Law Firm Legal Search & Appointments

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Building on our heritage in governance and In-House Legal recruitment, Danos Group has expanded into supporting leading U.S. Law Firms with senior, search-led hiring.

This evolution was a natural progression. Our long-standing work with General Counsel and senior legal leaders has given us direct access to lawyers operating at the highest levels of the market, alongside deep insight into the commercial and regulatory demands shaping modern legal practice.

Our Law Firm work is selective, discreet and predominantly search-led, focused on Associate, Senior Associate and Partner appointments within highly competitive practice areas.

How We Support Law Firms

Executive Search & Targeted Recruitment
We work primarily on search mandates, identifying and engaging high-calibre lawyers who are not active in the recruitment market.

Associate, Senior Associate & Partner Hiring
Support across key growth areas, succession planning and strategic lateral hires.

Market Intelligence & Advisory
Practical insight on talent availability, competitor activity and hiring strategy within specific practice areas and jurisdictions.

Our approach reflects how leading Law Firms hire: selectively, confidentially and with a long-term view.

Meet Our Legal Specialists

Law Firm Expertise

We support Law Firm hiring across core transactional and advisory disciplines, including:

  • Banking & Finance
  • Funds & Investment Funds
  • Fund Formation
  • Corporate & Commercial
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Corporate Tax

 

 

  • Tax & Compliance
  • Leveraged Finance
  • Structured Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Project Finance
  • Asset Management
  • Real Estate Funds

Our Experts

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James Franklin

Managing Director, Head of Legal

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Fergus McKay

Associate Director, Legal, Law Firm

Law Firm Appointments

Recent mandates include:

  • Senior Associate, full-service U.S. law firm

  • Senior Associate, elite U.S. corporate & finance law firm

  • Associate, Magic Circle UK law firm

  • Associate, international full-service U.S. law firm

  • Associate, corporate & finance-focused U.S. law firm

  • Associate, global full-service U.S. law firm

Contact Us Today

Danos Associates offered much more than simply sourcing candidates. 

They helped frame the scope of the search, giving context as to where we could search for our candidate pool and provided a commercial view of the labour market in this field and what we could expect… The shortlist of candidates we received was of a very high standard. Each candidate had been looked at critically.

Nicola Swann HR Director

Danos Consulting offered an excellent Interim Head of Compliance as a solution whilst undertaking our challenging permanent search mandate.

Danos Consulting really listened to our needs, parachuting in a candidate with the right technical skill set and personality. They really understood the DNA of our business which enabled them to provide support effectively when working to tight onboarding deadlines.

General Counsel, Niche Asset Management Firm

Danos Associates spend a lot of time getting to know your team and the culture, which makes it easier when new staff join the business.  

In credit risk often the candidate pools have the same skill sets, however there are elements that the CV miss out. The Danos team work tirelessly to understand the skills levels of all candidates and most importantly, they get us quality candidates we can close and bring on board quickly.

Director of Model, Development Banking

Danos was referred to me as the best in the business.

I needed to find risk and compliance staff. My experience corroborates precisely that. Thorough, encyclopaedic market knowledge and execution orientated.

Hugo van Vredenburch Non Executive Director, TMF Group

Our Clients