Partners switch firms for unique reasons:

• To utilize a stronger platform
• Compensation
• Practice support and resources
• Mergers and shifts in firm strategies and culture
• Brand recognition

For more than 20 years, we have conducted exclusive searches and placements for pre-eminent Partners, their teams, and top-tier law firms. Our strategic placements are known for their fit among every practice area and most major, mid-sized, regional and boutique firms in the Bay Area, as well as Am Law firms throughout the world.  We enjoy premium access to decision makers-- legal powerhouses seek our counsel for their strategic plans to grow, establish and maintain their practice and industry standings with the right attorneys.

Our candidates have enviable active practices that require 24/7 access to us and five-star efficiency. Trusted, time-saving counsel and Partner advocacy is our forte.  Combined, our business acumen, industry knowledge and influence give our candidates a strategic advantage in a highly competitive marketplace. We constantly monitor industry reports, studies and rankings by the leading legal experts in order to advise our clients of premium opportunities.

• Strategic Placements - Our Partner placement focus includes every practice area and most major, mid-sized, regional and boutique firms in the Bay Area, as well as Am Law firms throughout the world. (more)
  
  
• Premium Access to Decision Makers - Am Law 100 firms and legal powerhouses seek our counsel for their strategic plans to grow, establish and maintain their practice and industry standings with the right attorneys. (more)
  
  
• Trusted, Time-Saving Counsel – Our candidates have enviable active practices that require 24/7 access to us and five-star efficiency. (more)
  
  
• Partner Advocacy - Our business acumen and market insight give our candidates a strategic advantage in a highly competitive marketplace. (more)
  
  
• Industry Knowledge and Influence - We monitor industry reports, studies and rankings by the leading legal experts and think tanks. National and international media regularly ask Avis Caravello to comment upon emerging legal talent topics. (more)

The Art of Partner Placement and Practice Growth
Successful placement of a prestigious lateral attorney is a complex and collaborative transaction. What’s required is extensive knowledge of law firms’ strategic plans, market intelligence, practice development goals and the lay of the legal landscape.

With over 20 years of Partner placement experience, Avis Caravello applies law firm economics and management and operational expertise to every placement. This, combined with her network of long-established legal relationships, provides our candidates with unparalled career options.

Strategic Placements - A Partner’s decision to move his or her practice, and take along his entire practice team, is never a simple decision. Consequently, we take the time to understand our candidates’ objectives. We assess and deliver opportunities that sync with our Partners’ wish lists.

Working with the knowledge of a firm’s strategic goals, we consult with our candidates to develop innovative business plans that smoothly transition practices and tee them up for future growth. We are known for our proactive advocacy throughout deal negotiations

Our end game is a placement that lasts. The retention and success rate for the candidates we place is enviably high. Partners repeatedly contact us to build their expanding practices.

Premium Access – Our wide access to Firm Chairs, Managing Partners, Executive Committee members and heads of practice groups improves the quality of the intelligence we deliver to our candidates.  We arm our Partner candidates with the precise knowledge needed for strategic decisions about their practice options.

Trusted, Time-Saving Counsel – Our Partner candidates are top-performing lawyers with active practices that consume their days and nights. Moving a practice while currently running one is tricky for most Partners.  We are accessible 24/7 to Partners throughout the placement process.

Partner Advocacy - Valued by Partners for our candidate-centric handling of placements, we strategically guide candidates and seamlessly manage the entire search process. 

We handle all the complex details that successful placement requires, from compensation negotiations and advocacy to creating a workable road map through the complex maze of practice valuations, PPPs, billing rate issues, associate leverage considerations, clarification of firm metrics and conflicts management.  

Our emphasis on back-end preparations assists candidates to maximize their time on the front-end. The Partners we counsel are able to enter negotiations on the strongest possible footing and enhance their practices in a rapidly changing marketplace.

Industry Knowledge and Influence – We track the industry's top rankings, studies and emerging market forecasts in order to equip Partners and law firms with strategic counsel. 

If you are a Partner interested in exploring the advantage of having Avis Caravello Attorney Search Consultants broker your move, contact us for a confidential consultation.