Whether your firm's strategic objective is to expand existing offices, grow practice areas or enter new markets throughout the world, Major, Lindsey & Africa can help you find the best legal talent for your firm.

Our 25 years of experience have led us to one strongly held belief -- the effective recruitment of partners requires specialized expertise. That is why we offer a dedicated Partner Practice Group comprised of 32 search consultants who focus on partner searches. This group includes some of the most experienced recruiters in our firm, several of whom were partners at major law firms prior to joining MLA. No other legal search firm in the world dedicates comparable resources to partner recruitment. And, no other legal search firm can match MLA's track record of success. We have placed hundreds of partners at more than 100 different law firms, from global and national firms to regional firms and boutiques.

We conduct searches on both retained and contingent bases, depending upon the level of commitment sought by our clients. We work closely with your managing and hiring partners to align the search with your culture, financial parameters, management style and strategic vision. Our extensive contacts and global network allow us to pinpoint qualified partners. As the legal recruiting firm voted "best in the U.S." by the law firms of the AmLaw 100*, MLA often can get your firm an audience with highly sought partners who otherwise would not be available. By carefully vetting potential candidates as to both objective (e.g., practice economics) and subjective (e.g., culture fit) criteria, we help you make lateral partner hiring decisions that stand the test of time.

Over the last five years, more and more law firms have identified lateral partner hiring as a key success variable. The demand for retained search for lateral partners has increased exponentially. MLA has responded by developing a retained search capability combining our executive search skills with our firm's unparalleled market knowledge.

*WorldLaw Business' most recent survey