Vivienne
Williams
CONSULTANT

Working as a lawyer and Partner over the last 35+ years, more than 10 of which has been in law firm management, I have experienced first-hand the challenges of working in a highly competitive environment with challenging client requirements and increasing pressure on the need for value from every investment and the importance of ensuring there is a clear strategic plan aligned to an organisation's mission or purpose.

 

I started my career in a small regional practice working as a lawyer but developing sector specialisms catering to the needs of clients large and small.  Having developed and grown specialist legal teams, I extended my management role alongside my legal work and became both the IT lead for the development of case management and the IT Management Board representative.  I have held various management roles including Board (Executive and Operational) level roles before taking up a Managing Partner role of a top 100 firm.  I continue to work in a law firm environment alongside senior management.

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My experience includes:

• Law firm management, strategy development and execution; risk management

• Business transformation and change

• Merger and Acquisition assessment and evaluation (including Joint Venture propositions); due diligence and stakeholder management

• Alignment of IT strategy and roadmap to strategic objectives, including innovation in service delivery and products; case management roll out and development 

• People strategy and execution including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), wellbeing, development and reward; succession planning

• Premises strategy review; expansion and consolidation including design and fit out

• Alignment of pricing structures and operating/delivery models to service delivery and profitable growth; restructuring