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Dimitri Mastrocola is a Partner and widely regarded as one of the preeminent executive legal search consultants on Wall Street and beyond. His search practice is focused on general counsel, in-house counsel and chief compliance officer placements for national and international corporations (private and public, across all industries), diversified financial services firms, asset management firms, alternative asset managers (including hedge funds, private equity firms, sovereign wealth firms and family offices), corporate and investment banks, broker-dealers, proprietary trading firms, commercial banks, non-bank lenders and insurance companies. In addition, Dimitri has expertise placing general counsel, CCOs and their teams within PE- and VC-backed portfolio companies in all industry verticals.

Dimitri also advises in-house legal departments on the design and implementation of transformation projects that help organizations achieve sustainable strategic value and profitable growth. Beyond the legal and compliance space, Dimitri helps clients to fill C-suite executive positions across the entire organization in collaboration with his colleagues at Allegis Partners, a global executive search boutique affiliated with MLA.

Dimitri is a former corporate lawyer who brings more than 15 years of law firm and financial industry experience to executive search. Prior to joining Major, Lindsey & Africa in 2005, he worked in the corporate and M&A practice at Fasken in Montreal (1990-1996), Shearman & Sterling’s project finance practice in New York (1997-2003), and as an associate general counsel with Citi’s corporate and investment bank in New York (2003-2005).

McGill University, Faculty of Law: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B. / J.D. equivalent) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.)

Vanier College (Montreal, Canada): B.S., Business

"Here is what you get from MLA generally and specifically from Dimitri Mastrocola:

•  A keen focus on the details with which to set a context in a funneled way, starting with the culture of your organization writ large and drilled down to the as is and to be culture of your legal team;
• Masterful question asking that pressure tests your thinking and separates what you think you need from what you actually need; and
• A brilliantly conceived (who, what, where, when) and masterfully executed (professionalism, transparency and integrity) search process that ensures you reach the right hiring decision.

MLA and Dimitri Mastrocola have my highest recommendation."

Jacqueline Welch
SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer
Freddie Mac

 

"Landed me a fantastic General Counsel - a needle in the haystack who is the perfect fit for our company. He took the time to learn our needs, and was extremely efficient in offering up great prospects. I highly recommend him."

Matt Higgins
Co-Founder and CEO
RSE Ventures

 

"Dimitri did a superb job understanding our competitive positioning and our needs for a next-generation world class General Counsel. He sourced outstanding candidates and we hired a gem."

Mark Wolfson
Managing Partner
Jasper Ridge Partners

 

“We retained Dimitri and Major, Lindsey & Africa to hire a Deputy General Counsel for our firm. The search process was competitive and we selected his firm over two others. They were professional, fast, efficient and all of the candidates were high quality. The team did the hard work of prescreening many relevant candidates out of a large field and found us exactly the right person for the role. They were responsive, very quick from start to finish and I am happy to say that the new hire is the right fit for our firm. I would highly recommend Dimitri for your General Counsel, Deputy GC or staff lawyer search.”

Wendy Mullen
Chief Human Resources Officer
First Manhattan Co.

 

"Dimitri is incredibly thorough and professional. Having worked with a number of search firms in the private funds space over the years, I feel that Dimitri's preparation and knowledge (both of his clients' needs as well as his applicants' attributes) places him at or near the top of his space."

Scott Sherman
General Counsel
Tiger Management