Professional & Corporate Services
Law, consulting, and corporate support firms balancing utilisation, partner economics, and risk.
The partnership model, stress-tested
Aureliant works with law and consulting networks on profit allocation, partner tax, and risk reserves - the quiet physics of professional firms.
Before work begins, we clarify the operating context, governance expectations, and commercial pressures behind the brief. That gives the engagement a clear purpose before technical analysis starts.
The result is a more complete advisory view: what matters now, where risk may surface next, and how recommendations can be implemented without creating unnecessary hand-offs or ambiguity.
Scope
Clarify the decision, deadline, stakeholders, and evidence standard before work begins.
Delivery
Combine partner judgement, technical review, and practical implementation planning in one workstream.
Follow-through
Convert findings into owners, actions, and next steps that leadership can track after the session.
We understand lockstep, modified eat-what-you-kill, and global profit-sharing arrangements. When firms merge or de-merge, the transition service agreements and WIP intangibles need forensic clarity, and we are comfortable in those conversations.
Firm levers we review
Utilisation
Align billing, WIP, and realisation with partner targets.
Regulatory
SRA, BSB, and cross-border practice rules in entity design.
Client money and professional risk
Client accounts, interest rules, and professional indemnity claims interlock. We help create evidence that is suitable for both regulators and your PI carriers.
“A partnership’s balance sheet is its people, reputation, and a handful of covenants - we treat it that way.”
Great firms are built in the work-in-progress line as much as in the client roster.
Partner with industry specialists
Tell us your timeline, reporting cadence, and stakeholders - we will propose a right-sized team with clear deliverables.