Specialist legal and professional recruitment company set up by qualified lawyers with extensive recruitment experience in Hong Kong and across APAC.

The Star Anise Group also offers leadership and training services via: www.salt.com.hk.

As well as flexible outsourcing via: www.yuzu.com.hk.

Why work with us

We are Hong Kong's leading legal and compliance recruitment agency providing recruitment services to law firms and in-house legal and compliance teams in their search for qualified legal and compliance professionals, as well as business services and C-suite professionals. In-house clients range from multi-nationals, financial institutions (banks, VCs, PE firms, asset managers, brokers), retailers, food and beverage, life sciences, professional services, conglomerates, developers and real estate companies to regulatory bodies, technology companies (fintech, blockchain, and related providers).

You name it, if your organisation needs an in-house lawyer or compliance expert, we cover it.

Why do we do what we do?

We have always wanted to challenge the status quo in the recruitment industry. Our founders are former practicing Big Law lawyers and we want to give legal recruitment a great name with a service that is befitting of the high-flying professionals it serves.

Our team members continually strive to be more customer-centric, have more empathy, take greater ownership, listen, and create solutions that are impactful and long-standing. And we create lifelong friends and wonderful working relationships along the way. With Star Anise, we don't treat you as a statistic, but as individuals with your own individual business and career aims, strengths, desires and personalities.

In addition, we provide flexible resourcing and payroll services through our sister company, Yuzu (www.yuzu.com.hk), with particular specialisation in the provision of contract/locum lawyers and temp administration and business services staff.

Our third business line, SALT (Star Anise Leadership & Training) provides on-site and online training for lawyers and professionals on technical legal or compliance topics as well as soft skills training to help them elevate their growth and development. Training can be provided one on one or as a group.

As a result, our aim is to provide a holistic service for the recruitment and development of all professionals in the legal and compliance industries.