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

Partner 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

26 people have recommended Dimitri

Connections

500+ connections

Websites

I am Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter.

I recruit general counsels, chief compliance officers and other senior attorneys for corporate clients in a variety of industry sectors, including financial services, media & advertising, consumer products, life sciences and engineering/strategic consulting.

My area of strongest focus is placing attorneys within financial services firms. I regularly work with alternative asset management firms (hedge funds, private equity firms, family offices), proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers and corporate/investment banks.

I am a former corporate lawyer (Shearman & Sterling, Citigroup) and bring 15+ years of law firm and in-house legal experience to executive search. I received my law degree from McGill University in 1989.

My placements include:

General Counsel
- Alden Global Capital
- Evercore Trust Company / Evercore Wealth Management
- Aegis Media Americas
- Eurand (a Warburg Pincus portfolio company)

Deputy General Counsel:
- AEA Investors LP

Chief Compliance Officer
- Evercore Partners
- Evercore Trust Company
- Sandelman Partners LP
- Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co. FSB

Deputy Chief Compliance Officer
- Astenbeck Capital / Phibro Trading

Associate General Counsel / Senior Counsel
- Astenbeck Capital
- Jane Street Capital
- Fortress Investment Group
- Evercore Partners
- Eton Park Capital Management
- Barclays Capital
- BMO Capital Markets
- Macquarie Group
- Mizuho Capital Markets Corporation
- Ospraie Management LLC
- Merrill Lynch
- Bear Stearns
- USI Holdings
- Parsons Brinckerhoff

I recently handled a General Counsel search for Revlon and Blue Ridge Capital and a high-level search for Glenview Capital Management. In addition, I have placed partners, counsel and senior associates with premier law firms in New York and overseas.

Specialties

Wall Street's Best Connected Legal Recruiter, 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 services, legal jobs, legal placement, executive search, recruiting, success training, personal/executive success coaching, social media, social media marketing, Web 2.0

Partner

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

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

November 2005 – Present (6 years 3 months) Greater New York City Area

Market-leading executive legal search practice focused on placing General Counsels and senior in-house counsel and compliance officers with national and international corporations, hedge funds and private equity firms, proprietary trading firms, broker-dealers and corporate/investment banks.

My search practice also includes counsel and partner searches for premier firms.

I have placed the General Counsel at Evercore Wealth Management, Alden Global Capital, Eurand (a Warburg Pincus portfolio company) and Aegis Media Americas; the Deputy General Counsel at AEA Investors LP; the Chief Compliance Officer at Evercore Partners, Evercore Trust Company, Sandelman Partners LP and Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Co.; the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Astenbeck Capital/Phibro Trading; and Associate General Counsels at Fortress Investment Group, Eton Park Capital, Jane Street Capital, BMO Capital Markets, Astenbeck Capital/Phibro Trading, 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 Revlon and Blue Ridge Capital and a high-level search for Glenview Capital Management.

Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey & Africa (www.mlaglobal.com) is the world’s largest and most experienced legal search firm. Combining local market knowledge and a global recruiting network, MLA has earned recognition for its track record of successful General Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Partner, Associate and Law Firm Management placements. With offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong, London and Tokyo, MLA recruiters are dedicated to understanding and meeting clients’ and candidates’ needs while maintaining the highest degree of professionalism and confidentiality. For these reasons, MLA has been voted “Best Legal Search Firm in the U.S.” in the most recent national survey of America’s top law firms.

Senior Vice President & Associate General Counsel

Citigroup

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

April 2003 – May 2005 (2 years 2 months) 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

March 1997 – March 2003 (6 years 1 month) Greater New York City Area

I represented sponsors/developers, special-purpose project entities, lenders and borrowers in connection with domestic and cross-border project development and financing transactions. 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

April 1990 – January 1997 (6 years 10 months) 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 corporate-commercial transactions

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:

financial services, financial services attorneys, private equity, alternative asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, investment banking, M&A,corporate law, project finance, corporate banking, legal services, legal jobs, legal placement, financial services, executive coaching, executive search, recruiting, legal search, financial services legal search, compliance attorneys, personal finance, trading & investing, precious metals and commodities investing, reading, personal development, self-improvement, metaphysics, personal success training, personal success coaching, social media, social media marketing, Web 2.0, fine dining, travel & leisure, Robb Report

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