Acquisitions, development, REITs and real estate finance, alongside debt finance, leveraged finance and private credit, across Am Law and boutique lending practices.
Finance and real estate teams move with the market. We track which groups are winning mandates and hiring ahead of them, usually well before a role is posted.
Two sides of the same deal. We place the attorneys who put the asset together and the ones who fund it, which means we see both sides of a hire before anyone else does.
Led by Freddie Stroud, Director
What we cover06 Specialisms
Across Am Law 100 firms, mid-sized and regional platforms, specialist boutiques and, selectively, in-house legal teams.
Real estate and finance associates moving for responsibility on complex capital stacks.
Senior associates moving to lender-side boutiques where associates run their own deals.
Recent moveElite lending boutique · New York, NY
Counsel relocating or changing platform without losing the asset class they built.
Recent moveTop-50 Am Law firm · Charlotte, NC
Acquisitions and finance partners moving institutional client bases to the right rate card.
Recent moveRegional powerhouse firm · Dallas, TX
Finance and real estate groups moving together, timed around the deal pipeline.
Most of our placements never reach an advert. If nothing here fits, register your interest and we will come to you.
An acquisitions partner wanted to move his institutional client base to a firm with a lower rate card, without taking a step down in quality of work.
Client base transferred in full within the first quarter.
A finance associate at a global firm was handling process rather than negotiation. We found a lender-side boutique where associates lead calls with credit funds directly.
Negotiating her own deals inside three months.
A direct lending specialist wanted to relocate for family reasons without leaving the asset class, which ruled out most of the obvious platforms.
Relocated with no loss of practice or seniority.
Shown at company level and anonymised. Full references on request.All Placements
Director · Corporate & Real Estate
Freddie focuses on corporate and real estate transactional attorneys, advising both associates and partners across Am Law, mid-market and boutique firms.
From lateral partner moves to building out transactional teams, every introduction is aligned to the long-term goals of candidate and firm, handled with precision and discretion. Outside work, he is a father of two and a keen golfer.
