Cliff Group is a legal recruitment, coaching and consultancy business in New York led by Matthew Bersani, a former partner at Shearman & Sterling for over 20 years and Molly Cliff, a leader in the legal executive search world.  Cliff Group provides bespoke advice to firms and candidates based on Matthew’s and Molly’s decades of experience at the highest levels in the legal world.  We offer an “inside/outside” perspective that is unmatched in the industry.  Matthew has a deep firm-side understanding of how to build a successful team of collaborative and client-focused partners. Matthew played a senior management role for decades at Shearman & Sterling until he retired earlier this year. He was elected by his partners to the firm's global board of directors, sat on the firm's global executive group, and most recently was head of the firm's global corporate finance team, the firm's largest practice group. In these capacities, he established many of the firm's strategies and lateral partner hiring initiatives.  Matthew received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University and his JD from Columbia Law School. 

Molly, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, worked at Cravath and in-house at GE before joining the legal recruitment industry more than 15 years ago. She works with firms to find lawyers that will add value to their existing practices while working in a collaborative and synergistic manner.  She helps candidates find firms where they can realize their full potential in an environment consistent with their own values. And she partners with financial institutions to find legal and compliance compliance professionals who can work seamlessly with the business team and other company stakeholders.
 
Please reach out to one of us if we can help.
Matthew can be reached at (212) 994-9816 or matthew@cliffgroup.com
Molly can be reached at (212) 994-9815 or molly@cliffgroup.com

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