Vijesh Patel
Managing Director
Vijesh has been conducting executive searches for more than 19 years with expertise in General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer searches. He has an extensive network across EMEA and APAC and the US, with a knowledge base that has enabled him to make impactful hires.
Vijesh has spent time on the ground in Europe and Asia—four years in India and then two years in Hong Kong and Singapore. His time in Asia was largely spent supporting clients with newly created/first time General Counsel roles as well as senior appointments within compliance as well as corporate affairs. He has an illustrious track record working with organizations in both private and public sectors.
His role in India was to launch the first office for LSI, and eventually leading the APAC region. He soon after helped with the successful office launch of MLA’s first office in Singapore. He went onto re-establish the legal practice at UK based Norman Broadbent plc, set up the TA function at top 50 UK law firm Lewis Silkin, and most recently launched the legal practice across international markets for a global search firm.
Outside of work, Vijesh was a board advisor for a legal tech business in South Africa from 2019-2022. He graduated from the University of Hull with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies and History, which included a year at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
