Partners
Make smarter, less risky lateral hires
Successful partner recruiting is tough. To recruit and integrate the best, firms need a smart approach to lateral recruitment. Montresor Legal’s Partner & Strategic Hire practice has built an enviable track record combining client led intelligence with close personal relationships with partners and those that instruct them.Why Montresor
Access to the best emerging partner talent
Key insights from existing and target clients
Leading rates of engagement from shortlisted partners
Inside knowledge of the partners that clients will follow
Best-in-class new hire integration
Meet our Partner Team
Tom Balmer
Tom is a founder at Third Way Legal, and our sister business Montresor Legal. He has worked within the legal recruitment industry since 2001. Tom’s clients include top investment banks, asset managers and fin tech businesses along with selected law firms.
Outside work Tom enjoys exploring new ways to battle his waistline and pretending to be knowledgeable about wine.
+44 (0)7876746728
Freddie Lawson
Freddie leads our Partner Search practice, placing partners into US and English firms, in London, Europe and Asia. Freddie qualified as a banking lawyer in 2008, before moving to search in 2010.
When not talking to lawyers, Freddie can be found on a golf course, a ski slope, coaching his children at rugby and cricket or trying to cook one meal his whole family will enjoy.
+44 7706 312 349
Roger Barron
Roger’s career as an M&A lawyer spanned over 30 years, and has included time as a Linklaters Partner, Vice-Chair of M&A at Paul Hastings and Senior Advisor to Eversheds Sutherland.
Roger’s role at Montresor involves providing counsel to Montresor consultants, clients, and individual partners represented by the firm.
Roger is also a passionate supporter of the arts. He has been a trustee of the London Music Fund, served on various committees at the Royal Opera House and is currently Chair of the London Philharmonic Orchestra's Advisory Council, having been a director since 2016.