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Relationships that span careers

Nebula Partners was founded in 2011 to become the search firm of choice for our clients, those who we advise on their careers, and our consultants who become partners in our business.

Our History

Founded as a search firm offering long term advice to clients and individuals over the course of their careers. Dedicated to the Tax & Investment markets, our clients include; Professional Services, Commerce and Industry, Private Equity funds, Family offices and broader Financial Services businesses, both nationally and internationally. We’re a diverse group with different skills and professional backgrounds, held together by our core values. Our leadership team share first-hand experience of the commercial, technical and cultural environment in which our clients operate, many of whom trained in tax and law. Crucially, everyone at Nebula has an in-depth understanding of their market and an authentic relationship lead approach. We continue to expand out when external need and internal fit perfectly match. For candidates we offer real top down access, and an emphasis on long term outcomes rather than singular assignment transactions. It starts with trust and on our part that requires patience, honesty and a focus that goes beyond the immediate assignments we are transacting. Having a weight of experience and advisory relationships with key stakeholders in businesses means we access prime opportunities and critically influence their outcomes for your benefit. For clients it means we partner with you and start with your overriding objectives. We advise not just on hiring strategy, but retention, perception, and how to overcome any gap between the ideal hire and any shortfall in supply. For our Nebulans we prioritise personal development, rewarding mandates and value the right balance between professional delivery and personal well-being.

Relationships that span careers Integrity & Objectivity Bespoke Approach

Our Values

Relationships that span careers

Our mission is to create relationships that span careers. Rather than a transactional, deal centric approach, we aim to forge and maintain trusted, long-term partnerships with our clients and candidates alike.

We achieve this by providing a consistently excellent service, and qualified advice that meets their needs.

Integrity & Objectivity

Over the years, our experience, honesty and impartiality has enabled Nebula to become a trusted advisor to our clients.

We share our balanced insights with every individual we partner with, to ensure an informed decision and the realisation of professional and personal goals.

Bespoke Approach

We take time to get to know each business, stake holder and candidate in our network. We discover and represent the distinctive features of our clients and their personas, delivering that compelling message into the competition for great people.

Equally we see beyond the candidate profile to the person, enabling us to tailor requirements in a bespoke way, fostering retention and longevity.

Our Expertise

Professional Services Commerce & Industry Alternative Investments Private Client

The Professional Services tax team at Nebula works closely with clients in Big 4, Top tier and Boutique firms across the UK and Internationally. We have a strong track record helping tax specialists at all levels predominantly in the mid-senior level, ranging from Senior Manager to Partner. Our priority is to establish long term relationships with tax specialists and we pride ourselves on having an extensive knowledge of the market. We have worked on a range of exclusive assignments at all levels in specialisms including; direct tax, international tax, M&A and infrastructure tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing. Our reach extends beyond London and we do a substantial amount of work nationwide and across Europe.

The tax commerce team at Nebula manages a wide variety of mandates for FTSE listed, privately held and overseas multinational clients. This portfolio includes sector indices: technology, consumer, industrials, natural resources, renewable energy, media, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. With a relationship led approach, we understand the culture of our clients and apply this knowledge to all types of search assignments including; direct tax, international tax, transactions tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, employment tax and global mobility. Our reach extends beyond the UK, with senior appointments made in the US, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany.

The Alternative Investments team at Nebula focuses exclusively on helping Alternative Investment funds, Family Offices and other Investment Vehicles hire exceptional Investment and Operational Professionals. We have supported funds across Europe, North America and Asia with their hiring and development and built out whole Investment teams and offices for a number of clients. We partner with organisations where we can add genuine value by creating an open and honest dialogue ensuring our clients hire the very best people. The Alternatives team cover everything from Investment Partners and Principals right down to Associates making their first buy side move. We have exceptional reach into the junior market with no restrictions or hands-off agreements on any of the Investment Banks. We also work with funds looking for COO’s, General Counsel, ESG and broader Senior Management on the Operational side.

The Private Client Tax team focus on search and recruitment within the private client tax, wealth and family office industries. With over 10 years dedicated private client experience the private client team has a detailed knowledge of the private client market and a strong track record in helping experienced private client tax professionals achieve their career goals. We are particularly experienced in helping those who have established themselves within the private client tax industry to develop their careers in the environments they are interested in. Our portfolio bridges big 4 chartered accountancy firms, to mid-tier firms, boutiques, private banks and family offices.

Our Expertise

Professional Services

The Professional Services tax team at Nebula works closely with clients in Big 4, Top tier and Boutique firms across the UK and Internationally. We have a strong track record helping tax specialists at all levels predominantly in the mid-senior level, ranging from Senior Manager to Partner. Our priority is to establish long term relationships with tax specialists and we pride ourselves on having an extensive knowledge of the market. We have worked on a range of exclusive assignments at all levels in specialisms including; direct tax, international tax, M&A and infrastructure tax, indirect tax and transfer pricing. Our reach extends beyond London and we do a substantial amount of work nationwide and across Europe.

Commerce & Industry

The tax commerce team at Nebula manages a wide variety of mandates for FTSE listed, privately held and overseas multinational clients. This portfolio includes sector indices: technology, consumer, industrials, natural resources, renewable energy, media, pharmaceuticals and healthcare. With a relationship led approach, we understand the culture of our clients and apply this knowledge to all types of search assignments including; direct tax, international tax, transactions tax, indirect tax, transfer pricing, employment tax and global mobility. Our reach extends beyond the UK, with senior appointments made in the US, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE, Denmark, Switzerland and Germany.

Alternative Investments

The Alternative Investments team at Nebula focuses exclusively on helping Alternative Investment funds, Family Offices and other Investment Vehicles hire exceptional Investment and Operational Professionals. We have supported funds across Europe, North America and Asia with their hiring and development and built out whole Investment teams and offices for a number of clients. We partner with organisations where we can add genuine value by creating an open and honest dialogue ensuring our clients hire the very best people. The Alternatives team cover everything from Investment Partners and Principals right down to Associates making their first buy side move. We have exceptional reach into the junior market with no restrictions or hands-off agreements on any of the Investment Banks. We also work with funds looking for COO’s, General Counsel, ESG and broader Senior Management on the Operational side.

Private Client

The Private Client Tax team focus on search and recruitment within the private client tax, wealth and family office industries. With over 10 years dedicated private client experience the private client team has a detailed knowledge of the private client market and a strong track record in helping experienced private client tax professionals achieve their career goals. We are particularly experienced in helping those who have established themselves within the private client tax industry to develop their careers in the environments they are interested in. Our portfolio bridges big 4 chartered accountancy firms, to mid-tier firms, boutiques, private banks and family offices.

Who We Are

Nebula Partners was founded in 2011 to become the search firm of choice for our clients, those who we advise on their careers, and our consultants who become partners in our business.

Professional Services Commerce & Industry Alternative Investments Private Client
Founder & Managing Partner

Iain Lorriman

Iain founded Nebula in 2011. He has over twenty years of experience advising clients, counselling careers and leadership in Search businesses; making friends along the way!

Iain focuses on offering long term relationships and professional counsel. His networks extend across the senior ends of FS, in all forms, and professional services, encompassing Tax and technically driven specialisms within FS. He is passionate about Nebula partnering with clients in the open, warm, pragmatic and sustainable way in which Nebula treats its own people.

Outside of work Iain’s main devotion is his wife Elspeth and kids who, fortunately, share his loves of skiing, yoga, adventure holidays, travel, time with relatives in Scandinavia and Scotland and caring for the family baby, which is a huge mountain dog. They are all less interested in his passions for mountaineering and chess which he pursues with old friends.

ilorriman@nebula-partners.com

+44 (0)7969179711

Partner

Greg Dadson

Greg joined Nebula Partners in 2013. He is Partner for Tax Commerce & Transfer Pricing and personally responsible for senior in-house appointments from Head of Tax to Manager.

He began his career in 2000 with a FTSE international recruitment group, progressing to Director. During this time, Greg worked on newly qualified finance recruitment, graduate training and staff management across multiple branches.

Dedicated to in-house tax search since 2009, he has a proven track record of delivering practical recruitment solutions to FTSE, PE backed and multinational corporations. These solutions include retained and multi vacancy campaigns across a wide spectrum of sectors including: Financial Services, Technology, Energy, Mining, Consumer Goods & Services and Industrials.

Greg takes great pride in covering all aspects of a search. His extensive experience enables him to manage the recruitment process effectively, communicating clearly, honestly and in timely fashion with both his clients and candidates. Outside of work Greg spends time with family at various youth football and pony events.

gdadson@nebula-partners.com

+44(0)7539354605

Our clients

What is our culture

We recognise that our company culture is critical to enabling our strategy, achieving our goals and to our longevity. In the same way that we prioritise long term relationships with clients, we place huge value on the relationships within our own company. Collaboration, trust and support define our culture, and as with any healthy community, inclusion is high on our agenda. We are pro-active in the maintenance of our culture, to achieve our mission to empower every team member to realise their full potential. Each member of our Nebula tribe is valued on both their cultural and commercial contribution equally, this is what sets us apart.

No KPI Environment Progression & Training Wellbeing Diversity & Inclusion

How do we achieve this?

No KPI Environment

We have established an authentic, friendly culture, of complete trust and high performance. This is achieved through fostering self-development, providing career growth, and facilitating a healthy and balanced working experience.

We do not operate under the industry norm KPI’s or one size fits all metrics. We celebrate commerciality and personal development as important drivers and measurements of success. We encourage and utilise very different individual styles, acknowledging and rewarding achievements, with financial, recognition based and fun oriented rewards. We really do see the people beyond the numbers, creating platforms for every team member to make an impact in Nebula.

Progression & Training

Our consultants can become Partners in our business. We actively enable progression, to foster the talent and organic growth for our people. This is achieved through recognition, mentorship, structured bespoke training, and constant communication.

Whether an experienced industry professional or not, a platform is created for you from the start, to achieve your goals and have ownership in a highly visible role. Career progression and direction is fostered by our individual team members and supported and encouraged by us.

Wellbeing

Recruitment is a fast-paced, competitive and, for many, a highly stressful industry to work in and can take a toll on your mental wellbeing. We have invested greatly in creating an effective but enjoyable environment characterized by trust and openness—sentiments that can be challenging to promote in a performance driven role.

We operate in a mature and flexible way, fostering working styles as unique as the individuals in our team. Our mission as a business is to build relationships that span careers, this extends to our own people and their Nebula career as it does to our clients. We make consistent effort to spend time together as a team, outside of the work environment, to cultivate trust and exemplify our core values. We believe that being able to achieve greater balance in your work life is crucial not only in helping maintain wellbeing, but contributing to high performance in the job we share passion for.

Diversity & Inclusion

We recognise the importance of supporting the diversity strategies held by our clients and emulate them within our own team. We are proud of the diversity of our own people and we actively support client firms who promote diversity in their recruiting policies. We regularly attend diversity events and are continually developing our approach to promoting equal opportunities within Nebula. Culturally, we are a varied mix of characters, from different backgrounds, operating in different markets however held together by our shared values. We succeed through collaboration, inclusion and truly valuing diverse points of view and individuality.

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