Brian T. Davis handles lateral partner and associate recruiting, as well as in-house searches for financial services clients. He is particularly skilled in corporate, corporate finance, capital markets, private equity, hedge fund, and tax searches for major financial institutions, broker-dealers, hedge funds, private equity funds, and law firms. Recently, Brian has placed the General Counsel at Texas Pacific Group, Fortress Investment Group LLC, D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P., Cowen & Company, Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co FSB, GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC., Alden Global Capital, Acorn Advisory Capital, Pergamon Capital, Think Equity Partners, Illumina Inc., Gatehouse Media Inc., and Aircastle Investments Limited, the Chief Legal Officer at TPG-Axon Capital, a partner at Cheyne Capital in London, the Deputy General Counsel at Fortress Investments, Associate General Counsel at AIG Investments, Silver Point Capital, Bank of America, Credit Suisse, CIT Capital, Newcastle Partners LLP, GSC Partners, D&B Corporation, New York Life Investment Management, Honeywell, and Sandell Asset Management, the Chief Compliance Officer at Evercore Partners, and a portfolio analyst at Marin Capital. Brian also has recently helped open the New York office of a major Texas law firm, placed a partner at a top ten national firm, and placed associates in firms in New York, London, Dallas, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and Frankfurt.
Brian has been involved in the New York legal community for many years. He has served as general counsel to a publicly-held Internet company and was a senior partner in a mid-sized New York law firm specializing in corporate, finance, tax, and securities law. He also served as that firm’s hiring partner for several years.
Brian became a legal recruiter in 1998 and joined Major, Lindsey & Africa three years later. He holds a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School and an LL.M. (in taxation) from New York University School of Law. Brian received his B.A. from Fordham University and is admitted to practice in New York and California. |