Jowers Vargas

Jowers Vargas is a boutique legal recruitment agency that focuses on international placements. Since 2006, our partners have made over 500 placements of attorneys into various global markets. With key principals and co-founders based in the US, Asia, and Europe, Jowers Vargas is well-poised to service an international portfolio of private practice and in-house clients. Jowers Vargas' International practice has extensive experience servicing various markets such as Asia, Australia, London / Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. We have made placements in markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, London, the EU, and Dubai, and we have even made placements in further-afield locations like Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia! Our US practice focuses on all major domestic legal markets. In terms of placement activity, our top markets are (in alphabetical order): Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco / Silicon Valley, and Washington DC / Northern Virginia, but we have also made a number of placements in markets such as Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Austin, Boulder, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Seattle, as well as in fully remote roles. We have also successfully helped many Canadian-qualified attorneys transition into US BigLaw. Our law firm client base includes boutique, regional, and AmLaw 200 firms. Additionally, we work with firms looking to open up in new international geographies and have successfully assisted top AmLaw firms into breaking into new global markets. Our in-house clients are a diverse range of public and private companies, including startups, multinationals, asset managers, specialty funds (e.g, family offices, search funds, infrastructure funds), and financial services companies. We have serviced in-house clients in a variety of industries, including fintech / digital payments, asset management, cryptocurrency / blockchain, e-commerce, consumer products, food and beverage, and financial services.