As Strategic Researcher, Dustin carries out targeted research and analysis to inform the work of Macrae’s robust transatlantic team of recruiters. His expertise includes searching for and identifying potential candidates with specific practice and/or sector experience, across all major legal markets. In addition, as a key contributor to the firm’s real-time collective intelligence platform, he mines a wide range of sources and data to equip recruiters with the timely insight and intel they require to excel. 

While Dustin primarily assists in the execution of contingent and retained searches, he also has extensive experience supporting business pitches to law firm clients; producing briefing notes for candidates; updating, structuring and maintaining data on law firms and individual lawyers; and providing overviews of key legal markets in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He is particularly fascinated by law firms’ strategies for success across the ever-changing global market. 

Dustin’s perspective on the global legal market has been shaped through nearly 20 years of experience in the legal recruiting industry. Prior to joining Macrae in 2021, he had a 15-year tenure at Shilton Sharpe Quarry, where he led the research function, including training and building out the firm’s research team. Dustin began his legal research career at Fox Rodney Search. He earned a B.A. in History and an M.A. in Modern History from University College London, after which he completed the Common Professional Examination and Bar Vocational Course at the College of Law, London.