Platform
Capability, conflicts, institutional support, geographic reach, cross-selling and the firm's appetite to invest behind the practice.
For Partners US & UK
A move should strengthen more than your title.
For established partners, the real question is rarely whether another firm would be interested. It is whether a different platform would materially improve what you can build, protect and grow.
Market focus: Am Law 100 · UK Top 50
Confidential. Selective. Commercially grounded.
Partner Advisory
Understand the market before you enter it.
Good lateral decisions are made before a process begins. We help partners assess the platform question first: what is working, what is constrained and what would need to change for a move to be worthwhile.
Practice
Client concentration, team structure, revenue trajectory, rate profile, matter mix and the practical portability of relationships.
Positioning
Where your practice sits today, what the next platform needs to unlock and whether the timing actually supports a change.
How We Work
No manufactured process.
No unnecessary exposure.
Not every conversation should become a search. The first objective is clarity. Where there is a genuine case for exploring the market, the process remains tightly controlled.
Diagnose
We start with the business behind the practice: priorities, constraints, client sensitivities, team considerations and what a genuinely better platform would need to provide.
Map
Potential platforms are considered against fit rather than brand recognition alone, including strategic appetite, practice adjacency, conflicts and investment capacity.
Engage selectively
Conversations are introduced only where there is a credible strategic rationale and with the level of confidentiality appropriate to the situation.
Navigate
We stay close to the dialogue as commercial fit, client considerations, team structure and long-term positioning are tested.
The Decision
Compensation matters.
So does everything around it.
A compelling package cannot fix a platform that restricts the practice. We look at the broader conditions that determine whether a move can succeed over the long term.
Client conflictsCredit & originationCross-sellingRate environmentTeam mobilityGeographic reachPractice investmentLeadership trajectory
Private Dialogue
You do not need to be “looking” to understand your options.
A useful first conversation can simply establish where you are, what has changed and whether the market offers anything genuinely better.
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