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    01 · Area of Expertise

    M&A and Multi-Firm Unification

    Programme profile

    Triple merger and full operational unification within the legal sector.

    Intro

    Why this work,
    and why us.

    Mergers are won or lost in the integration. Svoon has led the technology side of multiple high-profile mergers, unifying overlapping systems, rationalising suppliers and giving the combined firm a single operating platform — fast enough to capture the synergies the deal was built on.

    Key Issues

    The situation
    we walked into.

    • 01

      Three firms needed to become one operating business

    • 02

      Tight regulatory, shareholder, and market deadlines

    • 03

      High risk across billing, client service, reputation, people, systems, and data

    • 04

      Complex integration across countries, offices, partners, lawyers, suppliers, and legacy platforms

    • 05

      No room for "organised chaos" or temporary workarounds after go-live

    Svoon Actions

    How we took control,
    step by step.

    1. 01

      Defined the merger delivery framework with the Board and Steering Committee

    2. 02

      Aligned legal, financial, operational, technology, data, and people workstreams

    3. 03

      Established clear governance, weekly reporting, and stakeholder communications

    4. 04

      Unified email, data, legal, knowledge, and CRM platforms

    5. 05

      Integrated systems and operating processes around the agreed future-state model

    6. 06

      Managed cutover to ensure business continuity from Day 1

    Key Impacts

    What changed,
    measurably.

    • 3 firms unified into one operating model

    • 36 countries aligned at announcement scale

    • 65 offices integrated at announcement scale

    • 4,500+ lawyers brought together

    • 1,000 partners supported through transition

    • 7,500+ employees operating under the combined CMS platform

    • Fully unified within 6 months

    • No loss of billing continuity

    • Created one of the largest UK and global law firm platforms

    • Recognised externally as a bold and highly disciplined merger execution

    Related Expertise

    Other programmes we lead.

    02

    Finance System Transformation Recovery

    Recovery of a failing firmwide finance transformation programme across 23 countries.

    03

    Process Automation & A.I.

    Integrated AI and learning logic into legal workflows to decide and initiate key business activities.

    04

    Global CRM Unification

    Deployment of a global CRM and client intelligence platform across 40+ jurisdictions.

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