The specialist legal sector team at Armstrong Watson has been engaged by Lawfront on several transactions during the past few years. This has covered financial and tax due diligence as well as introducing potential acquisitions to us.
We have always found them to be responsive and supportive, and their advice has always utilised their existing knowledge of the legal sector to provide targeted commercial and technical advice. We would be very happy to recommend Armstrong Watson.
Andrew Morgan-Smith, Corporate Development Director, Lawfront
I was very impressed with Molly’s professionalism in dealing with the Company Valuation. Molly communicated with me clearly and confidently. Molly returned my calls and answered my questions clearly so I could understand how the figures were calculated.
Molly kept me informed of the progress of the valuation and gave me a realistic timeline.
Dawn Pickett, Managing Director, DP Conveyancing
Andy Poole and his team provided excellent support and drive throughout a very challenging commercial process. It is hard to imagine anyone could have steered the negotiations better.
James Richardson, Managing Partner, Lupton Fawcett LLP
Thank you sincerely Jordan.
Excellent work, done on time and in budget.
Five stars from us!
Nicholas Scullion, Managing Director, Scullion LAW
One of the challenges in a law firm is getting everyone to understand the business and approach things from a commercial perspective. Lawyers are focussed (rightly so) on client service and often don’t appreciate the value of the support they provide. The training we had with Armstrong Watson really helped us to focus the team’s minds on the value they were creating and as a result we now have an effective pricing policy that provides clients with choice and certainty whilst recognising the value that we create through our services. The training was delivered in a way that everyone understood and could relate to by Andy who is a true expert in professional services management and finance. We all came away feeling like we’d had a morning well spent.
Gill Hunter, Managing Partner, Square One Law
The session was really useful and thought provoking. Some courses simply flag issues to us and tell us what we should avoid doing. Andy's approach means not only were we made aware of potential pitfalls with things such as billing and fee quoting but he gave us solid guidance on what we can do to not only avoid the pitfalls but to turn those potential pitfalls into positive experiences for us and the clients.
Andy's knowledge and delivery inspires confidence in his recommendations.
Steve Redmond, Gateley plc
Working with Armstrong Watson on our financial forecast has been very useful over the past few years. They developed a very comprehensive model which allows us to track our performance over 5 years and plan future investments and impact on profit and budget accordingly. They customised it to our needs and have been responsive to our feedback – adding or amending things as needed.
Andy, Jordan and the team are easy to deal with, provide always a timescale and deliver their work on time. I would recommend them to other firms who are looking into improving their profitability and keeping their finances organised.
Antonio Deban Valles, Profitability Officer, Scullion law
Thank you one and all for your support – we could not have done it without you
Ian Kennerley, Managing Partner at Silk Family Law
Andy Poole was instrumental in facilitating our board strategy day that enabled us to retain focus and agree on a clear vision for our business that is centred around delivering for our people and our clients. The format of the day allowed a clear thought process that not only meant we focused on the important matters, but also that our decisions had an appropriate basis. We now have a plan for how to deliver our vision and we could not have achieved that on the day without Andy’s facilitation and guidance.
Steven Petrie, Ward Hadaway
We have worked with Andy over a number of years and recently he has presented a half day on financial training for partners and new partners. This has been very well received. We find Andy extremely easy to work with, very accommodating of any particular needs we may have, and his knowledge of this topic is outstanding. One quote from a delegate having attended this training was “Very good course - highly recommend to those wanting to have a better understanding of a law firm's financial performance and potential ways to improve it.
Sara Palmer, Learning and Development Manager, Law South Group Limited