Two founders, a short list of clients, and both our names on every result. Marlowe Reed is boutique by conviction — and exclusive by design.
Make an enquiry →Marlowe Reed was founded by two partners who had spent their careers at the senior end of legal search — and wanted to practise it differently. Fewer clients, deeper relationships, and their own names on every result.
We are, by choice, very small. We take a handful of searches at a time, and we decline far more than we accept. Exclusivity here is not a pose; it is the model.
You will not be passed to a team. Every search is led by a founder, personally, start to finish.
Two decades placing partners and practice groups at the most senior end of the market, and a conviction that the best moves are never rushed.
A career spent advising firms and lawyers through the decisions that define them — quietly, candidly, and always in the client's long interest.
Partner-level and leadership appointments — and only where we can add something no one else will.
Individual partner appointments, handled personally and in complete confidence.
The coordinated move of practice groups, from first approach to settled arrival.
Managing partners, heads of practice, and the transitions that shape a firm.
Senior non-executive and advisory appointments with a legal remit.
Depth over breadth — the areas where our relationships run deepest.
We decline more than we accept. A short list of clients means our full attention on each.
You work with a founder — never a handler, never a queue. The name is the person.
The most senior moves are the quietest. Nothing leaves the room without your word.
Relationships built over decades, at the level where the important moves are made.
If you have a search that demands seniority and discretion, write to us. Every enquiry reaches a founder — Marlowe or Reed — directly, and in confidence.