Macrae

Macrae is the only transatlantic legal recruiting boutique powered by collective intelligence. This means that while we work as individuals, we maintain a thriving culture of shared knowledge across the firm that keeps all of us in sync with the latest market data, trends and critical on-the-ground insight. We provide highly personalized service day in, day out to the highest performing law firms and lawyers in the legal industry - and it shows.

Our focus is on the placement of partners into top-tier law firms, including partner groups and senior government attorneys transitioning to the private sector. We operate as a partnership ourselves and appreciate just how crucial it is to strike the right balance - from experience to expertise to personality - when matching lawyers with law firms.

In a crowded recruitment market, clients and candidates say Macrae stands out for our unparalleled market expertise and because we operate with the highest standards of integrity, professionalism and discretion. We’re a high-touch team. We work closely with law firms to meet their specific needs, delivering stellar candidates and thoughtful presentations time and time again. We listen carefully to candidates and provide honest, informed advice and information to help them navigate and optimize their careers (and their ability to fulfill their roles and ambitions outside of the workplace). We strive to build long-term relationships with every client and candidate, and are pleased to say that we typically do.

Macrae was founded in 2001 by Joe Macrae in the San Francisco Bay Area. Back then we were known as Mlegal. We rebranded to Macrae in 2020, a few years after implementing a strategic expansion plan to strengthen our presence in the world’s most important legal markets. We’ve achieved this not only by bringing on the most experienced and talented management leaders and recruiters out there, but by ensuring that they share our vision of being a legal recruiting firm that does things differently. Smarter. Better. (We also like to think we enjoy our work more.)

Macrae now employs more than 40 team members across London, New York, Washington D.C., Palo Alto, and San Francisco.