Legal Executive Search · Asia
Legal Recruitment across Asia
Greater China, the financial hubs of Asia and the wider region — financial services, funds, disputes and investigations, and the team build-outs that follow capital across the markets we cover.
Legal Recruitment across Asia: 175,000+ lawyers, June 2026
Legal Recruitment across Asia: Sartori & Partners maps 175,000+ lawyers across 12 city markets as of the June 2026 coverage build, and 270,000+ lawyers in the markets covered. Sartori & Partners opened its Brussels network in 2019. Since 2017 Sartori & Partners has completed 400+ placements (230+ in-house), including 52 general counsel and chief legal officer searches, with a 24-day shortlist and an 11-week median to an accepted offer. A NASDAQ-listed medtech in Boston hired its general counsel in week 11.
The Asia market, mapped before we shortlist.
Our proprietary Titan AI maps the relevant field first — then experienced consultants qualify it by hand. The figures below describe the market we cover, not a candidate database.
- 175,000+
- lawyers mapped in the Asia market
- 12+
- markets mapped
- 7
- core practice areas tracked
Across Asia we map 175,000+ lawyers before building any shortlist. Wherever a mandate sits, it is run on one consistent standard: map the full field, then qualify it by hand.
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270,000+
lawyers across the Asia markets we cover
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175,000+
senior lawyers we map across Asia
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The few
who genuinely fit the mandate
Where Asia mandates concentrate.
The practice areas best represented across the Asia market in our coverage — the strongest pools for lateral, in-house and senior counsel hiring.
- 01 Corporate
- 02 Finance & Banking
- 03 Litigation
- 04 Securities
- 05 Energy
- 06 International
- 07 Intellectual Property
The markets we cover across Asia.
Each is a market we map and recruit across — explore the local picture, or tell us the mandate and we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it.
Hong Kong
Strongest in Corporate, Finance & Banking, Litigation.
Explore Hong Kong 100,000+ lawyersChina
Strongest in Corporate, Finance & Banking, Intellectual Property.
Explore China 4,000+ lawyersSingapore
Strongest in Finance & Banking, Corporate, Litigation.
Explore Singapore 11,000+ lawyersJapan
Strongest in Corporate, Finance & Banking, Energy.
Explore Japan 24,800+ lawyersMalaysia
Strongest in Corporate, Energy, Compliance & Regulatory.
Explore Malaysia 16,000+ lawyersSouth Korea
Strongest in Corporate, Finance & Banking, Litigation.
Explore South Korea 6,500+ lawyersThailand
Strongest in Corporate, Litigation, Finance & Banking.
Explore Thailand 13,000+ lawyersIndonesia
Strongest in Corporate, Finance & Banking, Energy.
Explore Indonesia 10,000+ lawyersPhilippines
Strongest in Corporate, Litigation, Tax.
Explore Philippines 5,000+ lawyersTaiwan
Strongest in Corporate, Intellectual Property, Litigation.
Explore TaiwanThe searches we run in Asia.
Law-firm and corporate mandates alike — from a confidential lateral partner move to a first general counsel — each run on the same evidence-led method.
Lateral Partner & Practice-Group Moves
Confidential lateral partners and practice-group lift-outs, assessed on portable business, conflicts and platform fit.
Explore this search 02In-House & General Counsel
GC, deputy GC and senior counsel for companies operating across multiple jurisdictions.
Explore this search 03Associate & Counsel Recruiting
Mid-level and senior associates and counsel, matched on practice depth and trajectory, not keywords.
Explore this search 04Compliance & Regulatory Leadership
Chief compliance officers and regulatory leaders for the most heavily supervised practices.
Explore this searchHiring inside a company in Asia? We run a first general counsel search, a chief compliance officer search, and general counsel and in-house counsel search for the rest of the legal team.
Both sides of the search.
For law firms
Lateral partners, practice groups and associates — a shortlist drawn from the full field of a market, not a rented local database.
Learn moreFor companies
General counsel, compliance and legal-operations leaders for businesses building or scaling a legal function.
Learn moreFor candidates
Considering a move? We approach senior lawyers privately and confidentially — nothing moves without your say-so.
Learn moreAsia
The right hire in Asia begins with a quiet conversation.
Tell us the mandate and the market — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.