Mergers with the Benefit of Hindsight.

• Author: Harnetty, Anne.
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Brown Dog Books,, 2022.; Ã2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (103 pages)

Compelling guide to law firm M&A that will challenge your thinking. Find out what stops integration working by using the insight of a peer group of Managing Partners. Benefit from their hindsight on themes that are recurrent, this is practical and entirely relatable with useful anecdotes and case studies on best practice. Featuring every key aspect of the M&A process from inception to completion, with advice on everything from strategy, culture, communications, finance, behaviour of partners and staff, client considerations, marketing and IT to enable you to plan and focus on successful integration. Inspiring for those considering M&A and insightful for day-to-day management of professional services partnerships.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The M&amp -- A Market -- 2. The Benefits of a Merger Broker -- 3. Culture -- 4. Do Partners Help or Hinder Mergers? -- 5. 2+2 Does not Always Equal 4 and you may not want it to -- 6. Financial Culture, the Bedrock of a Successful Merger -- 7. Internal Communication -- 8. Planning and Integration -- 9. Planning for IT, the devil is in the detail -- 10. Value to Clients -- 11. What are the key Marketing and Business development Considerations pre- and post-merger? -- 12. Staff Considerations -- 13. What did we Learn? -- Acknowledgements.