Practice Areas · Bankruptcy & Restructuring · Chapter 7
Chapter 7 Recruiters
We map 1,000+ Chapter 7 practitioners across trustee-panel, commercial and consumer dockets — so you reach the right lateral before your search becomes known.
Inside the Chapter 7 market.
Our proprietary Titan AI maps the relevant field first; experienced consultants qualify it by hand. The figures describe the talent market we cover.
- 1,000+
- lawyers with chapter 7 experience
Chapter 7 liquidation work demands a practitioner profile that is genuinely distinct from broader restructuring practice: counsel who can move quickly through asset analysis, trustee relationships and creditor negotiations in a context where the outcome is wind-down, not rescue. That combination of speed, precision and creditor-side credibility is rare, and the talent pool reflects it.
We maintain a living map of more than 1,000 lawyers with hands-on Chapter 7 experience — spanning consumer and commercial dockets, trustee-panel counsel, unsecured creditors' committee work and complex asset-sale mandates. The depth of that mapping means we can speak with authority about where genuinely experienced practitioners are, what they have actually worked on, and what would move them.
Firms recruiting into this space routinely underestimate how different the candidate calculus is from Chapter 11 or out-of-court work. We bring the market intelligence to close that gap — and the existing relationships to act on it discreetly.
Live chapter 7 roles.
Part of our bankruptcy & restructuring practice.
Chapter 7 sits within Bankruptcy & Restructuring. Explore the related specialisms we recruit across.
The searches we run in Chapter 7.
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 searchBoth sides of the search.
For law firms
Lateral partners, practice groups and associates — a shortlist drawn from the full field of a practice, not a rented 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 moreChapter 7 recruitment — common questions
How is the Chapter 7 talent market different from the broader restructuring market?
Chapter 7 practice selects for a specific skill set: rapid asset analysis, trustee and U.S. Trustee relationships, and creditor-side negotiation under liquidation timelines. Many strong restructuring lawyers have limited liquidation-docket exposure, so the effective candidate pool is materially smaller than headcount figures suggest. Our map isolates practitioners with verified Chapter 7 volume, not just a restructuring title.
How many live chapter 7 roles does Sartori & Partners have?
We have 222 live chapter 7 roles across our coverage, spanning 142 partner-level and 80 associate or counsel positions. Mandates in this area are typically confidential and off-market — these are only the roles we are actively able to share. Contact us to discuss what else is live.
What compensation do chapter 7 roles typically offer?
Based on current live mandates, chapter 7 role compensation in the US runs $100k–$435k. This reflects only the roles where the hiring organisation has authorised us to share a range publicly — many mandates are structured around the right candidate rather than a fixed band. Contact us for a candid benchmark for your specific profile.
Chapter 7
The right chapter 7 hire begins with a quiet conversation.
Tell us the mandate — we will tell you candidly whether we are the right firm to run it. No obligation, complete discretion.