\"><ul><li><a href=\"#h-contents\" data-level=\"2\">Contents<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-why-are-businesses-building-legal-teams-outside-london\" data-level=\"2\">Why are businesses building legal teams outside London?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-legal-teams-are-following-the-business\" data-level=\"2\">Legal teams are following the business<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-regional-legal-markets-are-no-longer-emerging-markets\" data-level=\"2\">Regional legal markets are no longer emerging markets<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-building-outside-london-is-about-more-than-cost\" data-level=\"2\">Building outside London is about more than cost<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-birmingham-a-market-shaped-by-investment-and-connectivity\" data-level=\"2\">Birmingham: a market shaped by investment and connectivity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-what-regional-growth-means-for-legal-careers\" data-level=\"2\">What regional growth means for legal careers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#h-hiring-successfully-in-regional-legal-markets\" data-level=\"2\">Hiring successfully in regional legal markets<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group single-post__share-desktop is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d7a70935 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained block-visibility-hide-medium-screen block-visibility-hide-small-screen\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h3 id=\"h-share\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-eyebrow-no-border\">Share<\/h3>\n\n\n\t<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size is-style-branded\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-social-links__item wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t<a 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LinkedIn<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column toc-scope single-post__columns__column--content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-brand-1-10-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 id=\"h-key-insights\" class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-eyebrow-no-border\">Key insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>More businesses are building legal teams outside London<\/strong> as regional business hubs continue to grow and mature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legal hiring is increasingly following the business<\/strong> with organisations placing lawyers closer to commercial and operational stakeholders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regional legal markets now stand on their own merits<\/strong> with established talent pools, career pathways and sector specialisms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location decisions are becoming more strategic than cost-driven<\/strong> with employers focusing on talent access, business needs and long-term growth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Regional growth is creating new career opportunities for lawyers<\/strong> who want high-quality in-house roles without relocating to London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorroot.com\/our-specialisms\/in-house-legal\/\">in-house legal recruitment<\/a> market has evolved significantly over the past decade. Businesses across Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and other major UK centres are building established legal functions, creating more choice over where organisations hire and where lawyers build their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not simply a shift away from London. It reflects a broader change in where businesses operate, where talent is based and how legal teams support their organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For employers, the question is increasingly not whether legal roles need to be based in London, but where legal capability can best support the business and access the right talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-why-are-businesses-building-legal-teams-outside-london\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93b1ae512792bea76156638aacdd7ffc\">Why are businesses building legal teams outside London?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The growth of in-house legal teams across the UK reflects wider changes in how businesses are structured. Many organisations now have significant operations, leadership teams and commercial functions outside London. Building legal capability alongside those teams can make practical and commercial sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-regional-economies-are-becoming-more-influential\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-47993802852287f1361d269d09c93c07\">Regional economies are becoming more influential<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of regional legal markets mirrors the growing importance of regional business economies. Over the last decade, cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds have strengthened their positions as centres for financial services, infrastructure, technology, logistics and professional services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In regions such as the West Midlands, devolved powers have given local authorities greater influence over areas including transport, skills and economic development. While these changes are only one part of a much wider picture, they have supported efforts to attract investment and strengthen regional business communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As organisations invest in regional offices and distribute leadership teams more widely across the UK, legal hiring is increasingly following those strategic decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birmingham is a good example of how the market has developed, with an established legal community spanning leading private practice firms and growing in-house functions. The same pattern can be seen across other major UK legal hubs, including Manchester and Leeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Legal hiring is increasingly following the business rather than defaulting to one location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-legal-teams-are-following-the-business\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1ce568e1fe784a9239d450c94e32890a\">Legal teams are following the business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Location can influence how closely an in-house lawyer works with the wider organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where legal teams sit alongside operational and commercial functions, lawyers can build stronger relationships with the stakeholders they advise. They gain a detailed understanding of how the organisation operates, where risk sits and what commercial teams need from legal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As legal functions become more commercially integrated, that proximity can also give lawyers greater visibility across business decisions. For employers, this matters when considering where a role should sit. The best location may be determined as much by the stakeholders the lawyer will support as by the existing legal team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-regional-legal-markets-are-no-longer-emerging-markets\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-814700556ef55d8696118a788a8692a1\">Regional legal markets are no longer emerging markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten years ago, many employers viewed regional legal hiring as a smaller extension of the London market. Today, many regional centres operate as legal markets in their own right, with established in-house communities, specialist talent pools and long-term career pathways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Access to talent is another important factor. Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and other UK legal centres now have established talent pools across private practice and in-house legal roles. Lawyers can build long-term careers within these markets, while a growing number of employers provides greater scope to move between organisations without relocating.<br><br>For businesses, this creates access to experienced lawyers with strong technical skills, sector knowledge and commercial understanding who may not be considering London-based opportunities.<br><br>However, regional markets are not interchangeable. Each has different sector strengths, salary expectations and concentrations of talent. Employers need to understand those differences when deciding where to hire and how to position a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-building-outside-london-is-about-more-than-cost\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5f066160faa868cb9e0de5e10edde1df\">Building outside London is about more than cost<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the biggest misconception is that businesses build legal teams outside London primarily to reduce costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Salary and property costs may still form part of the business case, but they should not be the sole reason for choosing a location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employers need to consider what they are trying to achieve with the hire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where are the stakeholders this lawyer will support?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Where is the relevant legal and sector talent?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What level of office presence does the role require?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is the salary competitive for that specific market?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can the location support the team as it grows?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answering these questions before going to market can prevent businesses from restricting their candidate pool unnecessarily or designing a role that does not align with local expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-birmingham-a-market-shaped-by-investment-and-connectivity\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9eb5adc88b0c3483f729ae7ca9cc89be\">Birmingham: a market shaped by investment and connectivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birmingham offers a useful example of how regional legal markets have evolved. The city&#8217;s position at the centre of the UK, combined with significant investment in transport, infrastructure and commercial development, has helped attract major employers across a range of sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wider West Midlands has also benefited from increasing local control over economic development and investment decisions through devolution. While this is only one factor influencing business growth, it has supported efforts to attract investment, develop skills and strengthen the region&#8217;s business ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As businesses expand operations across the Midlands, demand for in-house legal capability has grown alongside them. For employers, Birmingham now offers access to an established legal community spanning both private practice and in-house talent, making it an increasingly attractive location for building legal teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-regional-growth-means-for-legal-careers\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f68458fcc377f425aa0f8b6cf0a81a78\">What regional growth means for legal careers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For lawyers, the growth of in-house teams across the UK has expanded the range of careers available outside London. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taylorroot.com\/career-advice\/moving-to-the-regions-birmingham\/\">Legal careers in Birmingham<\/a>, for example, now span private practice and in-house opportunities across a broad range of sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roles can offer complex legal work, direct access to senior stakeholders and meaningful involvement in commercial decision-making. Leaner legal structures can also create opportunities to take on broader responsibilities earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The important distinction is that these roles should not be viewed as alternatives to a London career. They are established career paths in their own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For lawyers considering their next move, the focus should therefore be on the quality of the opportunity: the remit, reporting line, business exposure, progression and organisation itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-hiring-successfully-in-regional-legal-markets\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-brand-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96cdff40c737835453f4b3d6d2cacf76\">Hiring successfully in regional legal markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more businesses build legal capability across the UK, understanding individual talent markets becomes increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employers should avoid treating the UK outside London as one homogenous candidate market. Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and other locations each have their own employer bases, sector strengths and candidate dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That can influence everything from salary benchmarking and job design to hybrid working expectations and the time required to complete a search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For businesses, the opportunity is not simply to move legal roles away from London. It is to think more strategically about where legal capability best supports the organisation and where the right talent can be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with a specialist legal recruiter with knowledge of these individual markets can help employers understand the available talent, benchmark roles appropriately and build a hiring strategy aligned to local market conditions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column single-post__columns__column--related is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-people is-style-v2\" id=\"block_f05c98c7f9e27a019b1b07e09d782ea5\" data-total=\"1\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow-group\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-job__title is-style-eyebrow eyebrow-group__title\">Author<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow eyebrow-group__button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"hd-block-people__button button 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Why an interim General Counsel could be your first hire<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">september 2, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Contents Share Key insights For many growing businesses, hiring General Counsel and Legal Directors is a significant milestone. The challenge is knowing exactly when the business is ready for a permanent legal leader, understanding the difference between a General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer, and what that role should ultimately look like. 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