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