Paul manages a team who provide a full range of business advisory services to businesses of all sizes, from large private companies through to family-owned enterprises and the individuals responsible for those business operations. Paul is also a registered company auditor where such exposure and skills add a unique dimension to the business advisory, tax […]
Ben works predominantly with privately and family owned businesses, high net worth families and individuals and self-managed super funds. His work is centred around financial reporting, management reporting and financial management, business improvement, strategic planning, structuring and implementation of business and investment vehicles, estate, tax and trust planning, and business succession planning. Ben has worked […]
A recent study of legal firms and partners revealed interesting insights into the profession in Australia and New Zealand.
Culture was a standout theme in a recent survey of legal firms, having a significant impact on many other areas of a firm including the strategy and succession, governance and decision making, and technology gaps.
A survey of legal firms saw an increase in the number of firms using technology to improve the client experience from 45% to 55%.
Compliance obligations of legal firms continues to increase with the structure and governance of practices becoming more important. Not surprisingly, a corporate model continues to be the favoured structure of legal firms according to a recent survey.
Legal firms are experiencing increasing pressure on fees and profit according to a recent survey.
Pitcher Partners’ 2020 Legal Survey sought views on a range of factors related to legal firms including equity and retention, remuneration, gender and more, revealing rising risks for firms.
Pitcher Partners recently conducted its sixth annual survey of legal firms and partners in Australia and New Zealand.
In its Small Business Risk Review released in late 2019, commercial credit reporting bureau CreditorWatch found that court actions due to payment defaults in the construction sector had increased by 40 per cent between the second and third quarter of 2019. Businesses exposed to this sector continue to face the risk of insolvency, with the […]
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