A podcast series from the Professional Practices Alliance (PPA), a multi-disciplinary collaboration between leading independent firms, advising professional services firms on partnership and employment law, partner remuneration, strategy, tax, accountancy and compliance issues. Subscribe to our podcasts where we discuss the key issues impacting professional services firm. For further information, please visit https://www.professionalpracticesalliance.com/
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Moving the ESG Needle for Law Firms - Deciding What Matters and What Can Be Achieved
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We are delighted to share with you the recording of the recent Professional Practices Alliance webinar, Moving The ESG Needle For Law Firms – Deciding What Matters And What Can Be Achieved, in which our expert panel discuss how professional practices priorities are shifting regarding ESG. In this webinar, our chair Andrew Pavlovic, (CM Murray LLP),…
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Show me the Money! Shaping a Dynamic and Flexible Profit Sharing System to Smooth the Bumpy Road of Succession
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We are delighted to share with you the recording of the recent Professional Practices Alliance webinar, 'Show me the Money! Shaping a Dynamic and Flexible Profit Sharing System to Smooth the Bumpy Road of Succession'. In this webinar, you can hear from guest speaker Jonathan Blair (Womble Bond Dickinson), chair Zulon Begum, (CM Murray LLP), and PPA…
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Is Your Firm prepared for the Financial Year Ahead? Key Trends and Challenges for Professional Services Firms in 2023/24
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We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent webinar, ‘Is Your Firm prepared for the Financial Year Ahead? Key Trends and Challenges for Professional Services Firms in 2023/24’, in which our expert panel discuss the financial year ahead for professional services firms. In this webinar, you can hear from Chair, Corinne Staves (CM M…
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The Greater Good; How Professional Firms Are Embracing B Corp Status, ESG & Other Non-Profit Making Objectives
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There is increased pressure on professional firms to enhance their social engagement and sustainability. Thus, it is important to consider what measures professional firms should undertake to assess their impact performance on stakeholders and subsequently improve it. We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent webinar, ‘The Grea…
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“Should we merge?” A discussion on whether, when and how to merge with another firm – Part 2
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We are delighted to share the webinar recording of part 2 in the Professional Practices Alliance webinar series, ‘”Should we merge?”, a discussion on whether, when and how to merge with another firm, in which an expert panel explores how firms should plan and prepare for a merger. Please see below for full details. In this webinar, you can hear Cha…
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“Should we merge?” A Discussion on whether, when and how to merge with another firm
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We are delighted to share the webinar recording of Part 1 in the Professional Practices Alliance webinar series, “Should we merge?” A discussion on whether, when and how to merge with another firm in which an expert panel explore how firms should plan and prepare for a merger. In this webinar, you can hear Chair, Corinne Staves (CM Murray LLP), Par…
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Partner Performance Management and Remuneration Systems: Under-Rewarded High-Flyers and Over-Rewarded Under-Performers
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There are many ways of dealing with the dual challenges of under rewarded high flyers and over rewarded under performers. Making sure that reward and performance systems are right is critical to the growth strategy of a firm. In the first webinar of the Professional Practices Alliance Growth Strategy Webinar series, Chair Zulon Begum, (CM Murray LL…
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What might the Future hold for Law and other Professional Services Firms?
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We are delighted to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) webinar on 'What might the Future hold for Law and other Professional Services Firms?', in which our expert guest speakers from the Law Society of England and Wales (LSE&W) discuss the future of Law and Professional Services firms based on the findi…
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Will Firms Run Out of Cash and what can they do about it?
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Earlier this summer, the Treasury launched a consultation to reform taxation for self-employed businesses where the accounting year for the business differs from the tax year. Under the proposals, the transition for the change was due to take place in 2022/23, however last week the Treasury announced a delay by at least 12 months with the transitio…
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Personal Risk Management for Partners
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Partners of professional practices spend their entire careers focused on protecting the interests of their clients. This can sometimes be at the expense of their own planning. We are pleased to share with you the recording from our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) expert discussion, ‘Personal Risk Management for Partners’. In this podca…
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Neurodiversity in Professional Services Firm Leadership - Professional Practices Alliance Webinar
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We are pleased to share with you the recording from our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) expert discussion, ‘Neurodiversity in Professional Services Firm Leadership’. Individuals who may be described as “neurodivergent” bring a plethora of skills and different perspectives to an organisation, offering firms a sustainable, competitive ad…
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Transitioning from Founder-Led to Perpetual Governance Models: The Most Difficult Challenge that Many Professional Service Firms ever face
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The transition that any firm must undergo if it is to survive and thrive after its founders retire affects every aspect of the organisation. It is at the same time both strategic and intensely personal. For founding partners, it involves giving up control of an organisation that in many cases defines who they are and trusting the next generation to…
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We (Still) Need to Talk about the Office
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If England’s COVID roadmap progresses as planned, stringent COVID restrictions should be lifting or lifted during summer 2021. The office and future working arrangements are dominating discussions at all levels within professional services firms. This peer-to-peer discussion aims to provide an understanding of market practices and trends, addressin…
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Responding to Uncertainty: How Law Firms can Prepare for Changes to the Economy, Office Life and the Tax Landscape
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We are pleased to share with you the recording of this Professional Practices Alliance expert interactive panel discussion on what the medium-term holds for law firms emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and how they can prepare for changes to the economy, office life, and the tax landscape. The panel addressed issues including: - The impact of the …
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Measuring and Driving Diversity and Inclusion in Professional Services Firms
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Over the last year the issue of workplace inequalities and under-representation of minority groups has been reignited or come to the fore on the agenda of many businesses, including professional services firms. Such firms may now be looking afresh at how to drive and measure diversity and inclusion within their partnerships and wider staff constitu…
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Brexit - Impact and Opportunities for Professional Services Firms
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The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), concluded in late December 2020, addresses a range of topics of interest to professional practices, but a glaring omission is a framework for trade in services between the EU and the UK. This has significant strategic implications for professional practices that are based in the UK but service the ne…
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Life and Partnerships without The Billable Hour: Business Model Transformation Post-COVID-19
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We are pleased to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) live panel discussion on “Life and Partnerships without The Billable Hour: Business Model Transformation Post-COVID-19". The increasing use of technology to deliver professional services in new and more efficient ways means the billable hour is under …
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We are pleased to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) live panel discussion on “We Need to Talk About the Office". The Government’s announcement on 22 September that office workers who can work effectively from home should do so over the winter has resulted in many professional services firms halting the…
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Partner Contribution - The Ramifications of External Investment on Traditional Partner Reward Structures
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The partnership model is proven to be effective in generating cash and reward for partners of professional practices but is the partnership model attractive for external investors and how will partner reward structures be impacted by external investment? In this session, our PPA experts and guest speaker discuss: · The benefits of the partnership m…
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Partner Reward – Metrics, Measurements and the Link with Profit-Sharing
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In this discussion, you can hear Session Chair, Zulon Begum, CM Murray LLP, and speakers Claire Watkins, Buzzacott LLP, David Shufflebotham, PEPUp.consulting, Robert Millard, Cambridge Strategy Group, Sarah Chilton, CM Murray LLP and Corinne Staves, Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, discuss a range of metrics and strategic issues that professional servic…
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How Should Firms Measure Partner Contribution?
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We are delighted to bring you this recording of an expert discussion on "How Should Firms Measure Partner Contribution?" between leading specialists in Partnership & Employment Law, Partnership Compensation, and Law Firm Management. The discussion was chaired by Corinne Staves (Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP), with panellists Claire Watkins(Buzzacott L…
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Strategic Advance Planning for Firms to Thrive After the Crisis is Over
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Professional firms are not immune to the global impact of the Coronavirus crisis. Many firms have implemented robust business continuity and remote working arrangements but the impact on their clients and the global economy will require firms to continue to adapt (or face the most serious implications). This Professional Practices Alliance podcast …
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Firefighting for Professional Services Firms to Survive the Crisis
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Professional firms are not immune to the global impact of the Coronavirus crisis. Many firms have implemented robust business continuity and remote working arrangements, but the impact on their clients and the global economy will require firms to continue to adapt (or face the most serious implications). This series will address the threats faced b…
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Episode 1 - #MeTooLaw - One Year On: The Legal, Regulatory, PR and Criminal Issues for Professional Services Firms and their Partners
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This PPA podcast covers a wide range of complex partnership, employment, regulatory, PR and criminal issues relating to reporting, investigating and eradicating sexual harassment in law firms and other professional services practices. Essential listening for partners, senior management, in-house counsel and HR directors in professional services fir…
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