"Bridge understands the strategic challenges in today's legal services market and possesses the market insight and experience to enable senior leaders to address the challenges in a practical and thought provoking manner"
Stephen Denyer - Global Markets Partner - Allen & Overy LLP

In today's rapidly evolving legal services market, senior leaders face an increasingly complex set of external client-facing and internal management issues that directly impact the sustainable performance of the firm. Intensified levels of competition, increased globalisation, economic uncertainty and continued market consolidation are elevating a new set of issues to the top of the law firm leadership agenda including:

• Evaluating strategic options for growth
• Expanding and maintaining client relationships
• Service offering and process innovation
• Supporting the global aspirations of key clients
• Finding, engaging and retaining top talent

Having led some of the world's foremost professional service partnerships, The Bridge team possesses a deep understanding of the culture of partnerships, the challenges of leading and managing a professional service firm, and the way in which partnerships reach decisions.

Based on this experience, we have established a proven track record of providing our legal services clients with strategic issue based partner development programmes, master classes, scenario development, and advisory services.

Our specialist topic areas include:

• Strategy and Competitiveness
• Firm Vision and Strategic Growth
• Differentiation and Creating Client Value
• Leading in a Period of Economic Uncertainty
• Strategic Client Relationship Management
• Innovation in Legal Services
• The Sustainable Law Firm
• Measuring Law Firm Success

• Managing the 21st Century Law Firm
• Law Firm Management and Practice Development
• Developing a High Performance Culture
• Talent Management
• Leader as Coach
• Engaging Generation Y Associates
• Diversity in Law
• The Corporate/Partnership Mix

• Emerging Markets
• New Market Entry
• Strategic Issues for Law Firms and Their Clients
• Doing Business in China & Market Entry Simulation
• Doing Business in India & Market Entry Simulation
• Ethics and Reputation Risk in Emerging Markets

Bridge & The Legal Sector

In addition to our client facing engagements, Bridge is active across the legal profession through our work with the Law Society of England & Wales and International Bar Association. Ongoing research and development projects include:

• Measuring Law Firm Success:

  Bridge is working with the Law Society of England & Wales to develop a more comprehensive and holistic system of measuring law firm performance than is currently available in the legal industry.

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• The Future of Legal Services

  By invitation of the International Bar Association, Bridge is conducting a comprehensive research study concerning the current and future trends in the global legal services sector. Initial findings were presented at the 2008 Annual IBA Conference in Buenos Aires.

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New Bridge Legal Sector Research Published by the International Bar Association

"Shaping the future of law firm management: is the adoption of a corporate management approach the future of legal services?" and "A time for balance: responding to current market uncertainty" featured in the October 2009 edition of the International Bar Association's Law Firm Management Newsletter.

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Measuring for success

"Measuring for success" Bridge partner Max Mosenthal discusses a new performance measurement framework and how it can help you better manage your firm in difficult times.

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For more information about Bridge's work in legal services, please contact us.

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  Leadership in the 21st Century Law Firm

  A 2-page brochure outlining our legal services offering and team.

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  Bridge Consulting International LLP: Our Legal Services Offerings & Experience

  Detailed presentation that provides additional information about Bridge, our experience in legal services, our team, and sample offerings.

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  Shaping the Future of Law Firm Management: Responding to Emerging Pressures on the Traditional Partnership Model

  Working draft of ongoing research study for presentation at the IBA Annual Conference 2008. The study explores how law firms can successfully implement the right mix of corporate and traditional partnership style management practices to face the challenges of increased size and scale, commoditisation, the changing talent market and economic downturn.