Dimitri Mastrocola

Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter

Location: Greater New York City Area
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting

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Dimitri Mastrocola's Overview

Current

Legal Recruiter: General Counsel Search / In-house Counsel Search at Major, Lindsey & Africa (dmastrocola@mlaglobal.com)

Past

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel at Citigroup
Senior Associate Attorney, Finance Group at Shearman & Sterling LLP
Associate Attorney, Corporate and M&A Group at Fasken Martineau

Education

McGill University
Vanier College

Recommendations

28 people have recommended Dimitri

Connections

500+ connections

Websites

I am Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter, with an executive legal search practice focused on general counsel search, in-house counsel search and compliance officer search for national and international corporations, hedge funds and private equity firms, proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers and corporate/investment banks.

My area of strongest legal recruiting focus is placing attorneys within financial services firms. I am regularly retained as an exclusive legal recruiter by alternative asset management firms (hedge funds, private equity firms, family offices), proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers and corporate/investment banks.

My placements in legal recruiting include:

General Counsel
- ArcelorMittal Dofasco
- Aptalis Pharma
- Astenbeck Capital
- Alden Global Capital
- Revlon
- Evercore Trust Company / Evercore Wealth Management
- Aegis Media Americas
- Eurand

Deputy General Counsel:
- AEA Investors LP

Chief Compliance Officer
- Isis (JVL Ventures LLC)
- H/2 Capital Partners
- Astenbeck Capital
- Evercore Partners
- Evercore Trust Company
- Sandelman Partners LP
- Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co. FSB

Head of Global Regulatory Affairs
- CLS Bank International

Regional Associate Director / Head of Enforcement - NY
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

Associate General Counsel / Senior Counsel
- Bain Capital
- Viking Global Investors
- Burford Group
- J.C. Flowers
- TPG Capital
- Jane Street Capital
- Fortress Investment Group
- Evercore Partners
- Eton Park Capital Management
- Catlin Group Limited
- Barclays Capital
- BMO Capital Markets
- Macquarie Group
- Mizuho Capital Markets Corporation
- Ospraie Management LLC
- Merrill Lynch
- Bear Stearns
- USI Holdings
- Parsons Brinckerhoff

Specialties

Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter, legal recruiter, legal recruiting, legal search, executive search, general counsel search, corporate counsel search, financial services legal search, financial services attorneys, compliance professionals, general counsel, chief compliance officer, alternative asset management, hedge funds, private equity, proprietary trading, investment banking, M&A,corporate law, corporate banking, legal jobs, legal placement, legal department recruiting

Legal Recruiter: General Counsel Search / In-house Counsel Search

Major, Lindsey & Africa (dmastrocola@mlaglobal.com)

Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry

2005 – Present (8 years) Greater New York City Area

Legal recruiter: executive legal search practice focused on general counsel search, in-house counsel search and compliance officer search for national and international corporations, hedge funds and private equity firms, proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers and corporate/investment banks.

My legal recruiting practice also includes lateral partner searches for premier law firms.

My placements in legal recruiting include the General Counsel at ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Aptalis Pharma, Astenbeck Capital, Alden Global Capital, Revlon, Evercore Trust Company / Evercore Wealth Management, Aegis Media Americas and Eurand; the Deputy General Counsel at AEA Investors LP; the Chief Compliance Officer at Isis, H/2 Capital Partners, Astenbeck Capital, Evercore Partners, Evercore Trust Company, Sandelman Partners LP and Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co.; the Head of Global Regulatory Affairs at CLS Bank International; the New York Head of Enforcement at Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; and Associate General Counsels at Bain Capital, Viking Global Investors, Burford Group, J.C. Flowers, TPG Capital, Fortress Investment Group, Eton Park Capital, Jane Street Capital, BMO Capital Markets, Catlin Group Limited, Mizuho Capital Markets, Ospraie Management, Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital, Bear Stearns, Macquarie Group, USI Holdings and Parsons Brinckerhoff. I also handled the General Counsel search for Blue Ridge Capital and a high-level search for Glenview Capital Management.

Major, Lindsey & Africa was founded in 1982 by former in-house counsel, and is widely recognized as one of the premier legal recruiting firms in the world. We have completed successful searches for Fortune 500 general counsel, staff counsel, to a company's first in-house lawyer, and everything in between.

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel

Citigroup

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; C; Financial Services industry

2003 – 2005 (2 years) Greater New York City Area

I acted as senior internal counsel supporting the Syndicated Loans, Leveraged Finance and Structured Corporate Finance businesses. I advised senior management and line bankers on legal, contractual and regulatory issues and internal policy compliance.

Senior Associate Attorney, Finance Group

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry

1997 – 2003 (6 years) Greater New York City Area

I was a senior associate with deal-running experience in complicated and demanding financing transactions. I represented sponsors/developers, special-purpose project entities, lenders and borrowers in connection with domestic and cross-border project development and financing deals. I also represented agents, lead banks and lenders in domestic and cross-border, secured and unsecured, syndicated and bilateral bank financings.

Associate Attorney, Corporate and M&A Group

Fasken Martineau

1990 – 1997 (7 years) Montreal, Canada Area

I began my professional career in Montreal, representing Canadian, U.S. and European clients in connection with private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, company representation and commercial transactions.

French
Italian

McGill University

LL.B & B.C.L., Law

1985 – 1989

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B./JD equivalent) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) - 1989
- Graduated with Honors / Faculty Scholar
- Member, Law Students' Association Executive Council
- Teaching Assistant - Legal Research and Methodology

Vanier College

Business

1983 – 1985

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Interests:

Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter, legal recruiter, legal recruiting, legal search, executive search, general counsel search, corporate counsel search, legal jobs, law jobs, attorney jobs, in house counsel jobs, lawyer jobs, general counsel jobs, financial services legal search, financial services attorneys, compliance professionals, general counsel, chief compliance officer, alternative asset management, hedge funds, private equity, proprietary trading, investment banking, M&A,corporate law, corporate banking, legal placement, legal department recruiting

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