Professional Services
Strategy, audit, advisory, risk and transformation consulting, law firms, in house legal, compliance and dispute resolution.
Professional services firms appoint leaders twice: once for their expertise and once for the relationships they bring. The second is harder to verify, so we map relationships against the firm's target clients before any approach.
We assess how a partner builds and shares work, not only how much they bill, because that is what decides whether a lateral appointment strengthens the partnership.
- Consulting and advisory
- Legal services
Subject matter expertRicky, Banking, Fintech and Professional Services
Six checks before any candidate reaches your shortlist.
Each area of this industry has its own six checks, because each asks something different of its leaders.
Consulting and advisory
Strategy, audit, advisory, risk and transformation consulting.
- 01
Partner track calibration
Practice P&L, promotion track and book of business credentials.
- 02
Pedigree and training
Leaders sourced from leading audit, advisory and strategy houses.
- 03
Practice fit
Alignment to risk, tax, audit, deals, strategy, operations and technology practices.
- 04
Client book portability
Relationships, sector access and portability assessed before a move.
- 05
Utilisation discipline
Utilisation, realisation and pricing discipline benchmarked.
- 06
Ethics and independence
Independence, conflict clearance and ethics record confirmed.
Legal services
Law firms, in house legal, compliance, regulatory and dispute resolution.
- 01
Partner pedigree
Partner trajectory, billings and committee standing mapped.
- 02
Practice specialisation
Depth in M and A, disputes, intellectual property, tax, banking, real estate and employment.
- 03
Admissions and standing
Bar admissions, regulatory standing and qualifying experience confirmed.
- 04
Client book portability
A realistic view of mandates, conflicts and lateral economics.
- 05
Cross border capability
Common law, civil law and Sharia exposure for multi jurisdiction work.
- 06
Legal operations
Legal technology and innovation in practice management.
Senior leadership across the industry.
Representative roles. Every mandate is designed for the client concerned, and clients are identified only with their written consent.
- Managing Partner
- Practice Partner, risk, deals or strategy
- Head of Forensic and Financial Crime
- Head of Sustainability Advisory
- General Counsel
- Chief Legal Officer
- Partner, disputes and arbitration
- Partner, banking and finance
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