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Paul Marmor, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation, Sherrads. Paul is the
firm’s International Development partner, and is very active in the International Bar
Association, the American Bar Association, the Law Society’s International Division and in
the Alliott Group international alliance of law and accountancy firms.
Fiona McAllister, Solicitor and Owner, Mundays. Director, CICERO League of International
Lawyers. Fiona has more than 25 years’ experience on resolution of advising on contractual
and in employment partnership and shareholder relationships, particularly family
businesses. Her experience relates to issues on formation to progression and trading to the
breakdown of a business relationship and Fiona works at resolving a client’s needs to a satisfactory
commercial conclusion as quickly and effectively as possible and in a sympathetic manner. In particular
Fiona also focuses on work with an international aspect as a director of CICERO, League of International
Lawyers, the network of international law firms of which Mundays is a member.
Stephen J. McGarry, Esq., BA, MA, JD, LLM (Taxation) President, AILFN, Inc.; Founder, Lex Mundi;
Founder, World Services Group. As the founder of WSG he grew it to more than 21,000
professionals in over 650 offices. As the founder he grew Lex Mundi to become the world's
largest law firm network whose 160 members now have 21,000 attorneys in 600 offices. WSG
and Lex Mundi have more than 2% of all the lawyers on earth whose members bill their clients an
estimated $20 billion dollars annually.
Robert Millard, Head of Strategy, Partner, The Moller Group. Rob founded Cambridge Strategy Group in
2012. He is a well-known personality in the global PSF strategy and business advisory field,
with a well-respected reputation especially amongst law firms in several major global
centres. His advisory work is particularly future-focused, drawing on the most up-to-date
concepts of innovation, design thinking and scenario planning. Formerly an in-house
business strategist at Linklaters, Rob has practiced as a strategy and business management consultant to
professional service firms since 2001. His clients span the globe. Besides his professional practice, Rob is
co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Law Firm Management Committee and a past chair of the
American Bar Association International Law Practice Management Forum. He has co-authored four books
on law firm strategy and management. As part of his own ‘pro bono’ work, Rob plays a leading role in an
IBA initiative to enhance business management practices among smaller law firms in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rob holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from Henley and is currently a PhD candidate at
the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, researching value creation in law firm
mergers.
Michael Napier, Principal, Michael Napier was awarded the CBE in 2005 following a long and
successful legal career championing the reform and modernization of the civil justice system.
As a QC and solicitor (non-practicing), Mike was voted ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the 2012 Legal
Business awards for 30 years as senior partner leading Irwin Mitchell ‘from a small Sheffield
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Paul Marmor, Partner, Head of Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation, Sherrads. Paul is the
firm’s International Development partner, and is very active in the International Bar
Association, the American Bar Association, the Law Society’s International Division and in
the Alliott Group international alliance of law and accountancy firms.
Fiona McAllister, Solicitor and Owner, Mundays. Director, CICERO League of International
Lawyers. Fiona has more than 25 years’ experience on resolution of advising on contractual
and in employment partnership and shareholder relationships, particularly family
businesses. Her experience relates to issues on formation to progression and trading to the
breakdown of a business relationship and Fiona works at resolving a client’s needs to a satisfactory
commercial conclusion as quickly and effectively as possible and in a sympathetic manner. In particular
Fiona also focuses on work with an international aspect as a director of CICERO, League of International
Lawyers, the network of international law firms of which Mundays is a member.
Stephen J. McGarry, Esq., BA, MA, JD, LLM (Taxation) President, AILFN, Inc.; Founder, Lex Mundi;
Founder, World Services Group. As the founder of WSG he grew it to more than 21,000
professionals in over 650 offices. As the founder he grew Lex Mundi to become the world's
largest law firm network whose 160 members now have 21,000 attorneys in 600 offices. WSG
and Lex Mundi have more than 2% of all the lawyers on earth whose members bill their clients an
estimated $20 billion dollars annually.
Robert Millard, Head of Strategy, Partner, The Moller Group. Rob founded Cambridge Strategy Group in
2012. He is a well-known personality in the global PSF strategy and business advisory field,
with a well-respected reputation especially amongst law firms in several major global
centres. His advisory work is particularly future-focused, drawing on the most up-to-date
concepts of innovation, design thinking and scenario planning. Formerly an in-house
business strategist at Linklaters, Rob has practiced as a strategy and business management consultant to
professional service firms since 2001. His clients span the globe. Besides his professional practice, Rob is
co-chair of the International Bar Association’s Law Firm Management Committee and a past chair of the
American Bar Association International Law Practice Management Forum. He has co-authored four books
on law firm strategy and management. As part of his own ‘pro bono’ work, Rob plays a leading role in an
IBA initiative to enhance business management practices among smaller law firms in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rob holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from Henley and is currently a PhD candidate at
the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow, researching value creation in law firm
mergers.
Michael Napier, Principal, Michael Napier was awarded the CBE in 2005 following a long and
successful legal career championing the reform and modernization of the civil justice system.
As a QC and solicitor (non-practicing), Mike was voted ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the 2012 Legal
Business awards for 30 years as senior partner leading Irwin Mitchell ‘from a small Sheffield
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