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Specialist legal recruiters across every major practice area — we map the full field of a practice before we build a shortlist.

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01 Practice areas

The practices we recruit across.

Each opens onto its specialist sub-practices and the US markets where that hiring concentrates.

60,000+ lawyers

Litigation & Disputes

Incl. Commercial Litigation, Civil Litigation, Class Actions.

Litigation & Disputes recruiters
20,000+ lawyers

Corporate & M&A

Incl. Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Private Equity.

Corporate & M&A recruiters
15,000+ lawyers

Employment & Labor

Incl. Unions & Labor Relations, Discrimination, Wage & Hour.

Employment & Labor recruiters
10,000+ lawyers

Finance & Banking

Incl. Corporate Finance, Banking & Lending, Capital Markets.

Finance & Banking recruiters
10,000+ lawyers

Intellectual Property

Incl. Patents, Patent Litigation, Trademarks.

Intellectual Property recruiters
10,000+ lawyers

Real Estate

Incl. Commercial Leasing, Land Use & Zoning, Foreclosure.

Real Estate recruiters
5,000+ lawyers

Tax

Incl. Tax Planning & Controversy, Transfer Pricing, International Tax.

Tax recruiters
3,000+ lawyers

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Incl. Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences.

Healthcare & Life Sciences recruiters
3,000+ lawyers

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Incl. Chapter 11, Restructuring, Creditors' Rights.

Bankruptcy & Restructuring recruiters
3,000+ lawyers

Private Client & Estate Planning

Incl. Trusts & Estates, Probate, Charitable Giving.

Private Client & Estate Planning recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Securities & Capital Markets

Incl. Securities Regulation, IPOs & Public Offerings, Securities Enforcement.

Securities & Capital Markets recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Insurance

Incl. Insurance Coverage, Subrogation, Reinsurance.

Insurance recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Energy & Natural Resources

Incl. Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Electric & Gas Utilities.

Energy & Natural Resources recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Technology, Data & Privacy

Incl. Privacy & Data Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity.

Technology, Data & Privacy recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Construction

Incl. Public Procurement.

Construction recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Environmental

Incl. Environmental Compliance, Climate Change, Water Law.

Environmental recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Government & Public Sector

Incl. Government Relations, Public Finance, Government Contracts.

Government & Public Sector recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Antitrust & Competition

Incl. Antitrust Litigation, Unfair Competition, Pharma Antitrust.

Antitrust & Competition recruiters
2,000+ lawyers

Immigration

Incl. Business Immigration.

Immigration recruiters
1,000+ lawyers

Compliance & Regulatory

Incl. Corporate Compliance, Regulatory, White-Collar Crime.

Compliance & Regulatory recruiters
1,000+ lawyers

International & Cross-Border

Incl. International Trade, Cross-Border Transactions, International Arbitration.

International & Cross-Border recruiters
500+ lawyers

Transportation

Incl. Surface & Rail Transportation, Aviation.

Transportation recruiters
500+ lawyers

Media & Entertainment

Incl. Entertainment, Media, Sports.

Media & Entertainment recruiters
500+ lawyers

Family Law

Incl. Family Law, Divorce, Child Support & Custody.

Family Law recruiters
500+ lawyers

Education

Incl. Education Law.

Education recruiters
250+ lawyers

Maritime & Admiralty

Incl. Maritime & Admiralty.

Maritime & Admiralty recruiters
100+ lawyers

Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt

Incl. Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt.

Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt recruiters
02 How we work

Map the practice first. Then shortlist.

Most firms recruit from the candidates already in their database for a given practice. We map the entire relevant practice market first — every firm and credible mover — using our proprietary Titan AI, then qualify that map by hand.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Transfer pricing, inside tax, is recruited on its own page: transfer pricing lawyers recruiter.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, including partnership and fund tax, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage.

Climate disclosure, green-claims controls, and supply-chain due diligence are recruited as ESG compliance, inside compliance and regulatory.

Securities counsel who draft climate, human-capital and sustainability disclosure are recruited as ESG disclosure lawyer recruiters, inside securities and capital markets.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Filing desks have their own pages, including merger control.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Delay, defect, and bond hiring sits on construction litigation recruiters.

State and local tax is recruited on its own page: state and local tax recruiters.

Mergers and acquisitions tax is recruited on its own page: M&A tax lawyer recruiters.

Concession and availability-payment counsel are on infrastructure and PPP recruiters.

Arbitration of construction claims, under AAA, ICC, SIAC, and HKIAC rules, is recruited on construction disputes arbitration recruiters, inside construction.

IRS exam defense, Appeals and Tax Court are recruited as tax controversy recruiters, inside tax.

Public construction bids, protests, and performance are recruited as public procurement lawyer recruiters, inside construction.

Income-tax treaties, limitation on benefits, and Chapter 3 withholding are recruited as tax treaty and cross-border tax recruiters, inside tax.

Exemption, the Form 990, and the excise taxes on endowments and excess compensation are recruited as tax-exempt organizations recruiters, inside tax.

Mergers and acquisitions tax is recruited on its own page: M&A tax lawyer recruiters.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, including partnership and fund tax, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Delay, defect, and bond hiring sits on construction litigation recruiters.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Filing desks have their own pages, including merger control.

Mergers and acquisitions tax is recruited on its own page: M&A tax lawyer recruiters.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, including partnership and fund tax, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Delay, defect, and bond hiring sits on construction litigation recruiters.

The result in any practice is a shortlist drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register. Explore a practice above, browse where we recruit, or see our services and industry coverage. Filing desks have their own pages, including merger control.

Questions about practice-area search

Which practice areas do you recruit in?

We run legal recruitment and executive search across every major practice area — from litigation and corporate & M&A to finance, intellectual property, antitrust, healthcare and more — plus the specialist sub-practices within each.

How is a practice-area recruiter different from a generalist?

We map the entire relevant practice market first — every firm and credible mover — using our proprietary Titan AI, then qualify that map by hand. A shortlist in any practice is drawn from the full field, not from whoever happened to register with us.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate. Inside tax, transfer pricing lawyers recruiter coverage sits beside tax planning and controversy. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and partnership and fund tax within tax. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and cartel investigations within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and ESG compliance within compliance and regulatory. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and ESG disclosure within securities. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and merger control within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and construction litigation within construction. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Where do you recruit infrastructure and PPP lawyers?

Concession and availability-payment counsel are on infrastructure and PPP recruiters, beside the construction practice.

Where do you recruit construction disputes arbitration lawyers?

Counsel who plead construction claims before an arbitral tribunal are on construction disputes arbitration recruiters, inside construction.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and partnership and fund tax within tax. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and construction litigation within construction. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and merger control within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and cartel investigations within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and partnership and fund tax within tax. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and construction litigation within construction. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and merger control within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Do you cover specialist sub-practices, not just the headline areas?

Yes. Each practice opens onto its specialisms — for example commercial litigation, class actions and appellate within litigation; M&A, private equity and venture capital within corporate; and cartel investigations within antitrust. We recruit at that level of specificity.

Can you combine a practice with a specific market?

Yes — that is often how a mandate is framed. Each practice page links to its strongest US markets (for example litigation recruiters in a given city), and our locations pages link back to the practices that concentrate there.

Do you recruit M&A tax lawyers?

Yes. M&A tax lawyer recruiters staff law-firm deal tax groups and in-house M&A tax counsel. The page sits under tax, beside tax planning and controversy.

Do you recruit tax controversy lawyers separately from tax planning?

Yes. Tax controversy recruiters cover IRS exams, Appeals and Tax Court on their own page, apart from tax planning and controversy.

Do you recruit tax treaty and cross-border tax lawyers?

Yes. Treaty positions, limitation on benefits, and Chapter 3 withholding are on tax treaty and cross-border tax recruiters, inside tax.

Do you recruit lawyers for tax-exempt organizations?

Yes. Tax-exempt organizations recruiters cover exemption, the Form 990, private-foundation excise taxes, and the endowment and excess-compensation taxes in Public Law 119-21, inside tax.

Can you combine a practice with a specific market?

Yes — that is often how a mandate is framed. Each practice page links to its strongest US markets (for example litigation recruiters in a given city), and our locations pages link back to the practices that concentrate there.

Do you recruit public procurement lawyers for construction?

Yes. Public procurement lawyer recruiters place counsel who bid, protest, and perform public construction, inside construction.

Whatever the practice

The right hire in any practice begins with a confidential conversation.

Tell us the mandate and the practice — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.