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Strategy

This section covers succession, specialisation, mergers, selling a law firm, becoming a partner, and business structure

Starting up

How to plan and execute the process of starting up a new legal practice that is compliant and financially healthy

Finance and accounting

This section covers finance, cash flow management, accounting and audit issues, cashiering, tax, pensions, MI, lock-up, mergers, legal costs...

Avoiding claims. Insurance

How to avoid professional negligence claims, with examples of common problems and suggested solutions. Plus FAQs on PII

Compliance

This section only covers SRA Accounts Rules and GDPR at the moment. Compliance for start-ups is covered in the Starting up...

Cyber security

How to protect your law firm from cyber attacks. What steps to take if your systems are hacked

Managing people

How to recruit and retain a team that is both happy and highly effective, dealing with the HR issues along the way

Marketing basics

In marketing, like anything, you need to get the basics right. Otherwise the time and money you invest in marketing will be wasted

Winning more clients

How to win new clients, make the most of existing relationships, encourage referrals and generate new leads

Your website

How to approach creating a law firm website that works, from agreeing your objectives to making sure you get the results you want

Social media

Why lawyers need to know about social media, how to make the most of the opportunities and how to avoid potential pitfalls

PR and advertising

How to use PR to build your firm’s reputation; and how to create cost-effective advertising – traditional and online – that delivers results

About

Law Firm Ambition

Law Firm Ambition is a resource for law firms, featuring advice and insights from the industry’s foremost experts. We cover everything from growth strategy to finance and compliance, making it easier to run and grow your firm.

Law Firm Ambition's Founding Partners are Travelers, Lloyds, Armstrong Watson, The Cashroom, Hazlewoods, etiCloud, and Codex Edge. These leading legal sector brands are committed to gradually building up this resource, sticking to practical issues and updating the content every year.

 

About Travelers

Travelers is the UK’s leading provider of solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance. Thanks to our expertise and longevity in the sector, we’ve also developed a comprehensive suite of property and liability cover tailored specifically to the needs of law firms. Our dedicated team of experts in underwriting, claims handling and risk management are specialists in the sector, equipped to both provide you and your firm with a range of professional guidance and help you identify and embrace new opportunities.

 

About Lloyds

Lloyds Bank has a set of financial products that are designed specifically for the legal sector. We support law firms through our national team of Lexcel-accredited specialist relationship managers who understand the needs and issues of firms.

 

About Armstrong Watson

Armstrong Watson provides accountancy services to law firms, working in partnership with the Law Society. As a legal sector specialist, we do a lot more than just preparing your accounts, SRA Accounts Rules reports and tax returns. Top 30 UK accountants, Armstrong Watson has 19 offices and operates nationally.

 

About The Cashroom

The Cashroom provides all the legal cashier services typically provided to a firm of solicitors, using cashiers employed by us and working remotely from our offices. The cashiers maintain all books and records, pay suppliers, reconcile the bank accounts daily, perform day and month-end routines, submit VAT returns, ensure full compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules, and offer management accounts and payroll services too.

 

About Hazlewoods

Hazlewoods is one of the UK's Top 25 independent business advisers and chartered accountants, with an established sector expertise that is hard to find elsewhere.

The Hazlewoods specialist legal team of 50 specialises in strategy, finance and tax matters across the legal sector, including SRA and Companies Act audit and related statutory accounts work.

 

About etiCloud

etiCloud (‘everything that is Cloud’) is a Managed Service Provider that specialises in the legal sector, with over 200 loyal clients. We take the hassle and worry out of technology.

We host your technology and data, integrate your software and comms, and provide the most reliable cyber security available, all for a monthly fee.

 

About Codex Edge

Codex Edge helps law firms, individual lawyers, recruiters and suppliers to the legal sector by offering the best up-to-date information and data on the legal industry.

Our AI-enabled software tool – ATLAS – contains exact data on almost 200,000 individual lawyers at over 15,000 individual firms. We enable smarter decisions with data-driven intelligence.