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Viv Williams – Mergers & Acquisition

Buying & Selling Law Firms and helping firms with strategic planning & preparing for acquisition or sale

Details

Name: Viv Williams Firm/Organisation: Viv Williams Consulting
Role/Job Title: Executive Director Email Address: viv@vivwilliamsconsulting.co.uk
Telephone Number: 07539790800 Social Media Handles:


What Viv Does for Law Firms NED, Strategic Planning, Change Management and mergers and acquisitions
How Does it work?


Advice and guidance on all aspects on managing change in a practice. Advising the best corporate structure for each firm and providing the strategic solutions on exit and succession planning. Successfully assist in the purchase, sale or merger of a practice. An understanding of process and outsourcing/offshoring legal services to increase profitability.
What do Firms Get? An experienced NED, Chairman, CEO. A clearly defined strategy and plan for each firm and help with its implementation. Preparing a firm for merger. Preparing a firm for growth by acquisition. An understanding of the best options available for your practice.
Who needs to be involved?


Managing Partner, Director, CEO
Owners and stakeholders
Which firms will benefit? All Law firms can define their future whatever their size.
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Biography
Viv Williams is a leading consultant to law firms on the topics of strategy, merger & acquisition, management, practice development and marketing.
Viv's experience as a Managing Director of two floated plc companies adds a new dimension to law firms. He has the experience necessary to provide an invaluable practical management insight that applies to all professional firms. He is a specialist in strategy, merger and acquisition and "lean management" theory helping law firms to evolve. He provides the vision and inspiration for law firms to become more corporate. By applying corporate governance to a modern law firm Viv helps them to improve their management systems and increase profitability.
Viv is involved with several businesses serving the legal profession, Consulting Director of Viv Williams Consulting , Chairman of AWH Solicitors, CEO of Zaiwalla & Co and non-executive Director of several law firms.
Viv has written two books on law firm management and is regularly interviewed by the Law Society Gazette on a host of topics.