E Smith Advisors is a partnership between E Smith Legacy Holdings and NKF that combines the entrepreneurial, bespoke
approach of a boutique firm with the comprehensive expertise and resources of an international Top 5 firm, to create a global enterprise that operates with a balanced, nuanced perspective.
Not exact matches
So you and I met the last guest I had too, we met at Ernest Benson's small
firm boot camp and we started talking, and I always really appreciate these very nuanced conferences because any lawyer that shows up at these really sort
of boutique conferences have a different mindset about the way they
approach their practice and the things that they're going to learn and the things that they're interested in.
The
boutique nature
of our
firm accommodates this client - centric
approach.
A number
of years ago, Dibblee says IA made the decision to move away from big
firms and look at who the experts are in the local jurisdictions and take a more
boutique firm approach.
Several law
firms have taken advantage
of this new
approach to accessing capital, establishing
boutique firms staffed by premier
firm refugees, adopting more modern business practices... and notably establishing a foothold in the U.S. And while U.S. - based
firms are unable to capitalize in this fashion, some have nonetheless adopted an
approach to client service, billing and legal services delivery that will position them as solid investments with appealing multiples and significant growth potential if legislation
of this type comes to the states.
One iteration
of the
boutique approach not mentioned in your analysis is the «virtual
firm,» i.e., where the affiliated lawyers aren't co-located at all, but operate from home under a marketing umbrella.