In autumn 2000, she went to Bristol, Great Britain, to study for her LL.M, after which she began working at Linklaters Oppenhoff & Radler (now: Linklaters) in Frankfurt. She worked at that firm (in the end as Managing Associate) in the areas of corporate and banking law until April 2005, 6 months of which she was assigned to the firm's Moscow office.

In June 2005, Ina Steidl became a consultant in the legal division of a UK-based listed recruitment company. There she was responsible for consulting both law firms and in-house clients, which consisted primarily of banks, insurance companies and financial services companies.

In 2006, she founded Schollmeyer & Steidl together with Daniel Schollmeyer and has served as managing director since then. She is specialized in advising Partners and Teams on finding the suitable law firm.

After her internship (Referendarzeit) in Hamburg (Germany), she joined Clifford Chance, Frankfurt in 1998. Initially starting her activity in the area of environmental law, she soon placed her focus on corporate law / M&A. After a parental leave and a 3 year period in Brussels (Belgium), she worked in Clifford Chance's Private Equity Team until joining Schollmeyer & Steidl in February 2007. Since January 2010 she is a partner of the firm.  

The opportunity to leverage her experience as a lawyer and to simultaneously place the human factor as a driving force in the corporate environment into the center of her work, creates the professional challenge that Barbara was looking for.

Eva-Maria Emsinghoff started her career as an attorney in December 2008 in the intellectual property department of the international law firm Simmons & Simmons in Düsseldorf. Her work was mainly focused on trademark and unfair competition law.  

In July 2010, Eva-Maria Emsinghoff became a consultant at Schollmeyer & Steidl in Cologne and Dusseldorf. Since 2018 she is a manager, responsible for the cologne office management.

She advises international law firms and inhouse-clients, as well as candidates, and focuses on the legal market in the Ruhr area and Rhineland.

She started her legal career as a solicitor for England and Wales during her licensing procedure. She then worked for a leading law firm in the area of financial law.

Dr. Julia B. List joined Schollmeyer & Steidl as a consultant in summer 2014. She is responsible for consulting candidates as well as law firms and in-house clients in the southern part of Germany. Furthermore, she is responsible for the German-wide patent law department.

After her second state examination, she worked for two years in the legal department of Commerzbank AG, where she practised banking and capital markets law. 

In November 2013, Debora Satta became a consultant for an international recruiting consultancy, where she recruited lawyers primarily for banks and other companies. 

In November 2014, she joined Schollmeyer & Steidl in Frankfurt as a consultant. She focuses on in-house recruitment and is responsible for consulting clients and candidates at all levels of seniority.

Mr. Seibel studied economics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. During his studies he found his way into a career in executive search and worked for more than 10 years for various consulting companies. His focus was on filling management positions in industrial companies and consulting firms. Before joining Schollmeyer & Steidl he was responsible for the German-wide project management of a leading international executive search company.

Subsequently, he worked as a lawyer and recruiter for a Berlin Start-Up where he was the first point of contact for legal and personnel matters for over 3 years.

In 2019, Zlatan Kekic joined Schollmeyer & Steidl in Frankfurt as a consultant. He focuses on in-house recruitment and is responsible for consulting clients and candidates from different seniorities across Germany, particularly in West and North Germany.

Since 2021, Matthias Pohlers advises clients and candidates of various seniorities in international law firms and inhouse clients, with a regional focus in the Rhine-Main area as well as in Berlin and Hamburg.

During his studies, he pursued internships in Human Resources and gained experience while recruiting for an international project for the German department of a French outsourcing company.

During her studies, she already gained experience in human resources management and customer service at a company in the catering industry. Since 2021, Katharina Hochberg is part of the team at Schollmeyer & Steidl focusing on inhouse and tax & finance recruitment.