We help law firms and other businesses working in and for the legal sector to identify and enter other markets for growth, whether through greenfield development, merger or acquisition. We have helped law firms of all types, from the UK top 50 through to ambitious niche practices, as well as businesses supporting the legal sector, to think through their international expansion options. At the same time, we have worked with law firms and legal businesses from the US, Australia, Africa and Europe who are contemplating UK market entry.

We support organisations in the legal sector who are looking to innovate in their use of technology or data. We help our clients to keep up with evolving standards and best practice and we can provide benchmarking against other jurisdictions and sectors. We have provided market studies in legal technology for the Legal Services Board and Costs Lawyer Standards Board in England and Wales and we have helped organisations in Northern Ireland, Norway and Hong Kong understand and adapt to the growing alternative legal services market.

We believe that sharing ideas stimulates creative thinking and we love to bring people together to exchange experience. We have created a global network for legal regulators, the International Conference of Legal Regulators which has been bringing over 30 regulatory bodies together every year for thirteen years to learn from each other. We also set up the Africa Law and Tech Network, a virtual hub for Africa’s tech innovators to interact with policymakers and law firms, and co-created the African Corporate and General Counsel forum (ACGC), the first continent-wide network for in-house and government lawyers.

It is vital to understand your institutional strengths and weaknesses, membership needs and how you can better define your offer. We support this process with stakeholder and membership mapping and engagement planning and help you to develop income diversification strategies. We have worked with professional and membership bodies across the world to know their members better and to develop initiatives that create new growth opportunities, promote member engagement and generate new income streams.

Perspectives on the changing environment are important for the delivery of professional services, including the potential impact of technology and alternative providers. We help you position your organisation and develop the profile and connections you need to make the impact you want. We have undertaken studies and developed strategies for regulators and professional bodies to provide insight into how the profession is evolving and to help them manage and understand emerging risks, including those arising from cross-border activities.

We undertake health checks on institutional governance arrangements and processes, making sure they are fit for purpose, today and for the future. This includes benchmarking against good practice and assistance with implementing governance change projects. We have performed governance reviews, international benchmarking and legislative analyses to help regulatory and professional bodies strengthen their effectiveness, including undertaking a comprehensive governance review for a regulator with multiple layers of governance and a professional body with title awarding powers.