Our Team, your Specialist Tech Talent Partner.
As a boutique recruitment partner, our expert-led team supports your growth plans across Legal Tech, Legal BD & Marketing, SaaS, and technology hiring.
Opus Resourcing Leadership Teams - Profiles
James Shenton
Managing Consultant
James Shenton is Co founder and Managing Consultant at Opus Resourcing, bringing over 30 years of experience delivering executive search and specialist recruitment across technology and commercial go to market functions for technology companies and Global Law Firms & US Big Law firms. Known for his consultative and data led approach, James operates at the intersection of technology, commercial strategy, and leadership hiring.
Lacie Marshall
Strategic Advisor - US Legal Search
Lacie Marshall is the Founder and CEO of Onward Recruiting, with over two decades of experience building high-performing legal teams for law firms and legal departments across the US. In partnership with Opus Resourcing, Lacie provides an insider’s perspective on legal talent strategy, helping firms move beyond transactional hiring toward strategic, data-informed, and future-ready workforce planning.
Thomas Shenton
Associate Consultant
Thomas brings a fresh perspective across recruitment, digital engagement and content. Having recently graduated from Newcastle University, he has been closely connected to the business for several years and has developed a strong understanding of how specialist recruitment works in fast-moving technology and innovation-led markets.
About Us
Opus Resourcing is a boutique recruitment consultancy specialising in Legal Tech, Legal BD & Marketing, and SaaS. Our team is led by Managing Partners with 50 years of combined recruitment and executive search experience across technology, commercial, and legal sector functions.
How We Work
A managing partner will engage with you to build a bespoke recruitment solution and manage the entire recruitment process, from the definition of the job and person specification through to sourcing, screening, and onboarding.
Who We Work With
We work with Am Law 100 and global law firms, Legal Tech companies, and SaaS businesses across the US, UK and Europe, helping them build leadership, commercial, and technology teams.
Specialising in Legal Tech, Legal BD & Marketing, and SaaS, we partner with Magic Circle firms, Am Law and Big Law practices, and high-growth technology businesses scaling their commercial and engineering functions.
Our Clients Include
We grow and are trusted by clients ranging from seed-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies across the UK, US and Europe.
Our legal tech recruitment and SaaS clients span Am Law and global law firms, Legal Tech businesses, and high-growth technology companies, hiring across leadership, commercial, and engineering teams to drive product innovation and scale revenue growth. Our client partnerships result in deep, long-term relationships and a repeat business rate of over 95%.
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"James and Opus have been an invaluable partner in staffing some of our challenging technical roles. At a time where technical talent is at a premium, James has consistently provided a great pool of candidates while listening carefully to our demanding requirements."
Ross Spearman - Vice President of Professional Services and Transformation
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I have collaborated with James Shenton from Opus Resourcing on numerous recruitment campaigns over a 20 year period. James brings depth of industry knowledge, market reach and integrity to his approach to search and selection. He understands recruitment from both the customer and candidate experience and is able to be a highly credibly advocate for both parties.
Ed Bootle - Head of Recruitment , Valtech
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Opus Resourcing have worked with me since 2011 across 3 organisations, specialising on building high performing technology teams, working on rapid product development and distributed systems. They are a preferred supplier due to their depth of experience, personal service and ability to deliver across a variety of roles, including Software Engineering, Product and DevOps. Client testimonial
Steve Hirst - CTO - Origami Energy
Contact our specialist consultants directly, who provide bespoke career advice and hiring insight every day.
+44 (0) 1580 857 179
+1 (929) 296-8275
info@opusresourcing.com