The MPF Global 500 Annual Report - a free report listing the world′s largest 500 professional firms with combined annual revenues of $535bn and headcount of 3.7 million people in 2007 - helps break down the silos between law, accountancy and other professional service sectors, all of which share similar management challenges - our assets are highly paid, independent, mobile, resent being managed, and nigh impossible to fire. Graduates regularly cite the professions as their preferred employers so the Annual Report has become required reading. The 2008 report, celebrating excellence in client service, will be available at the end of July.
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Co-Chair: Mike Francies - Mike is the managing partner of the London office of law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges. He is also a member of the firm's Management Committee. He is experienced in public and private mergers and acquisitions, equity issues (IPOs and secondary), private equity/venture capital/MBOs and joint ventures. He won 'Partner of the Year' at The Lawyer Awards, 2004 and has been named as one of the UK's 'Hot 100' lawyers by The Lawyer magazine. He has also been ranked as one of the 'World's Top Ten Private Equity Lawyers' by the Expert Guides.
Co-Chair: Stephen Denyer - Stephen is International Development Partner at Allen & Overy, with a wide ranging role relating to the global development of the firm. He was Regional Managing Partner for Europe from 1997 until 2007, with overall responsibility for the firm's Continental European offices. He has a long standing involvement in the firm's recruitment, know-how, training, and development activities. His other global management functions include general responsibility for the firm's relationships with other law firms, public bodies, regulators and universities. In addition he oversees the firm's Corporate Responsibility strategy.
Deputy: Margaret Mannell, having built aircraft carriers and other things in between, Margaret found her home in the law. She spent fifteen years as "headmistress" of Taylor Wessing before joining U.S. firm, Morrison & Foerster, in the summer of 2005. At MoFo, as the firm is affectionately known, her job title is "Director of Administration", and her responsibilities include herding cats, fire-fighting and tight-rope walking. Answering to several masters in many time-zones, she works with a dynamic group of partners and administrative staff who are focused on developing Morrison & Foerster's European practice.
Director: Friedrich Blase is a member of Kerma Partners where he advises primarily law firms in change projects for organizational structures, management systems, intellectual capital development, and compensation schemes. He works with firms on both sides of the Atlantic having been based in Frankfurt before moving to Toronto.
Kathryn Byrne is Partner, International Services at Weiser LLP. Kathryn′s practice provides accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting services to domestic and foreign corporations in various industries. Her expertise includes specializing in public companies and international companies. Weiser is a member of Moores Rowland International ("MRI"), a worldwide association of independent accounting and consulting firms and Kathryn serves as the firm′s liaison with MRI. She currently serves as the MRI Worldwide and North American Chairperson of Audit and Assurance Service Line Unit, as well as the North American Representative on the Membership Committee, which is an executive committee of the MRI Board.
Roy Hoffman with more than 25 years of experience advising clients on accounting, business management and personal finance issues Roy has counseled many large and small foreign clients who have created U.S. subsidiaries or have acquired U.S. operations. Active in industry, Roy is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants ("NYSSCPA") and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He serves on the Cooperation with Investment Bankers and Stock Exchanges Committee of the NYSSCPA.
Leanne Robson is lead partner for the London office of Irish firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice, focusing on corporate, M&A and private equity, including Irish elements of the larger cross-border M&A transactions. Leanne and her team also advise a range of domestic Irish clients on a broad range of corporate matters. Until July 2004, Leanne was a Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, also focusing on private equity and domestic and cross-border M&A.