9 mandates openNYC SFO

Legal search  —  New York & San Francisco

The top 1%of legal talent,introduced properly.

A boutique search firm for partners, counsel and senior associates — retained by the firms and companies that set the market.

Current mandatesQ3 · 2026

M&A Partner

Am Law 20 firm

New York

General Counsel

Series C infrastructure co.

SF

Funds Counsel

Global PE platform

New York

Sr. Associate, Tech Transactions

Am Law 50 firm

SF
Confidential mandates are not listed. Ask us.

Am Law 50

Searches run for firms in the top tier, plus the general counsel offices they compete with.

Two markets

Manhattan and the Bay Area only. Deep beats broad in legal search.

Discreet

No mass outreach, no résumé blasts. Every introduction is deliberate and confidential.

Midtown Manhattan skyline

Office 01  —  40.7128° N

New York

Lateral partners and group moves across Midtown and Downtown — M&A, private equity, capital markets, litigation.

San Francisco Bay Area

Office 02  —  37.7749° N

San Francisco

Emerging companies, tech transactions and in-house leadership from seed through IPO across the Bay Area.

For firms

A shortlist you’d have built yourself, if you had the time.

We map the practice, approach the handful of people who genuinely fit, and manage the process end to end — from first coffee to signed offer.

Partner & group moves

Lateral partners and full practice groups, with book analysis and conflicts handled early.

Senior associates

Mid-level to counsel hires from peer firms, briefed on your bench and your gaps.

In-house leadership

General counsel and deputy GC roles for funded startups and public companies.

For lawyers

One conversation. Then only the moves worth taking.

You tell us what you want your practice to look like in five years. We keep you off the market until something matches it — compensation, platform and partnership track included.

Confidential

Nothing leaves our desk without your explicit sign-off.

Honest read

Real market data on your comp band, not a pitch.

Long view

We’d rather place you once, well, than twice.

Where we work.

Mergers & acquisitionsNY · SF
Private equityNY
Venture capital & emerging companiesSF
Capital marketsNY
Litigation & white collarNY · SF
RestructuringNY
Technology transactions & IPSF
Funds & investment managementNY · SF
AntitrustNY
Executive compensationNY · SF

How a search runs.

01

Brief

A working session on the practice, the economics and the person who’d actually thrive there.

02

Map

The full universe of qualified lawyers in the market, narrowed to a shortlist we can defend line by line.

03

Close

Interviews, references, comp negotiation and the first ninety days after the start date.

Let’s talk about
the next hire.

Confidential by default. A reply within one business day.

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