- How effective are lateral hires within law firms
Management and Strategy
Defining the Perfect Partner – Podcast Recording with Zulon Begum and Moray McLaren
In this podcast recording, Partner Zulon Begum and leading international law firm management consultant, Moray McLaren discuss new research by the IBA’s Law Firm Management Committee (LFMC) which explores recent trends in partner profit sharing, remuneration and reward. The research has been published by Harvard Law School and is available here.
Key discussion…
Partner Remuneration & LLP Agreements: Updating Your Firm’s LLP Agreement to Reflect its Changing Partner Remuneration System
- The importance of ensuring the firm’s partner remuneration system, metrics and procedures are clearly documented within the LLP Agreement and any associated policies and allow for a

Law firm mergers- a workshop for law firm leaders: PPA Event – 29 November 2023
Most ambitious law firms include merger as one potential route to achieve their growth plans, whether by way of acquisition of smaller, strategically relevant firms or a ‘merger of equals’.
Please join us during the afternoon of 29 November as we gather law firm leaders for a workshop on law firm mergers.
The event…
What Are The Key Aspects of LLP Agreements That Firms Need to Update in the Current Climate?
- Why should firms care about their
Moving the ESG Needle for Law Firms – Deciding What Matters and What Can Be Achieved: PPA Webinar Recording
Listen to the recording of the recent Professional Practices Alliance webinar, Moving The ESG Needle For Law Firms – Deciding What Matters And What Can Be Achieved, in which our expert panel discuss how professional practices priorities are shifting regarding ESG.
In this webinar recording, our chair Andrew Pavlovic, (CM Murray…

International Law Firm Mergers: Navigating the Challenges
An international merger can create a sensational headline when two prominent global law firms join forces or when two single-jurisdiction firms merge to expand their reach or safeguard their operations, such as IP firms seeking a presence in continental Europe after Brexit. Nonetheless, mergers entail more than simply a partner or team moving from one…
Navigating Law Firm Consolidation, Globalization and Market Trends – GMT: The Podcast for Globally Minded Law Firm Leaders
Non-contentious partnership law specialist Zulon Begum, Partner at CM Murray LLP, recently joined Robert Bata, Founder and Principal of WarwickPlace Legal, LLC and Murray Coffey, Founder of M Coffey LLC, for their podcast GMT: The Podcast For Globally Minded Law Firm Leaders, to discuss law firm mergers, international…
ESG mountains and molehills

Some years ago, I was invited by one of the leading Danish law firms to their annual partners conference. We spent a great day together, exploring how the practice and business of law is evolving and how that might impact their firm. Afterwards, the driver of the car taking me from Aarhus back to the…
Show me the Money! Shaping a Dynamic and Flexible Profit Sharing System to Smooth the Bumpy Road of Succession
We are delighted to share with you the recording of the recent Professional Practices Alliance webinar, ‘Show me the Money! Shaping a Dynamic and Flexible Profit Sharing System to Smooth the Bumpy Road of Succession‘, in which our expert panel discuss profit sharing systems.
In this webinar, you can hear from guest…