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Professional & Business Services

We help professional and business services firms grow, sharpen their operating model and integrate acquisitions, with senior, hands-on Principals.

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About the practice

Professional and business services firms sell expertise, and their growth depends on people, pricing and client relationships. Many are rethinking their model as AI changes how work is delivered and clients expect more for less.

Our Principals have led consulting, advisory and business services firms. They help partners and management teams sharpen the offer, grow client accounts, improve the operating model and integrate acquisitions so that the combined firm works as one.

We know partnership cultures from the inside and work in a way that leadership teams and their people can adopt. Where a firm is preparing for investment or a merger, we help build the equity story and the plan behind it.

Who we work with
Consulting and advisory firms, law and accounting firms, outsourcing and business services providers.
Typical mandates
Growth and client strategy, pricing and productivity, operating model, post-merger integration.
Functional focus
Strategy & Transformation · Commercial Excellence & Growth · M&A & Value Creation.
Where we work
UK, continental Europe and the Middle East.
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