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About Oceanic Partners

Oceanic Partners, a Boston-based legal search and recruitment firm, was founded in 2005 by Robert M. Smith, Esq., formerly Assistant Dean of Duke School of Law, and John Gerweck, formerly a Director with Syncronamics, a NY based consulting firm. With 15 years of experience in the placement of lateral Partners and Associates, Oceanic Partners' focus is on the Corporate, Intellectual Property, and Real Estate practice sectors. We have applied our practical experience in legal recruitment and career management services to offer a full range of in-depth, personalized career services. Matching your career goals and ambitions to the best available opportunities is what has made Oceanic Partners a recognized leader in our field. Oceanic Partners is also dedicated to providing employers with talent that will thrive in their organization and give them the competitive advantage that only exceptional talent can provide. We work with clients to identify candidates that not only meet their technical requirements but are a cultural fit as well. At the same time, Oceanic Partners is a full-service recruitment firm. We screen and interview candidates, run background checks, perform skills assessments, schedule interviews, and play a role in negotiating offers by our client firms.

Representative Clients

  • Skadden Arps
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Cooley
  • Goodwin Procter
  • Fish & Richardson
  • Fenwick & West
  • Simpson Thacher
  • Morrison & Foerster
  • Sidley Austin
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Paul Hastings
  • Greenberg Traurig
  • Venable
  • Akin Gump

  • Sterne Kessler
  • Vinson & Elkins
  • Jones Day
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Cadwalader
  • Winston & Strawn
  • Wilmer Hale
  • Davis Polk
  • Nixon Peabody
  • Orrick Herrington
  • Wilson Sonsini
  • Foley & Lardner
  • Covington & Burling
  • Kilpatrick Townsend
  • Knobbe Martens

Our Areas of Focus

CORPORATE
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity & Venture Capital
  • Securities & Capital Markets
  • Investment Management
  • Banking & Finance
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
  • IP Litigation
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark / Copyright
  • IP Transactions
  • Patent Agents & Advisors
REAL ESTATE
  • Acquisitions & Dispositions
  • Real Estate Development
  • Leasing
  • Joint Ventures
  • Real Estate Finance

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