ALFMA member Tom Blandford was interviewed by Law Firm Ambition about his views on the most common questions around selling a law firm. Here are some of Tom’s thoughts on knowing the basics: […]

Firms won’t become more commercially successful by being better at the law but, rather, by running a better legal services  business. More proficient strategic thinking and better management, team working […]

In part 2 of our series looking at the issues the legal sector is facing during the Covid-19 pandemic, we focus on staff, the courts and compliance: Staff issues The […]

Our Chair Andrew Roberts has recorded an interview discussing what law firms should do now and what to look for post-Covid. For any managing partner out there thinking about the […]

Whilst many of the issues the legal sector faces during the Covid-19 pandemic are common to businesses of all types, some are unique. Here we focus on a few specific […]

In the Spring of 2007 the former financial trader, mathematician and philosopher Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, published his seminal book ‘The Black Swan : The Impact of the Highly Improbable’.  […]

It is all too easy for those focused on the consummation of a merger (and with a deep knowledge of the transaction) to assume that its strategic logic will be […]

Absolute clarity is crucial at the outset of any search for a merger partner. Do you know what you are looking for? How you will know when you find it? […]

An interesting point is reached in any merger discussion, at which the negotiating teams must set aside issues of market dynamics, strategy and positioning. Plans for operational change, efficiency improvements and […]

Firms won’t become more commercially successful by being better at the law but, rather, by running a better legal services business. More proficient strategic thinking and better management, team working and communication are vital to […]