Legal Series: M&A in the Legal Industry – How to Do the Deal

Andrew Hedley advises law firm leaders on issues of vision, strategy and change. Alongside project engagements, he is a sought-after strategy group guide, partner retreat speaker, workshop facilitator and coach. 

A respected contributor to specialist management publications, authority on strategy and frequent conference keynote speaker, Andrew is the author of Developing Strategic Client Relationships (2008) and Client Strategy in a Changing Legal Market (2011). He has written widely on the subject of law firm merger and contributed two chapters to the Merger Toolkit recently published by the Law Management Section of the Law Society of England & Wales. 

Andrew holds Fellowships of the Institute of Directors, the Strategic Planning Society, the Chartered Management Institute and the Royal Society of Art.

Steve Miller is the National Lead Partner for KPMG’s Integration/Separation Advisory practice in the United States. He is a former NASA engineer, MBA and law graduate with 20 years of industry and advisory services experience including 16 years providing integration, separation, diligence and valuation support to over 140 transactions. While working for ILC Space Systems and Lockheed supporting NASA prime contracts, Steve designed tools and procedures to repair shuttle payloads in orbit and managed a high profile R&D program to develop an advanced lunar/mars life support system. Upon returning to industry after graduate school, he worked in international business development at Pennzoil and Unocal and managed the acquisitions program for an industrial services firm executing a rollup. Steve has on ground experience living and working in countries across Europe and Asia and entered consulting in 2000. His cross functional background allows him to jointly evaluate the complex issues that impact multinational merger, acquisition and divestiture transactions. Steve has extensive advisory experience in many industries including Aerospace & Defense, Medical Device, Energy, Technology, Pharma/Bio-Tech and Consumer Products.