There are 8000 firms in England & Wales of between 1-4 Partners and a large majority of these will have Partners who are in the last few years of their […]

Tom Blandford continues his series on selling a law firm. Here he focuses on valuing the firm and discusses the value placed on goodwill and work in progress: How do […]

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: […]

Join ALFMA’s Andy Poole, Andrew Roberts, Mark Briegal and Tom Blandford, as they discuss the future landscape for law firms looking to merge during and post-COVID. Live Webinar: What Law […]

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 […]