{"id":555,"date":"2019-01-15T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.thesrgroup.com\/taylorroot\/?post_type=hd_person&#038;p=555"},"modified":"2026-03-25T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:13:12","slug":"louise-nicholls","status":"publish","type":"hd_person","link":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/consultants\/louise-nicholls\/","title":{"rendered":"Louise Nicholls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louise joined Taylor Root\u2019s compliance division in 2018. She is an experienced compliance recruiter across financial services with deep expertise in both the London market and general insurance sectors, including Lloyd\u2019s syndicates,&nbsp;MGAs, brokers and&nbsp;specialty insurers and re-insurers. She began her recruitment career in&nbsp;2008&nbsp;and has specialised exclusively in&nbsp;compliance recruitment&nbsp;since&nbsp;2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a strong network and understanding of regulatory demands, Louise recruits across the full spectrum of compliance roles, from&nbsp;analyst level&nbsp;to&nbsp;Chief Compliance Officer supporting both&nbsp;permanent hires&nbsp;and&nbsp;interim assignments. Her clients value her market insight, discretion and ability to match the right talent with the right culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louise is passionate about helping insurance firms navigate the evolving regulatory landscape by building high-performing compliance teams that drive integrity and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-posts is-template-grid alignwide\" id=\"block_07d5657b3f71993ec60579fffc666e72\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow-group\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-job__title is-style-eyebrow eyebrow-group__title\">Insights from Louise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow eyebrow-group__button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"hd-block-posts__button button wp-block-button__link eyebrow-group__link\" href=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/resources\/\">View all<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"cards cards--posts\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"card card--post post-123660 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-career-advice category-career-progression category-governance tag-new_risk-and-compliance-career-advice hd_author-zaryna-pirverdi\" id=\"block_07d5657b3f71993ec60579fffc666e72-job-123660\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/career-advice\/the-skills-company-secretaries-need-to-progress-into-senior-roles\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card__image-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Detail_Close-up-of-hand-gesture_GettyImages-629293208-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"card__image\" alt=\"Close up of a woman at work, green shirt, making hand gestures\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, (max-width: 599px) 50vw, (max-width: 1240px) 33vw, 370px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Detail_Close-up-of-hand-gesture_GettyImages-629293208-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Detail_Close-up-of-hand-gesture_GettyImages-629293208-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Detail_Close-up-of-hand-gesture_GettyImages-629293208-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">The skills company secretaries need to progress into senior roles<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">July 28, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Contents Share Key insights The company secretary role has always sat close to the boardroom, but the expectations placed on the function have changed considerably. Strong technical governance expertise remains essential, but it is no longer enough on its own. Today\u2019s company secretaries are expected to help boards navigate regulation, stakeholder pressure, ESG scrutiny, technology [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--post post-123642 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-finding-talent category-hiring-advice category-us tag-new_in-house-hiring-advice hd_author-jon-coles hd_author-joncoles\" id=\"block_07d5657b3f71993ec60579fffc666e72-job-123642\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/hiring-advice\/how-in-house-legal-teams-in-the-us-energy-sector-are-adapting-to-regulatory-complexity\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card__image-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-507118706-300x225.jpg\" class=\"card__image\" alt=\"Two male colleagues discuss work at a laptop\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, (max-width: 599px) 50vw, (max-width: 1240px) 33vw, 370px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-507118706-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-507118706-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-507118706-768x576.jpg 768w\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">How in-house legal teams in the US energy sector are adapting to regulatory complexity<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">July 28, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Contents Share Key insights Large-scale energy projects have always been complex.&nbsp;&nbsp;What is changing is how early, and how extensively, legal teams are now involved in shaping whether those projects can move forward.&nbsp; From permitting and environmental compliance to project finance, stakeholder management and major commercial agreements,&nbsp;in-house counsel recruitment&nbsp;is evolving as lawyers become involved much earlier [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--post post-94275 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-in-house category-market-update category-uk tag-new_in-house-market-insights hd_author-sarah-ingwersen\" id=\"block_07d5657b3f71993ec60579fffc666e72-job-94275\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/market-insight\/market-update\/uk-in-house-market-update\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card__image-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iStock-627872842-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"card__image\" alt=\"Businessman talking to colleagues in meeting\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, (max-width: 599px) 50vw, (max-width: 1240px) 33vw, 370px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iStock-627872842-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/iStock-627872842-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">UK and Ireland in-house legal recruitment market update Q3<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">July 13, 2026<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Contents Key insights Corporate and commercial, London Banking and financial services, London Interim, London Regional UK Ireland Corporate and commercial, London Q2 saw confidence continue to build across the in-house legal market, although hiring remained measured and highly strategic. Businesses continue to navigate economic uncertainty, evolving regulation and rapid technological change, but there was greater [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-brand-1-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide is-style-eyebrow-no-border has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f0dd656af047ce54f1c39d6f4861c41a\" id=\"h-are-you-hiring\">Are you hiring?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-cta-arrow\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/submit-a-vacancy\/\">Submit a vacancy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":118535,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_cn_metabox_post_checkbox_dont_send_once":false,"_cn_metabox_post_checkbox_dont_send_ever":false},"hd_person_role_type":[311,312],"hd_person_sector":[71],"hd_person_seniority":[288],"hd_person_specialism":[77],"hd_person_location":[347,87],"class_list":["post-555","hd_person","type-hd_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","hd_person_role_type-interim","hd_person_role_type-permanent","hd_person_sector-banking-and-financial-services","hd_person_seniority-director-group-manager","hd_person_specialism-compliance","hd_person_location-london","hd_person_location-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/hd_person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hd_person_role_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person_role_type?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"hd_person_sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person_sector?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"hd_person_seniority","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person_seniority?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"hd_person_specialism","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person_specialism?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"hd_person_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srgroup.highrise.digital\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_person_location?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}