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Newest ABS urges small firms to consider succession planning benefits
Wednesday, 29 May 2013Small firms should consider the benefits of alternative business structure (ABS) status as a way to handle succession planning, the senior partner of one of the latest licensees has said. “ABS means we can end our practising certificates and still own the firm,” he explained.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, succession planning
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Growing interest in outside capital among smaller firms but their planning is lacking, survey warns
Wednesday, 27 June 2012A growing number of small and mid-sized law firms are looking at raising external capital, but many need to address failings in basic business planning first, new research has found. It also identified £20m as the turnover point when a law firm turns into a real business.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, external investment, mergers, succession planning
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Legal Services Act, Market monitor
How Limited are you?
Tuesday, 3 May 2011Dealing successfully with succession is proving a difficult challenge for many traditional legal practices. The average age of (predominantly male) equity partners is now 59, yet most have failed to plan for their exit and succession. As a result, many firms now face an uncertain future with little or no value being placed on the sale prices of their practices and no younger partners prepared to invest in equity to enable partners’ retirement.
Tags: succession planning, valuation
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The rise of the agent
We believe AI agents are going to represent the biggest change to the way in which the general public interact with professional services business for generations.
The lonely role of a COFA: sharing the burden of risk management
Compliance officers for finance and administration in law firms can often find themselves walking a solitary path. But what if we could create a collaborative culture of shared accountability?
Mind the (justice) gap: Why are RTAs going up but claims still down?
The gap between the number of road traffic accident injuries and the number of motor injury claims continues to widen, according to the latest government data.
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