9/3/2026 1:08:15 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP7 - Heidi Gardner and Ivan Matviak on How Law Firms Can Turn Relationships Into Revenue By Connor Kinnear Dionne Cole Every law firm claims to prioritise collaboration, yet very few have figured out how to turn it into real measurable revenue growth....
8/27/2026 1:14:43 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP6 - Mark Levin of Marshall Gerstein on Cracking The NFL's Hiring Code For Big Law By Eugene McCormick Dionne Cole Lateral hiring is currently at an all time high and the cost of getting it wrong runs into the billions, so why are firms still making...
8/20/2026 12:40:18 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP5 - Kathryn Whitaker of Burr & Forman on Turning Lateral Moments Into Momentum By Eugene McCormick Dionne Cole Law firms can no longer just coast on stability anymore, they need to start actively building momentum. Marketing leaders are expected to...
8/13/2026 12:56:09 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP4 - Craig Budner of Budner Performance Group on Unlocking Law Firm Growth Through Laterals By Charles Cousins Dionne Cole Growth means different things depending on where you sit in a law firm. For lawyers, it's often about winning new work and deepening...
8/12/2026 1:01:06 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP3 - Adam Severson of Baker Donelson on The Marketing Playbook for Laterals And Mergers By Dionne Cole Mergers can provide huge growth opportunities for law firms. Navigating a merger can also present challenges, but marketing and BD teams...
8/6/2026 1:50:50 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP2 - Dave Southern of Mayer Brown on Making Lateral Acquisitions Pay Off Through Client Collaboration By Dionne Cole It's well documented that better client-based collaboration can boost business development results and build stronger, long lasting...
8/5/2026 2:05:13 PM CMO Series: Laterals & Mergers EP1 - Will Brewster on The Communications Lens on A Law Firm Merger By Will Eke Dionne Cole Marketing and communications play a pivotal role in successfully launching the news of a law firm merger. Being able to strike the right...
7/28/2026 1:46:43 PM CMO Series EP208 - Tamasin Manwaring of Linklaters on Putting Clients at the Centre of Legal Product BD By Will Eke Dionne Cole Moving beyond practice group silos and towards a one firm, one solution approach starting with what the client genuinely needs has never...
7/27/2026 2:29:04 PM Introducing CMO Series Laterals & Mergers By Dionne Cole We are excited to launch CMO Series Laterals & Mergers, a new sub-series of the CMO Series Podcast dedicated entirely to how law firm...
7/8/2026 1:02:51 PM CMO Series EP207 - Sarah High of Yetter Coleman on The Big Law Mindset: Reality Of Successfully Scaling A BD Function In A Boutique Firm By Will Eke Dionne Cole Millie Coote Adapting the big law playbook and driving the same high standards without the big law budget has never been more relevant for growing...
7/1/2026 1:48:32 PM CMO Series EP206 - Jennifer Shankleton of Brennan Manna & Diamond LLC on to Navigate an Ever-Evolving Role in Legal Marketing & Business Development By Alistair Bone Dionne Cole Millie Coote As the role of a legal marketer evolves beyond traditional definitions, it is important that marketing and BD professionals actively...
6/24/2026 12:55:46 PM CMO Series EP205 - Helen Griffiths of Fladgate on Delivering a BD Plan That Works in Practice By Will Eke Dionne Cole Millie Coote Building a BD function that actually drives revenue, not just activity, is something many law firms talk about but few get right. On...
6/17/2026 1:02:40 PM CMO Series EP204 - Rob Gijsen of CMS on Rethinking Client Strategy To Drive Real Revenue By Will Eke Dionne Cole Millie Coote In most large law firms, a small handful of clients truly move the needle on revenue, yet BD efforts are still spread thinly across the...
6/10/2026 12:57:03 PM CMO Series EP203 - Roanne Neuwirth on What Separates a Market Position from a Service List By Alex Haidar Dionne Cole Millie Coote In a market where everyone has smart people, strong credentials, and now access to the same AI tools, what is the actual differentiator...
6/3/2026 12:56:49 PM CMO Series EP202 - Clare Quinn-Waters of Edwin Coe on Building a Growth Function from Scratch By Will Eke Dionne Cole Millie Coote Building a growth function from scratch has never been more important for law firms, yet it remains one of the hardest things to get...
5/20/2026 1:57:05 PM CMO Series Podcast Special: Unpacking the 2026 Cross-Selling & Collaboration Report with James Barclay By James Barclay Tom Elgar Charlotte Knight Dionne Cole +1 more... Show less 55% of law firms say cross-selling is one of their most important levers for revenue growth, yet only 19% strongly agree they're...