Hub for Professional Practice

Blyth Harpers LLP: Business Services Matters
Author: Toby Hoskins and Katie Thomas

Follow Daniel as the newly appointed managing partner for the firm, and what is thought to be a new start for the firm. However, Daniel has inherited some challenges along the way. Blythe Harpers had professionalized to a certain extent. But was it now time to appoint members of the senior Business Services team to the Board? What would you do to help Daniel prepare for the partners’ meeting where this is to be discussed? And who from the current business services leadership team might be a good candidate?

Blyth Harpers LLP: Just another week of Business Partnering
Authors: Mike Mister and Iain Maclean

This case study discusses the role and responsibility of being an HR Business Partner (HRBP) in a high-pressured Law Firm environment. Using 3 different scenarios it highlights the often-unusual situations and challenges that a Business Partner might encounter. The case provides an opportunity to discuss the implications and possible solutions for dealing with the situations.

Making partner, Rupa’s story
Authors: Katie Thomas, Mike Mister, Rebecca Hill and Carrie Fletcher

Rupa has made partner – but now what? This case uniquely follows a female partner - Rupa - starts as a new partner in a professional service firm. The highs and lows, and the things no one had ever told her, or even hinted at! How does Rupa manage with all the new ‘inside’ information and the assumed authority and overnight high-profile visibility? The newfound authority and its impact on client relationships and others in the firm. Where should she start?

Project Pat
Author: Mike Mister

Pat has had a very successful and long career and is looking for a new direction as she heads into her retirement from top professional service firm Bright & Wolff. Follow Pat as she considers her options and makes her plan – which does not include endless rounds of golf. What would you have done in her position? How do you evaluate the steps that Pat has taken? How might some of her ideas and actions apply for partners in your firm.

Virginia Clegg: Transition to Senior Partner
Authors: Carrie Fletcher & Dr Henry Marsden

Clegg has had a very successful tenure as Senior Partner and decided to stand again for a second term as Senior Partner. The case traces the path of her original election and challenges and successes in her first term as Senior Partner. The key steps in the journey and the considerations she had in mind in deciding whether to stand again for a second term.

This programme gives expert and practical insights from M&A practitioners with experience of leading M&A deals globally in both private practice and in-house teams. Made up of 3 hours of recorded online content (available to be accessed and viewed by each learner on their own schedule), and 1 hour of live (online) class discussion with Faculty.

This programme gives expert and practical insights from M&A practitioners with experience of leading M&A deals globally in both private practice and in-house teams. Made up of 3 hours of recorded online content (available to be accessed and viewed by each learner on their own schedule), and 1 hour of live (online) class discussion with Faculty.

Cécile’s Career Step
Authors: Mike Mister & Professor Nigel Spencer

Cécile has been an extremely successful partner, particularly skilled at developing long-term client relationships, with a strong reputation in her firm. The case traces the options Cécile now has for the next phase of her career at the firm, including the opportunity to contribute more broadly, as an “organisational-level” leader. Challenges for this next career phase are explored, and the potential long-term career implications also.

This programme gives expert and practical insights from M&A practitioners with experience of leading M&A deals globally in both private practice and in-house teams. Made up of 3 hours of recorded online content (available to be accessed and viewed by each learner on their own schedule), and 1 hour of live (online) class discussion with Faculty.