The 360 Legal Group regularly consults with individual firms in the areas of marketing, practice management and organisational issues. In-house seminars are also available. Our consulting focuses on the following principal areas:
Marketing
Developing marketing plans for client firms, and specifically:
- auditing current marketing materials and activities
- determining why prospective clients should choose your firm rather than your competitors
- identifying which factors are critical to address if you are to achieve your business objectives
- advising on the right communication tools and methods to promote your firm’s services
- building a marketing culture
- implementing the plan and developing the internal processes to support it
- providing follow-up and support
Click here for a nine point check list to help enable you to review your firm's current marketing activity.
Partner Retreats
Facilitating partner and management retreats, using methodology that includes:
- identification of key issues through confidential questionnaires
- individual interviews
- documentation and implementation
- building “one-firm” culture
- a bias towards change, results and accountability
Partnership Agreements
Helping firms develop comprehensive partnership (or corporate) agreements that effectively deal with the key issues, including:
- ownership and compensation
- retirement
- admission and withdrawal of partners
- non-complete agreements
- dispute resolution
Management
Counselling firms on initiatives to significantly raise profitability, through
- better people management
- incentive renumeration systems
- chargeable hour management
- improving fee structures
- better billing practices
- WIP and debtor controls
Structural Change
Assisting firms in dealing with issues of succession planning, retirement, partner withdrawal and new partner admissions. 360 regularly assist with the negotiations of practice mergers and acquisitions.
Financial Services
360 consult with firms on the most profitable way of structuring your financial services entity, selecting the best service provider, lead generation and successful techniques.
If you would like to speak to one of our consultants, please contact us indicating which area of expertise you require assistance with.
