As a very long established and well-known firm, working from a single office in the North of England, this company had 5 partners, two of whom were approaching retirement. Turnover […]

External investment is increasingly common in the legal sector, and for all sizes of firm. But is it for you? Not that long ago, external investment in law firms was […]

The manner in which the leadership team engages, communicates and builds consensus with its wider partner group is one of the most important opportunities and challenges in any merger. Without […]

In any merger discussion, there will be a limited number of areas which have the potential to be deal breakers. These range from issues of strategic significance to those of […]

We have a great deal of experience of valuing practices for a variety of purposes including retirements, disposals, mergers, incorporations and restructures, and increasingly with disputes. We also have experience […]

As a managing partner, you never know when that right merger approach might come through. At least half of the firms we work with did not actively plan to merge […]

The answer is 6 P’s – Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents Poor Performance This is the £1m question and the simple answer is that the losers frequently conduct the process […]

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 […]

The small-mid law firm world has changed without many of us noticing it and now succession is the biggest issue facing most small firms. It is like high blood pressure […]