WE WANT TO LEAD A FIRM THAT IS:
[st_heading title=”1. Providing an excellent level of services to our clients”][/st_heading]To achieve this value we want to listen, be accessible and highly responsive to our clients, when providing over expectations legal services
- We operate the business, in accordance with the highest professional standards, as such we want to offer innovative solutions to our clients
- We are transparent and dedicated
- We take responsibility for our own actions and results
- We want to develop long-term relationships with our clients
- We are committed to pursuing our goals and our cliets goals
- We are a client-oriented firm
- Our success is measured by our clients success
WE WANT TO BECOME A FIRM THAT IS:
[st_heading title=”2. Successful and commercially viable”][/st_heading]To achieve this value we will offer clients both litigation and consultancy work
- Litigation will include: Civil, Commercial, Fiscal, Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy
- Consultancy will include: Civil, Commercial, Corporate, Banking & Finance, M&A, Real Estate & Construction, Employment & Labour, Intellectual Property, Energy & Natural Resources
- We will make sure we provide high-quality legal work
- We will hire high-quality people
- We will expect high-utilisation
- We will run our business cost effectively and efficiently with no waste
WE WANT THE ETHOS OF THE FIRM TO BE:
[st_heading title=”3. Open and transparent”][/st_heading]To achieve this value we will want everybody to act in an open and transparent way
- The firm will hold regular meetings to keep employees informed
- We will consult on key-decisions
- We want an ethos of open discussion in a mature way. We are calm and responsive and not reactive. We want everybody to act in the same way
- We want to give people the opportunity to offer suggestions for improving the firm
- We will have a transparent pay and incentive system that is based on performance and contribution to the firm
OUR WORK TO BE:
[st_heading title=”4. Meaningful and done in a supportive and positive culture”][/st_heading]To achieve this value we want the work we do for clients to be interesting
- By positioning ourselves as a high-quality firm with high-quality employees we will be able to attract the most interesting work
- We want our clients to be interesting clients in different sectors
- We want our working lives outside of client work to be interesting and meaningful
- We want people to offer suggestions on how we can make our working lives more interesting
- We want work to be meaningful by people showing respect for colleagues, and supporting and cooperating with each other. This will be highly valued.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE:
[st_heading title=”5. Fun while working for success”][/st_heading]To achieve this value we want to be able to make sure that there are times at work when the pressure is off
- We want all our team to be employed in creating and engaging in fun activities
- We would like people to suggest ideas as we build a culture that is commercial, open, meaningful and FUN!
[st_heading title=”How will we use the values?”][/st_heading]
- We believe everybody that works with us is an associate in the firm and they should see what we aspire to be
- We want the values to guide the culture that we are developing in the firm
- We want people to understand what we see as important for the firm so they can help us in the right way
- We want the values to guide our decision-making and both our longer-term strategy and daily actions
- We understand there will be trade-offs between the values from time to time but we expect when looking over time for us to perform well on each value