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  • Wednesday, 10th June 2020

What Law Firm Mergers Look Like in the New Normal

Join Legal Sector Partner Andy Poole as he interviews our Legal Sector Director Tom Blandford and guests Andrew Roberts, Chairman of the Association of Law Firm Merger Advisors (ALFMA) and Mark Briegal, M&A Lawyer with Bennett Briegal, on the future landscape for law firms looking to merge during and post-COVID.

The panel will look at how firms might approach a merger partner, why that might be different now and what both sides (whether “seller” or buyer”) might be looking for from the deal. They will also discuss the marketplace more generally and what we are seeing in terms of the consolidation of law firms, now and in the future.

Panellists:

Andy Poole and Tom Blandford are part of Armstrong Watson’s specialist legal sector team.  The team works in partnership with the Law Society not just providing compliance accounting, tax and SAR services, but are also renowned for improving law firms via strategic consulting, benchmarking, structure changes and valuations.  Andy and Tom are involved in approximately 25-30 law firm mergers annually.

Mark Briegal is as founding partner at Bennett Briegal, a specialist law firm for lawyers and other professionals, and recognised by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Directories. Mark Briegal is currently working on six law firm mergers at various stages up and down the country.

Andrew Roberts is Director at Ampersand Legal, founded in 2015 to provide specialist professional merger advice to the 10,000+ law firms in England & Wales. They advise at every stage of the process and have concluded 28 mergers in the past 36 months.

Date & Time

Date: Wednesday, 10th June 2020
Time: 11.00 - 11.45am

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