Expertise
Deacon is one of the most experienced and well-connected legal recruitment teams in London and is behind many ‘headline’ partner and team moves.
Our associate team specialises in placing assistant, associate and partner-designate lawyers and has an unparalleled network across the international legal market.
Our team’s reputation, stability and longevity have made us a trusted adviser to both candidates and law firms. Honesty and transparency are at the heart of our ethos. We are fiercely independent, and not answerable to any external shareholders.
Our experienced, knowledgeable and unpretentious consultants have built strong and long-term relationships with decision-makers in law firms and advise them on hiring strategy with a consultative and collaborative approach.
London
Deacon Search, established in London in 1999, is one of the leading partner recruitment teams and the name behind many ‘headline’ partner and team moves in the legal market.
Deacon Associates specialises in placing assistant, associate and partner-designate lawyers and has an unparalleled network across the international legal market.
Our team’s reputation, stability and longevity has made us a trusted adviser to both lawyers and law firms.
Meet our London team.
Strategic Projects
Deacon is part of one of the largest independent companies in the global legal recruitment sector. We advise on major strategic projects including office openings and launches, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, office and team build-outs, coaching, due diligence and market intelligence. Projects have included launching offices in key locations in the US, UK, Middle East, Australia and South Africa. We have also advised on law firm mergers in the UK, Europe and North America.
International
Deacon Australia is led by Peter Vrljic. Based in Sydney, Peter is a senior legal search consultant and recruits partners, partner-designate lawyers and associates at all levels. He has an in-depth understanding of the legal services industry both locally and globally.
Deacon also has an international reach beyond Australia as part of a larger global recruitment group.
Interim & In-House
Our experienced and well-connected In-House team places General Counsel, Heads of Legal and Heads of Compliance into organisations in a wide variety of sectors and works with them to build their teams.
Our Interim team in London sources lawyers for our law firm and in-house clients at all levels, and where needed to meet the needs of an evolving and flexible market.
For more information about our wider expertise, please contact Paul Deacon or Dan Wilkins.