Hanging up Your Legal Boots - The Options Available to Solicitors Considering Retirement
Deciding to sell, merge or shut down a solicitor’s practice is not an easy decision to make, and probably one of the most stressful, emotional and challenging.
In this webinar held on 1st September Chaired by Shaun Jardine , a group of legal industry experts explain what they consider are the most important things for law firm owners to consider when seeking to dispose of or shut down their businesses, and the legal and compliance hoops that must be jumped through.
The 90-minute webinar explored the options open to solicitors considering closing or disposing of all or part of their firm and how they might go about doing that
To view this webinar email Shaun@bigyellowpenguin.co.uk and a link to a private You Tube Channel will be sent to you.
Meet the panel
Shaun Jardine – Big Yellow Penguin – Event Chair.
Viv Williams – Viv Williams Consulting Mergers, sales. Options available
Viv is a leading consultant to law firms specialising in strategy, structure, and management. Viv has written two books on Law firms management, is an avid writer in the legal press and an accomplished public speaker.
Andrew Allen- Francis Clark – Tax, Structure and Accountancy Aspects
Andrew is the head of PKF Francis Clark’s specialist national legal sector team and currently advises in the region of 100 law firms across the UK, ranging from Top 100 firms to sole practitioners
Andrew is the past chair of the ICAEW Solicitors’ Special Interest Group which works closely with national bodies that both represent and support the legal sector.
Andrew is currently a committee member of the Law Management Section of the Law Society and contributes to LawNet’s annual financial benchmarking annual report.
Jenny Screech- Howden (UK) Group Ltd
Jenny works with Howden Insurance Brokers Ltd, supporting their professional indemnity insurance (PII) proposition for solicitors and other legal professionals. Her experience in the solicitors' PII market dates back to her arrival in London in 2000, at which time she also re-qualified as a solicitor in this jurisdiction. Jenny was initially engaged as a claims solicitor at the Solicitors’ Indemnity Fund and then at Zurich Insurance. In 2004 she moved to the underwriting side of the business and led Zurich’s Legal Professions team from 2008 until 2016. Prior to her career in the insurance industry, Jenny practised as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand for fifteen years.
Tracey Calvert- Oakhalls Consultancy Ltd
Tracey Calvert. Tracey is a lawyer and a regulatory, compliance and ethics specialist. She is a regular speaker and trainer on these topics and has delivered presentations both within the UK and internationally. She is the Co-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee and is on the editorial board of the Law Society’s Legal Compliance Bulletin. She is a contributor to ‘Cordery on Legal Services’ and has written several books on compliance and ethics including ‘Risk and Compliance Questions and Answers’