- Tuesday, 19th November 2019
- New Park Court Chambers
Legal Sector Breakfast Briefing - Newcastle
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 Barry Wilkinson (Wilkinson Read and Partners Ltd Specialist Consultants to the legal profession) 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.
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 – Barry Wilkinson
Barry Wilkinson helps medium-sized Law Firms, to improve their business for the Partners:
- Helping successful ones grow turnover, profits and client loyalty
- Turning round the “stressed but not distressed”
- Finding a home for those with no succession
He has been described as “One of the few non-lawyers who can make Lawyers sit up and listen” and is the author of Cash Flow Management for Law Firms (Ark 2009 and 2014) and many articles on legal business topics. Barry is the founder of Wilkinson Read, an executive member of the Law Management Section and a member of the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the Institute for Turnaround and the Association of Law Firm Merger Advisors
Date & Time
Date: Tuesday, 19th November 2019
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Registration details
Please email dawn.smith@armstrongwatson.co.uk to register your interest.
Address
New Park Court Chambers
Baltic Chambers,
3-7 Broad Chare,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 3DQ.
