Professional services firms suffer a unique commercial loss when fee earners leave compared to other businesses. Clients often have a close personal relationship with the departing fee earner in law and accountancy firms and the fee earner in turn is likely to have valuable knowledge about some of the most […]
When one of your partners leaves your law firm in a lateral hire there are some standard procedures firms typically follow, for example joint communication with clients (after the lawyer has announced their departure to your firm). But what’s the best way to handle departing partners or lawyers from a […]
There are a number of often-touted advantages of law firm mergers, amongst which are a reduction in back office costs, cross-selling opportunities, and a bigger brand to go to market with. Yet if it’s about building a bigger brand why is it merging firms too often destroy the digital footprint […]