Partner Compensation in a PE World.
From profit share to value share: how private equity ownership redefines partner compensation in professional services.
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Practitioners who have been through the deal.
Michael Roch
Founder, Advisor and Leader · MHPR AdvisorsMichael Roch advises managing partners, boards and senior leadership teams globally on partnership architecture, incentive design, governance and strategy. nFor more than 25 years, he has helped professional services firms align competing stakeholder interests and build partnerships designed for long-term performance.
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David Morley
Strategic Advisor for law firms and investorsDavid Morley is a highly respected figure in the legal and investment communities, with over 40 years of experience. He spent the majority of his career at Allen & Overy, one of the world’s leading law firms, where he served as Global Managing Partner and later as Global Senior Partner (Chairman) from 2008 to 2016.
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Why Private Capital Turns to Professional Services
The investor perspective – why PE is deploying capital into professional services and what that means for firm strategy.
10 Lessons from Firms That Have Done It
Partnering with private capital – practical lessons from firms that have completed the journey successfully.
Reshaping Partner Compensation for a PE World
What your firm must do now to align partner reward with a PE-backed or PE-competitive reality.
PE is reshaping professional services.
Private equity has deployed over $30 billion into accounting, law, consulting and engineering firms since 2020. The firms that take PE capital gain the ability to acquire, invest in AI and offer equity to retain talent at a scale traditional partnerships cannot match.
For firms that stay independent, the competitive pressure is immediate. For partners inside a PE-backed firm, the compensation model changes fundamentally. This panel addresses both realities.
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Professional services firms have entered the industrial era with strong pressure to scale.
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Acquisitions are the only way for professional service firms to grow internationally. To acquire, you need credibility, which is what private equity provides.
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Bringing private equity on board is enabling us to grow our firm and has served as a catalyst for change.
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From Profit Share to Value Share draws on interviews with firm leaders across four continents to document how PE ownership changes partner compensation, governance and culture in professional services firms. It is the research that informs this panel.
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From Profit Share to Value Share
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