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CM Murray LLP, in association with Littleton Chambers and Fisher Phillips LLP, invite you to listen to an hour long podcast recording on “Atypical Worker Restraints and Beyond: Protecting Confidential Information and other Business Interests in Atypical Worker, Independent Contractor, Shareholder and Franchise Relationships.” In this podcast, which was recorded on 2 December 2020, David Reade QC (Littleton Chambers, London, UK), David Fisher (Partner, CM Murray LLP, London, UK), Mike Avila (Partner, Fisher Phillips LLP, Philadelphia & Washington D.C. Metro, USA) and guest speaker Myriane Le François (Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Montréal, Canada) discuss, from their differing experiences and perspectives: • Confidentiality and post-termination restrictions for partners, LLP members, contractors and agents • Restrictive covenants in share sale and business transfer agreements, including a discussion on restraint of trade • Choice of law issues • Enforcement in a foreign jurisdiction

We are pleased to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) live panel discussion on “Life and Partnerships without The Billable Hour: Business Model Transformation Post-COVID-19". The increasing use of technology to deliver professional services in new and more efficient ways means the billable hour is under pressure. Our expert panel consider the potential impact on business models in the professional services sector if it became impossible or irrelevant to measure billable hours. In this discussion, you can hear Session Chair Zulon Begum (CM Murray LLP), Corinne Staves (Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP), David Shufflebotham (PEP Up Consulting), Robert Millard (Cambridge Strategy Group) and guest speaker Philip Goodstone (UK&I Head of Law at EY) discuss the following: - Why do business models in law firms and other professional services firms need to evolve?   - How has the increased use of technology in the professional services sector driven changes in business models?

We are pleased to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) live panel discussion on “We Need to Talk About the Office". The Government’s announcement on 22 September that office workers who can work effectively from home should do so over the winter has resulted in many professional services firms halting their plans to bring staff back to the office and instead gearing up for a further phase of remote working. In this discussion, you can hear Session Chair, Corinne Staves, Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP and speakers Beth Hale, CM Murray LLP, Claire Watkins, Buzzacott LLP and Robert Millard, Cambridge Strategy Group discuss the following: • What positive lessons can firms learn from the previous experience of long-term remote working. How can we build on these? • What will firms do differently this time? • What is the long-term future of the office? Is it too early/uncertain to be making long-term decisions? • To what extent can evolved working practices be used as a

CM Murray LLP, in association with Littleton Chambers and Fisher Phillips LLP, invite you to listen to a 50 minute podcast recording on “The Impact of Global Disruption on Restrictive Covenants, and Protection of Confidential Information and other Business Interests around the World”. Sarah Chilton (Partner, CM Murray LLP, London UK), Beth Hale (Partner, CM Murray LLP, London, UK), Chris Stief (Regional Managing Partner in Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, Fisher Phillips LLP, USA), Gavin Mansfield QC (Littleton Chambers, London, UK) and Joydeep Hor (Founder & Managing Principal, People + Culture Strategies, Sydney, Australia) discuss, from an international perspective, how the current climate and global affairs impact restrictive covenants. In particular, the panel address: - What protection do employers have if your business has diminished or your focus has changed; - The impact of increased global (virtual) mobility on restrictive covenants; - The impact on remote working on policing, enforcing and drafting r

We are pleased to share with you the recording of our recent Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) live panel discussion on “Partner Contribution - The Ramifications of External Investment on Traditional Partner Reward Structures". The partnership model is proven to be effective in generating cash and reward for partners of professional practices but is the partnership model attractive for external investors and how will partner reward structures be impacted by external investment? In this session, our PPA experts and guest speaker discuss: • The benefits of the partnership model • How partnerships can facilitate fair reward structures • The different types of business models we see now • Identifying the right time to go down the external investment route • The pros and cons of employee ownership • Other forms of external ownership and how investors measure their rate of return John Aldred (Barclays) joins the PPA panel to provide the bank’s view when it comes to attracting finance from external inves

In this discussion, you can hear Session Chair, Zulon Begum, CM Murray LLP, and speakers Claire Watkins, Buzzacott LLP, David Shufflebotham, PEPUp.consulting, Robert Millard, Cambridge Strategy Group, Sarah Chilton, CM Murray LLP and Corinne Staves, Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, discuss a range of metrics and strategic issues that professional services firms should carefully consider when evaluating partner reward. Our PPA experts discuss the following: 1. What areas are firms currently weak at measuring in respect of evaluating partner reward? 2. What areas should firms focus on measuring and how can they do that from a practical perspective? What types of data should firms be looking for in respect of various metrics? 3. How can firms ensure that metrics and data are aligned with their overall strategy, particularly given that many firms will need to reassess their business plan over the next few months/years, given the current climate? 4. What are the key issues associated with sole reliance upon fin

We are delighted to release the first podcast in our two-part series on Managing and Responding to Partner Exits. In this podcast, Wendy Chung and Wonu Sanda highlight the important steps that Firms need to take to manage the common issues that Firms face when proposing or dealing with a partner exit. All Firms will need to deal with partner exits at one stage or another, be it as a result of the current pandemic, uncovered partner misconduct, strategic mergers, a partner moving to the competition or a standard retirement. Knowing what steps to take (and not to take) to manage the inevitable is vital. In the first of this two-part podcast we address the key issues and risks encountered by Firms when seeking to exit Partners, including: 1. What events commonly lead to partner exits and what impact has the current economic situation had on Firms considering partner exits? 2. What range of options are available to a Firm seeking to exit a partner? What are the advantages and limitations of these options? 3. Do

We are delighted to bring you the recording of this expert discussion on Mergers in the Time of Coronavirus and Beyond. The Chair and the Managing Partner of the recently merged law firm Moore Barlow LLP joined our panel of legal and management experts to share their commercial, legal and practical advice for professional services firms seeking a merger, including: 1. Preparatory steps to ensure a successful merger 2. The importance of culture and focussing on the joint vision for the merged firm 3. How to secure partner buy-in and engage staff 4. Measures to deal with and protect firms against dissenting partners 5. Overcoming and avoiding potential deal breakers Chair: Zulon Begum (CM Murray LLP) Speakers: Sarah Chilton (CM Murray LLP), Robert Millard (Cambridge Strategy Group Limited), Helen Goatley and Edward Whittington (Moore Barlow LLP) and Pia Sanchez (CM Murray LLP)

We are delighted to bring you this recording of a discussion between members of our Employment Law team on Managing Employee Risks and Supporting Colleagues’ Families in the Age of Covid. Many businesses will be thinking about how they may best protect and support the diverse health and wellbeing needs of their staff, including BAME workers, during the coronavirus pandemic. This will inevitably necessitate a tailored consideration of the various legal risks, individual risk profiles of staff, and financial and practical constraints within each employer. Against this background, in this short podcast we address some of the pressing considerations with which employers should be engaging, including: 1. How should employers properly assess the risks posed by Covid to their workforces, taking into account the individual risk factors of each employee, including the heightened risk for black and ethnic minority workers? 2. What risks do employers face in respect of claims brought by employees who contract Covid?

In this podcast Merrill April (Partner, CM Murray LLP) and Louise O’Connor (Associate, CM Murray LLP) are joined by Matt Nixon (Partner, Stork & May) for a discussion of the key areas which need to be considered by senior executives when their company is proposing or implementing a restructure: • Potential positive as well as negative impacts of company restructures. Is there any difference in those impacts as a result of the restructure being driven by or taking place during a pandemic?   • What can senior management do to ensure that staff communications continue to be productive and as efficient as possible for the business and employees when traditional modes of communication are curtailed during lockdown?   • What preparatory steps can senior executives take when they suspect a restructure may be on the horizon?   • What should senior executives bear in mind with the approach of the end of the furlough period? What can they do to get things in order ahead of any possible announcement regarding a comp

CM Murray LLP, in association with Littleton Chambers and Fisher Phillips LLP, invite you to listen to a 50-minute podcast recording on “Trade Secret Protection in the “New Normal”: Is your Information Secure from WFH and RTW Mishaps and Misappropriation?” In this podcast recording, Merrill April (Partner, CM Murray LLP, London, UK),  Chris Stief, (Regional Managing Partner in Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, Fisher Phillips LLP, USA), Mike Avila (Partner, Fisher Phillips LLP, Philadelphia & Washington D.C. Metro, USA) and Jonathan Cohen QC (Littleton Chambers, London, UK), discuss the key issues from both a US and UK perspective relating to the enforcement of restrictive covenants and how such covenants are impacted by global working from home and furlough. In particular, the panel address:   1. How the new global work from home reality is a complicating factor in trade secrets agreements; 2. Key practical steps and considerations for employers on how to manage and protect their confidential information and trade

We are delighted to share with you this podcast of highlights from the session Global Mobility Issues for Senior Executives and their Families from the IFSEA 2020 Conference. In this short podcast, moderator Allen Powley (GlaxoSmithKline plc, UK) and panellists Sophie Barrett-Brown (Laura Devine Immigration, UK), Juliet Carp (Keystone Law, UK), Atul Gupta (Trilegal, India) and Chris Horton (Deloitte LLP, UK) discuss a range of issues relating to executive global mobility, including: 1. the challenges that cultural differences bring and the importance of cultural familiarity; 2. the important of having a centralised adviser who takes ownership for the senior executive of all the different strands of an assignment including tax and immigration; and 3. the many different parts to a successful assignment (including making sure the family is happy!) Become a member of the International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA) by visiting: www.cm-murray.com/ifsea.

In this Live Expert Discussion, a panel of market-leading partnership and employment lawyers, a law firm management consultant and a private equity recruitment specialist discuss everything you need to know about the legal and commercial risks, protections and strategies, and commercial realities of partner team moves in the Professional Services and Private Equity sectors. In the recording of this discussion, chaired by Sarah Chilton (CM Murray LLP), you can hear expert panellists Jonathan Cohen QC (Littleton Chambers), Rob Millard (Cambridge Strategy Group), David Fisher (CM Murray LLP), Gail McManus (PER Recruitment) and Wonu Sanda (CM Murray LLP) discuss the key legal issues and wider commercial realities of partner team moves, including: • The key express and implied obligations that normally apply to partners/LLP members and are likely to pose a significant issue when contemplating a team move, including duties of good faith and to give a true and fair account, and post-termination restrictions; •

We are delighted to bring you this recording of an expert discussion on Measuring Partner Contribution between leading specialists in Partnership & Employment Law, Partnership Compensation, and Law Firm Management. Chaired by Corinne Staves (Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP), with panellists Claire Watkins (Buzzacott LLP), David Shufflebotham (PEP-Up Consulting), Robert Millard (Cambridge Strategy Group), Sarah Chilton (CM Murray LLP), and Zulon Begum (CM Murray LLP). The question of how professional services firms should measure partner contribution is a complex one, and is made no less complex by the unprecedented times in which we live. However, these times also present an opportunity for firms to rethink and refocus the way they measure partner contribution for the better in the future. The key themes you can hear addressed by the panel: 1. The importance of defining and effectively measuring partner contribution. 2. Dealing with the age-old problem of how best to measure cross-referrals within firms. 3

On Tuesday, 23rd June, we marked World Whistleblowers Day, a day intended to raise global public awareness about the vital role of whistleblowers who speak out against wrongdoing. As a firm we regularly advise clients, particularly multinational employers, senior executives and professional services firms and their members, in relation to whistleblowing claims and over recent years, we successfully represented the Intervener, Protect (formerly Public Concern at Work), in leading whistleblowing cases in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. To discuss the current protections available to whistleblowers, we have recorded a podcast addressing this important topic. In this podcast, Merrill April (Partner, CM Murray LLP), Nick Hawkins (Senior Associate, CM Murray LLP), Louise O'Connor (Associate, CM Murray LLP) and Sophie Rothwell (Associate, CM Murray LLP) are joined by Charlotte Davies (Barrister, Littleton Chambers) to discuss key areas of whistleblowing, including the strategic and tactical issues which

We are delighted to bring you this recording of an expert discussion between members of leading international employment law alliance Innangard, of which CM Murray is a founder member, exploring and offering insight in to key concerns for employers in managing the workplace re-entry of their employees in Ireland, Germany and Spain. The discussion is hosted by CM Murray Partner Beth Hale, with contributions from Regan O'Driscoll (Ireland), Dr. Ulf Goeke (Germany), and Juan José Hita Fernández and Laia Carra (Spain). The key questions addressed by the panel include: 1. What is the current position in Ireland, Germany and Spain in relation to lockdown? 2. What is the key current advice for employers in those countries in relation to re-entry to the workplace and how they manage that? 3. What health and safety obligations do employers have in relation to providing a safe place of work in Ireland, Germany and Spain? 4. What steps should those employers be taking to prepare for re-entry? 5. What rights do employ

We are delighted to bring you this recording of an expert discussion between members of leading international employment law alliance Innangard, of which CM Murray is a founder member, exploring and offering insight in to key concerns for employers in managing the workplace re-entry of their employees in the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Argentina. The discussion is hosted by CM Murray Partner Beth Hale, with contributions from Anna Cozzi, Daverio & Florio (Italy), Michèle Stutz, MME Legal (Switzerland), Mercedes Balado Bevilacqua, MBB Abogados (guest speaker, Argentina) and CM Murray Partner Sarah Chilton. The key questions addressed by the panel include: 1. What is the current position in the UK, Italy, Switzerland and Argentina in relation to lockdown? 2. What is the key current advice for employers in those countries in relation to re-entry to the workplace and how they manage that? 3. What health and safety obligations do employers have in relation to providing a safe place of work in the UK, Italy, Swit

This short (10-minute) podcast brings you highlights from a panel of leading international legal, regulatory and wealth management experts from Switzerland and the UK, who discuss Personal De-risking for Senior Executives and Founders from a Legal, Regulatory, Wealth Management and Reputational Perspective, including in relation to their directorship roles and risks; planning of their personal and business interests in the event of serious ill-health; personal tax and succession planning; and managing personal investments to avoid reputational harm. It was recorded in February 2020 at the International Conference on Risk, Reward and Reputation Management Issues for Senior Executives and Founders in London, organised by the International Forum of Senior Executive Advisers (IFSEA). In this podcast, panel moderator Corinne Staves (Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP, UK) and panellists Dr. Lucy Gordon (MME Legal, Switzerland), Laurence Winston (Crowell & Moring LLP, UK) and Nick Blogg (LGT Vestra LLP, UK) discuss the h

We are delighted to bring you this recording of an expert discussion between leading Law Firm  Partnership & Employment Law, Regulatory and HR Specialists on Managing Bullying and Harassment Issues in Law Firms: Dealing with the Past, Realigning for the Future. Chair: Clare Murray, Managing Partner, CM Murray Panellists: Rob Hind, HR Consultant and Chair of People in Law Sarah Chilton Partner, CM Murray LLP Beth Hale, Partner & GC, CM Murray LLP Iain Miller, Partner, Kingsley Napley LLP (Ethics, Investigations and Regulatory specialist) The key themes addressed by the expert panel on the legal and practical handling of investigations, the SRA regulatory implications and obligations, and the steps to realign Partner conduct to Law Firm expectations and standards, include: 1. The likely impact of lockdown and social distancing on bullying and harassment in Law Firms.  2. Is the quiet word appropriate in handling Partner conduct issues, and what role does mediation have to play in dealing with haras

Often, emergency decisions need to be made in Professional Services firms to ensure the long-term survival of the business. This has become a daily reality for some firms during this global health and financial crisis, where decisions like pruning the partner ranks and reducing or deferring partner drawings, distributions and promotions or even corporate restructuring may need to be taken. But the aftermath of a quick decision without appreciating the potential legal risks could cost just as much money and time as the firm may have been hoping to save by making the decision in the first place. It is therefore even more important in a crisis to understand the potential pitfalls in decision-making in relation to Partnerships and LLPs and mitigate the risks as far as possible from the outset. In this Zoominar, chaired by Zulon Begum, you can hear the leading partnership and LLP silk John Machell QC and expert partnership and LLP adviser to Professional Services firms, Sarah Chilton discuss some of the issues th