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Partner Panel Interviews within many of the Big 4 firms start in the UK start in the summer months, and then continue on for potentially another 9 months. It’s a similar time scale for many Big 4 firms worldwide. I.e. each person on Partner Track will undertake multiple Partner Panel Interviews. Often over a period…
Most partner track processes for medium to large-sized firms will include a number of partnership panel interviews. These are where you are interviewed by a number of partners from your firm. Typically in these partnership panel interviews you are required to pitch your business case to the assembled partners. However, sometimes a partnership panel interview…
Given how hard it is to make partner in a Big 4 firm, you can be forgiven for making this mistake. Creating the perfect Big 4 Business Case for partner (or director) will take significant time. However, this mistake scuppered one of our client’s admission to the partnership last year. Read on for more details….
Over the last few years we have been advocating using a tool called a one-page Talk Sheet to communicate your Business Case for partnership in your firm. In fact, this tool is probably the most important tool you can use when on partner track (or if you want to get onto partnership track). In this…
In this blog article I discuss the financial implications of becoming a partner. For example, the buy-in process, how you get paid etc You will be asked to buy-in The process to become a partner is not just another promotion. It is where your partners trust you enough to have you as their business partner and…
We regularly help lawyers, accountants and consultants with their Business Cases for Partnership. This is often helping our clients put together their Big 4 Partner Business Case. This article summarises what I learnt from this experience: Timescales are normally very tight I’ve always known that firms (even Big 4 firms) have a habit of tapping…
I regularly speak to audiences of lawyers, accountants and consultants about the challenges of making partner. In my talks I often share the ten lessons that my clients have learnt along their journeys to make partner. In this blog post I am going to share the eighth lesson; treat your practice like a business. Profit…
We regularly speak to audiences of lawyers, accountants and consultants about the challenges of making partner. In our talks we share the 12 Key Indicators that they all need to work on as they progress along the partner track. One of the most important (and the first) of our Key Indicators if you want to…
Last night at the Pro-Recruitment Event ‘How To Make Partner’ I was asked: “What is the one thing that you must do to ensure you successfully get to partner?” What a question! After all, there are so many things you must do to get to partner. Where should I start? Well, this post is going to…
It is a tricky business – making the transition from senior associate to partner in a law firm. There are the many booby-traps which come from having to create, write, and pitch your business case for partnership. Then, there’s the other stuff: the intangibles that demonstrate to your partners that you haven’t “got it” yet….
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