Expertise

Deacon is one of the most experienced and well-connected legal recruitment teams in London and Sydney 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 was 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.

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. Our team works closely with a select group of international law firms and has advised on office launches, mergers and numerous practice group and sector specific build-outs in the UK, Europe, Middle East and USA.

For more information about our global reach, please contact Paul Deacon or Dan Wilkins.

Interim & In-House

Our experienced and well-connected In-House teams in London and Dubai place 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 In-House and Interim expertise, please contact Paul Deacon or Dan Wilkins.