Find top, vetted Mergers & Acquisitions talent today.

1. See Curated Matches or Browse Our Bench: After your free account is created, describe your needs to instantly see a tailored shortlist of legal talent or browse our extensive bench using advanced search and filtering capabilities.

2. Review Detailed Talent Profiles: Dive into comprehensive profiles that highlight each candidate’s relevant experience and skills, helping you make informed decisions.

3. Select Talent to Interview: Set up interviews without the traditional back-and-forth hassles of scheduling.

4. Your Selected Talent Becomes an Extension of Your Team: Axiom facilitates onboarding with your ideal legal talent and manages the engagement from start to finish.

Our lawyers average 18+ years of experience across law firms and in-house roles, and we target individuals with prior experience with F500 and/or AmLaw 200. We hire only 3% of applicants through rigorous vetting, including multiple interviews and background checks. Over 93% of clients say our talent equals or exceeds law firm quality. 

We cover 60+ legal areas of focus across 30+ industries. Our bench not only includes lawyers, but also paralegals and legal professionals specializing in Legal Operations, Compliance, Data Privacy and Investigations. 

We typically place lawyers within a week. Once you create an account, you will be able to see talent matches within 5 minutes and set up interviews for as soon as tomorrow.

If the lawyer does not work out, we will work with you to offer a suitable replacement. Given the timing and expense you have incurred, your Axiom contact will work with you and internal teams to find an agreed upon financial resolution for your investment and time.

Axiom’s typical hourly rates are between $150 and $350 USD depending on the number of hours per week and the talent's practice area. Our rates are significantly lower than traditional law firms because we don't have profit-per-partner models or expensive real estate overhead. You will receive the attorneys’ rates along with their bios in your matches, and that number includes both the attorney’s hourly rate and Axiom’s portion. There are no hidden or additional costs.

Yes, we offer both reserved hours (minimum 10 hours/week) and ad hoc/as-needed arrangements. “Reserved” engagements guarantee a minimum number of hours per week, and most commonly clients opt for at least 20 hours/week, as that is where you'll see the greatest cost savings. Ad hoc engagements are most commonly set up for 5-10 hours per week, though you are not locked into a minimum. Engagements must be set up for at least 30 days, but you can adjust hours based on workload or seasonal needs or end an engagement with just 10 business days' notice.

Axiom lawyers join our benches for a variety of reasons, including access to our client base, diversity of work, flexibility to take more extended time off between engagements, ability to work part-time, and ability to live where they want. Most of our attorneys are not interested in climbing the career ladder but desire to get back to hands-on legal practice, and many do not mind more “junior” work. In fact, our clients appreciate having more experienced attorneys that can get the work done faster with minimal supervision. 

Their hourly rates are based on their years of experience, field of law, and where they live, however even our most senior attorneys’ rates are still a fraction of the cost of working with attorneys from most large law firms. 

Because Axiom is not a law firm, bar requirements state that our attorneys and legal professionals be supervised by an actively licensed attorney while on engagement with our clients. Most commonly, this would be the client’s in-house counsel, however in some cases we can also work with their outside law firm. 

Once you’ve selected the attorney you want to engage, you will sign an Engagement Letter and a Scope of Services. As part of the contracting process, you will make a $5,000 prepayment (via Stripe) for each engagement. You will receive monthly invoices and draw down against the prepayment until it is gone. We can email the invoices or work with your e-billing platform.