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The Non-Billable Podcast takes UK legal professionals beyond the billable hour, bringing you interviews with top lawyers, law firm leaders, industry experts and legal tech innovators to uncover actionable insights on the business of law, career growth and the future of the…
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Jeanette Burgess on taking Walker Morris beyond £100m and saying no to private equity (opens the original)
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Walker Morris has nearly doubled in size over the past seven years while holding on to a model that looks increasingly distinctive: one office in Leeds and no international network of its own. Revenue reached a record £90.2m last year, leaving the firm within reach of its £100m Ambition 27 target. Managing partner Jeanette Burgess explains why she believes the single-site model still works. The bigger question is what happens beyond £100m. Burgess says Walker Morris can continue scaling from Lee
Charles Russell Speechlys boss Simon Ridpath on building a law firm around private capital (opens the original)
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Charles Russell Speechlys has expanded rapidly under managing partner Simon Ridpath, opening in Milan and Singapore before making a defining move into the US this year. The strategy is built around the firm’s ambition to become the world’s leading adviser to private capital – following wealthy individuals, families and entrepreneurs as their lives and investments become increasingly mobile globally. In this episode, Simon explains why the US had become an unavoidable gap in the firm’s network, w
Christian Bartsch on Bird & Bird’s path to €1bn (opens the original)
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Christian Bartsch is the CEO of Bird & Bird, the international law firm built around technology, IP and regulation. He joined the firm in 2007, became CEO in 2022 and was recently re-elected for a second term. In this episode, Bartsch explains how he followed a leader who had run the firm for 26 years and why he involved the wider partnership in shaping Bird & Bird’s first five-year strategy. He discusses the firm’s target of reaching €1bn in revenue by 2029, its recent expansion into Tokyo, Riy
Lewis Silkin’s Jo Farmer on why two managing partners are better than one (opens the original)
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Jo Farmer, joint managing partner of Lewis Silkin, joins the podcast to discuss the firm’s rapid growth and the strategy behind it. She explains why Lewis Silkin has resisted chasing revenue for its own sake, instead focusing on organic growth, its core strengths and expanding into locations where it sees opportunities for both clients and talent. Jo also talks about her own route into law, from growing up without any lawyers in the family to building a career in IP and advertising and eventuall
How David Beech built Knights into a £200m law firm (opens the original)
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David Beech, CEO of listed law firm Knights, joins the podcast to discuss how he has built one of the UK's largest regional legal businesses since buying the firm in 2012. He explains why Knights has prioritised people and cash over traditional law firm metrics, how the business has grown through almost 30 acquisitions, and why he believes law firms should separate ownership from management. David also shares the thinking behind Knights' distinctive strategy. He discusses why the firm has no fee
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