Find the Legal & Compliance Leader Your Fund Can’t Afford to Get Wrong
Cardea Group runs retained search for General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and senior legal and compliance roles at hedge funds, private equity, private credit, and family offices.
A Bad Hire in Legal or Compliance Doesn’t Just Cost Money.
It Creates Exposure.
A generalist recruiter can fill a legal or compliance seat. Filling it with someone who understands regulatory nuance at an alternative asset manager, and who a management committee will actually trust in a pressure moment, is a different problem. A slow search leaves the role exposed. A wrong-fit search creates a second search six months later.
Cardea Group has focused exclusively on legal, compliance, and governance hiring for hedge funds, private equity, private credit, venture capital, and family offices since 2009. We built our process around what happens when a search moves too slowly or the fit is wrong, because we’ve seen both.
Cardea by the Numbers
40+combined years of experience
250+number of candidates who have become clients/hiring managers
56average number of days from launch of a search to offer
9.5average number of days to identify the hired individual
67%searches that result in a hire from our proprietary talent database
40%time saved by partnering with Cardea Group versus similar agencies
percentage of clients who have returned for additional search support
How a Search With Cardea Works
Define the Search.
Before we identify a single candidate, we build a shared understanding of the role, where it sits within your organization, and what success should look like six months after the hire joins. The stronger the alignment upfront, the stronger the search.
Need help defining the role?
Map The Market.
Relationships open doors. Research ensures nothing is missed. We pair an established network with disciplined market mapping so every search reflects the full competitive landscape. That’s how we find exceptional candidates that transactional recruiters and database-driven searches routinely overlook.
Hire With Confidence.
Preparation reduces uncertainty. We identify the candidate our clients ultimately hire in an average of 9.5 days, giving you confidence from the earliest stages of the search.
“Cardea Group was deeply committed to finding the right long-term fit for our organization. Their search process was rigorous and thoughtful, with extensive market canvassing and screening, and they never pushed us to close prematurely. Even as we were preparing an offer, they continued to present strong, qualified candidates, making it clear that their only priority was the best possible outcome for us. Communication was consistent and professional, and they anticipated our needs as they got to know our firm. Most importantly, they are genuinely wonderful people and a pleasure to work with.” –Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Global Real Estate Investment Platform
Featured JobChief Compliance Officer / Deputy General Counsel
San Francisco, CA
Job Reference #3589531