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Thought Leadership
Acted for UK Top 30 firm, enhancing brand through thought leadership
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Partnership culture
Acted for London office of Top 15 Global law firm on partnership dynamics
Thought leadership
Acted for UK Top 30 firm, enhancing brand through thought leadership
Conceived client-facing magazine for firm’s major practice area. Working closely with leading brand agency in the legal space, undertook interviews with partners in the UK and abroad, wrote numerous articles and assisted with the design of the magazine.
Acted for leading legal industry consultancy on thought leadership strategy
Working with legal industry solutions provider to conceive, shape and output thought leadership strategy, including coming up with topics, interviewing and writing articles for company’s social media output, to be published in book form eventually.
Partnership culture
Acted for international firm in EU office
Worked with the firm to develop a culture questionnaire, completed by all partners ahead of an away day aimed at problem solving and brainstorming a new strategy. Report and analysis.
Acted for leading global law firm
Worked with London office partners in large practice group to assess group culture. In-depth interviews with all partners, report and presentation/discussion to talk about new strategic directions, succession planning etc
Feasibility studies
Acted for a UK Top Ten law firm considering opening a foreign office
Background research, compiled database of 150 general counsel in local region, visited region to undertake interviews with GCs, recruiters and commentators, compiled report. After presentation of report, wrote outline business plan for putative office.
Acted for a leading alternative legal services provider.
Market mapping and feasibility analysis relating to a putative nationwide initiative bringing the firm’s unique strategy to a new market. Competitor analysis on sample region, background research to determine likely market conditions. Report and outline business plan.
Managing partner’s ‘consigliere’
Acted for UK Top 15 firm across a range of matters
Instructed directly by managing partner, I have acted for all major departments of the firm across a wide range of matters including strategy, feasibility and market analysis, client interviewing and reporting, partner coaching and marketing support, business analysis and recruitment support.
Acted for London office of US Top 50 law firm across a range of matters
Instructed directly by managing partner, offered strategy advice, partner coaching, feasibility studies for practice area expansion, PR, marketing advice, business plan analysis, recruitment support including managing recruiters and assisting with interviewing candidates, offer process and eventual onboarding.
Recruitment support
Acted for AmLaw Top Ten law firm on recruitment drive in finance
Following firm’s dissatisfaction with previous search exercise, undertook market analysis and created shortlist of potential candidates which led to a hire of partner and team.
Acted for UK Top 15 firm on numerous matters
Wide range of recruitment support activity including feasibility exercises, market mapping, shortlisting, instructing recruiters and working in tandem with recruiter partners to place a number of candidates.
Coaching, personal advisory
Acted for US firm in London
Personal coaching with all partners. Advice on personal business plans, marketing and PR, in addition to ‘pastoral’ work. Resulted in several new business ventures, reframing of a number of practices.
Acted for Top 20 UK law firm
Working with all partners of niche team which formed part of the firm’s main revenue-generating practice area. One-to-one coaching, thought leadership, advice on marketing strategy and tactics as well as client relationship development and ongoing practice management.