- Thursday, 13th February 2020
- Armstrong Watson
Legal Sector Breakfast Briefing - Leeds
Why law firm mergers fail
Wolf Shark and Co Ltd and Puppydog Kitten & Co LLP are looking to merge although there are certain areas that need to be addressed before this can complete such as name, management, profit sharing, cars, borrowing and profitability.
Howard Hackney (Howard Hackney LLP Chartered Accountants) and Mark Briegal (Bennett Briegal LLP) will assume the roles of Managing Director and Managing Partner of the respective firms and act out a typical scenario that is not uncommon in such negotiations, moderated by our own Andy Poole.
A witty acting performance will serve to highlight very real differences that are common in many such deals and attempt to provide you with ideas and answers on how to resolve such issues
Speaker Profile – Howard Hackney
Howard escaped from Grant Thornton UK LLP in 2008 where he had been a partner for over 25 years to establish his own boutique practice. During his time at Grant Thornton he was head of professional practices for the North West and head of family businesses for the UK. At Grant Thornton he had a variety of roles including office Managing Partner, North West regional marketing partner and membership of the partners appointments panel. Howard specialises in advising mid market professional practices and family businesses. In 2002 he won the CBI's national award as "Best Business Adviser“.
Howard's focus is providing "special projects" advice to firms with up to 20 partners. His experience extends from highly profitable sole practitioners to advising 3 of the top 100 law firms.
Speaker Profile – Mark Briegal
Mark is a founding partner at Bennett Briegal LLP, a specialist legal practice advising other lawyers and professionals on the business of law, partnership matters, mergers and acquisitions, business structures, professional regulation and employment.
Mark was on the Executive Board of a Top 200 law firm during a period of sustained growth. He originally worked in banking, running a range of banking operations for Chase Manhattan Bank, and then in management consulting, before qualifying as a solicitor. Mark aims to bring a very practical approach to business law. Mark has an MBA from Manchester Business School and a Classics degree from Cambridge University. Mark set up Association of Partnership Practitioners in the North West. He is ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers legal directories.
Date & Time
Date: Thursday, 13th February 2020
Time: 8:00am - 10:00am
Registration details
To register your interest or book your free place, please email
dawn.smith@armstrongwatson.co.uk
Address
Armstrong Watson
Third Floor, 10 South Parade, West Yorkshire
Leeds
LS1
Tel: 01132211300
