Practice Across The Pond – Episode 2: How is Partner Conduct Regulated and Managed in the UK and US?
August 23rd, 2024 by Stuart Smith
We are delighted to share the next episode of Practice Across the Pond, where we discuss the regulatory and ethical approaches taken to various matters from both a UK (England and Wales) and US (New York) perspective. In this episode, CM Murray LLP Partners Corinne Staves and Andrew Pavlovic and Devika Kewalramani, Partner and General Counsel at FisherBroyles, focus on […]
Team Moves: Some Practical Views
August 19th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
Acquiring a team from a competitor can be a fast way for a business to develop and grow, but there are lots of pitfalls for the unwary. In this short video recording, our Managing Partner Clare Murray and Partner David Fisher explore: What a team move is and why they happen The risks and potential liabilities for the team members […]
Empowering Next Generation Lawyers: In Conversation with Anaya Price – Her Inspiring Journey to the Bar
August 14th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
At CM Murray, we believe in fostering the future generation of lawyers. This commitment is at the heart of our firm, ensuring that the future of the profession is in capable hands. It is important for members of the legal profession, in particular senior members, to identify and support young talent. Managing Partner Clare Murray, chats […]
Trauma-Informed Legal Representation – Practical Tips for Advisers: Ten-Minute Talk
July 22nd, 2024 by Stuart Smith
In this first of our three-part series of Ten-Minute Talks on providing trauma-informed legal representation, Kelsey Murrell (Associate at CM Murray LLP) and Emma Bartlett (Partner at CM Murray LLP) explore ways that lawyers can incorporate their understanding of trauma into their practice to build trust with and better serve clients. They address: What is trauma-informed […]
Practice Across The Pond – Episode 1: Introduction to the Regulatory Landscape and Conflict Management
July 15th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
We are delighted to introduce a brand new series of talks, Practice Across the Pond, in which we discuss the regulatory and ethical approaches taken to various matters from both a UK (England and Wales) and US (New York perspective). Watch the first episode above or listen here. In this episode, CM Murray LLP Partners Corinne […]
Professional Services Firms: If They Want To Buy Us, Should We Sell? Ten-Minute Talk
July 12th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
In this second of our two-part series of Ten-Minute Talks, special guest Andy Poole (COO and Legal Sector Partner at Armstrong Watson), Corinne Staves and Zulon Begum (Partners at CM Murray LLP) explore strategies for professional services firms in responding to an offer from an acquirer. How do you assess if the price offered is fair? Should you negotiate it, and if so, how? How […]
What Do Next Generation Lawyers Want? We Asked Them: Ten-Minute Talk
July 10th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
Law firms want and need to attract and retain the best future talent. Law firm leaders rightly therefore devote time to considering how to do this, and how to appeal to those future lawyers. Firms often have to speculate about what the next generation of lawyers want. We have been lucky enough to be joined […]
SRA Warning Notice on Law Firm Mergers, Sales and Acquisitions: Ten-Minute Talk
June 28th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
In June 2024, the SRA issued a warning notice on law firm mergers, sales and acquisitions, seemingly in response to the fallout from the collapses of Axiom Ince and SSB. In this Ten-Minute Talk, Partners Corinne Staves, Zulon Begum and Andrew Pavlovic discuss the content and implications of this SRA Warning Notice, with a particular focus on how […]
SRA Workplace Culture Rules 12 months on: What are we seeing and what do recent cases tell us?
May 15th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
It has now been over 12 months since the SRA introduced rules into its Codes of Conduct relating to the treatment of colleagues. In this short video recording, our Managing Partner Clare Murray and Professional Discipline and Regulatory Partner Andrew Pavlovic: Re-cap the rules and the reason for their introduction; Consider how firms have sought to raise awareness […]
Professional Services Firms: Will They Buy Us, and How Much Will They Pay? Ten-Minute Talk
April 26th, 2024 by Stuart Smith
In this first in a two-part series of Ten-Minute Talks, special guest Andy Poole (COO and Legal Sector Partner at Armstrong Watson), Corinne Staves and Zulon Begum (Partners at CM Murray LLP) explore strategies for mergers and acquisitions in professional services firms. This discussion will be of particular interest to professional services firms, including founder led businesses, considering merger or sale as a means of […]