We are running a confidential search at partner level. The requirement is re-confirmed each cycle with the client, and the description below is the current version.

Our client, a premier Am Law 100 firm with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Paris, and Kansas City, is seeking a Corporate / M&A partner (or counsel) to join its New York office. The firm is intentionally small and is focused on strategic build-out of its corporate practice, which currently covers M&A, project finance, and leveraged finance. As part of a deliberate partner-hiring initiative (targeting three to five partners per year across the firm), this role offers a transparent, collaborative platform where all partners are equity partners and benefit from a bonus pool funded by 20% of partnership net income.

The ideal candidate will bring a portable corporate practice and a track record of generating and growing business. The firm values go-getters with strong work ethic and cultural fit, and it is open to individuals, small groups, or a partner-plus-associate move. While the firm is practice-group agnostic at the senior level, the immediate focus is M&A, with adjacent transactional strengths in project or leveraged finance also welcome.

Portable book of business of $2M+ (USD)
M&A partner with a portable corporate practice; adjacent strength in project or leveraged finance is a plus
Individuals or small corporate groups welcome; partner-plus-associates moves considered
Strong emphasis on work ethic, business generation, and cultural fit
Open to more junior candidates with a strong profile, business plan, and networks to convert into business

If the brief does not read like an exact match, a conversation is still worth having — these mandates flex around the right practice.

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