Our Successes
Deacon has been behind substantial numbers of headline and partner and team moves in London at US, international and UK firms.
We have significant experience of moving partners and teams in a wide array of practice areas and we work hard to ensure that our market intelligence and knowledge is second to none.
Our associate team specialises in placing assistant, associate and partner-designate lawyers and has an unparalleled network across the international legal market.
Representative Headline Partner and Team Moves
US Firms

Latham & Watkins
Financial Services and Corporate Partners
Quinn Emanuel
Commercial and Banking Litigation Partners
Cooley
Chair of International Arbitration Practice; Tax and Capital Markets Partners
White & Case
Energy and Litigation Partners
Willkie Farr
Finance and Financial Services Partners
Morgan Lewis
Technology Team; Employment and Financial Services Partners
Orrick
Venture Capital Partner
Paul Hastings
Technology Partner
Proskauer
Finance and Restructuring Partners
Cadwalader
Private Credit and Leveraged Finance Partners
Winston & Strawn
Restructuring Partner
Jones Day
Employment Partner
Greenberg Traurig
Head of Energy, London; Head of Restructuring & Bankruptcy
Perkins Coie
London Office Launch
McDermott Will & Emery
Real Estate Private Equity Team
International/City Firms

A&O Shearman
Restructuring Partner
Freshfields
Patent Litigation Team
Travers Smith
Derivatives and Structured Products Partner
CMS
Corporate, Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, Aviation and Transport Partners
Taylor Wessing
Corporate, Corporate Real Estate, and IP Partners
Stephenson Harwood
Litigation Team and Pensions Partner
Mishcon de Reya
IP Litigation Team, Planning, Litigation and Competition Partners
Osborne Clarke
Energy, Restructuring and Pensions Partners
Eversheds Sutherland
Head of Project Finance, Head of Private Credit; Corporate, Technology and International Arbitration Partners
Norton Rose Fulbright
Finance, Tax, and Restructuring Partners
Fladgate
Litigation, Tax, Employment, Real Estate, Construction, Corporate and Technology Partners
Dentons
Pensions Partner
Simmons & Simmons
Real Estate Partner
Pinsent Masons
Head of Finance
Forsters
Employment Team
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Private Equity Partner
Deacon Associates
As well as placing in firms in London, we have extensive experience moving associates within or across jurisdictions. Successful moves have included candidates to/from London, mainland Europe, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, offshore and the USA.
Our associate team also works closely with our partner and executive search teams build out associate teams following high profile and often newsworthy partner hires. Many of our candidates go onto become partners and we build long-term relationships with them.
US Firms

Cooley
Dechert
Dorsey & Whitney
Fried Frank
Goodwin Procter
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Milbank
Morgan Lewis
Morrison & Foerster
Orrick
Paul Hastings
Paul Weiss
Proskauer Rose
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Skadden Arps
Sullivan & Cromwell
Weil Gotshal
White & Case
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Magic Circle/Silver Circle

A&O Shearman
Ashurst
Clifford Chance
Herbert Smith Freehills
Linklaters
Macfarlanes
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
Travers Smith
International/City Firms

Addleshaw Goddard
Bird & Bird
CMS
Dentons
DLA Piper
Fladgate
Forsters
Kingsley Napley
Mishcon de Reya
Osborne Clarke
Pallas
Pinsent Masons
Reed Smith
RPC
Stephenson Harwood
Taylor Wessing
Watson Farley & Williams