Africa focussed marketing & business development

Delivering the gold standard

African Law Firm Pricing Survey 2023

We invite you to take a few minutes & take this brief, 20-question survey on pricing strategies in African law firms. We are interested in learning more about current pricing practices & key challenges being faced by African law firms. Your responses to this important survey will help improve pricing outcomes for African lawyers. If you’re in any way engaged in pricing legal matters within an African law firm, we want to hear from you!

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Lareine Gold Consulting is a specialist  Africa focussed consultancy committed to advising and supporting independent professional services firms particularly law firms and internal legal teams within corporations and governments.

We work with clients interested in accessing and leveraging the wealth of marketing and business development techniques and processes that have made high growth global professional service firms successful in winning invaluable work and retaining profitable client relationships.

With a primary focus on firms in the legal, accountancy, IT, real estate and financial services sector, we work with clients to develop sustainable marketing and business development frameworks whilst increasing revenue streams and cultivating profitable client relationships.

Our passion is service excellence and our organisation’s mandate is to equip independent African professional service firms with vital marketing and business development tools and best practice.

The objective is to ensure our clients retain their business identity and independence whilst being able to successfully advance locally and on the international stage.

Silverbird TV News Reel - Cynthia Lareine speaking about legal practice in Africa

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Delivering the gold standard

LGC provides dedicated support to African professional service firms particularly those within legal sector. Increasingly we work with internal legal teams within corporations and governments across Africa. Watch Cynthia Lareine's recent interview discussing some of the key issues facing in house counsel.

Business Development Consulting

We work with clients on a wide variety of BD projects including Strategy Development, Key Account Management, Strategic Proposals and Online Image Management.

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Market Access Advisory

We work with international organisations interested in accessing Africa markets to gain necessary insight into potential markets and new business channels.

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BD & Marketing Hot topics

We are able to present on a wide variety of BD and marketing hot topic areas. These can be delivered as team training, audit projects and/or one to one coaching programs.

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Testimonials

"LGC Africa improved our understanding, identified areas for improvement, and guided us in strategically enhancing our brand visibility. Our interaction with LGC Africa prompted a successful brand overhaul that was positively received by the market. They helped us leverage our strengths and unique features, resulting in increased brand visibility." - ENR ADVISORY

Testimonials

"We engaged LGC Africa to revamp our website and improve our communication and social media strategy. They also assisted us in reviewing our 2021 submissions to law firm ranking organizations and directories (Chambers & Partners, IFLR and The Legal500) which resulted in better submissions that improved ranking in the recently released IFLR rankings. I also enjoyed their availability, innovative ideas, step-by-step guidance on the directories submissions, and their follow-up to ensure we met our deadlines." - Detail Commercial Solicitors

  •  08/02/2021 12:00

In need of some fresh inspiration for propelling your legal practice forward? Here are some important marketing insights to help you achieve growth in future.

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  •  31/03/2020 13:30

With working remotely our new reality (at least for the moment), the truth is that most of us have a little more time to reflect on things that we often are not minded to. Although we all continue to be incredibly busy adjusting to the new normal of home working, home schooling and social distancing, the lack of a daily commute definitely means there’s at least an hour (or two) in each person’s day to do invest in planning ahead. LGC provides some recommendations on Marketing and BD (MBD) Housekeeping tasks and tactics which will enable African Law Firms to be better positioned for all that lies ahead once the current global pandemic has passed.

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  •  11/03/2020 10:17

The popularity of the legal profession in Africa combined with standardised legal practice has led to greater homogeneity amongst lawyers. Faced with this dilemma, the reality of globalisation and the growing presence of international players, how does a law firm business stand out of from the crowd in a market saturated with other great lawyers?

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  •  05/03/2020 10:28

A key retention strategy for a successful African law firm must be partnership clarity i.e. transparency for rising legal stars on what it takes to make partner. That said many firms fail to clearly communicate their expectations or indeed the path to partnership.

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  •  21/09/2017 23:40

According to the statistics, more than 60% of prospects who look for businesses online are more likely to use those who have an interactive and informative social media presence. Even in Africa where traditionally professional services marketing has been highly dependent on ‘in person’ business development, the power of technology means that increasingly online marketing and social media networking simply cannot be ignored.

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All LGC Pulse sessions are now available on LGC TV. Subscribe to LGC TV at https://bit.ly/3gF2KC4

LGC Pulse is a series of hot seat interviews with marketing experts & key influencers shaping the development of Africa legal services marketing. The sessions are relevant for any Africa based or Africa focussed lawyer or marketer wanting to learn how to promote, position or pivot their legal business.

Cynthia Lareine

Founder/Lead Strategist

Opeyemi Fajulugbe

Consultant - UX/UI Design

Kusumi Said

Consultant - Sales & Marketing

Chip Emely

Consultant - Technology

Doris Michael

Consultant - Research & Strategy

Dora Lawes

Events Manager

Mutiat Afolabi

Research & Communications Assistant

Delivering the gold standard in Africa marketing and business development

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LGC Momentum – interim marketing support for your short term needs

Would you like to extend your marketing capacity without taking on additional resource or increasing you staffing costs? Do you sometimes require an extra pair of hands to pitch in on marketing business development activity? Perhaps you have no dedicated marketing/BD function but require short term support. Or maybe you need someone experienced to run or kickstart a new or significant marketing and business development project for your organisation? If this describes your current situation, then the LGC Momentum programme might be the solution you require.

What is LGC Momentum?
Momentum is LGC's solution for law firms that are in need of temporary marketing & BD assistance or are about to undertake a significant strategic marketing projects. The idea is to support your interim marketing needs without the huge investment required in hiring, training senior marketing staff. Our approach and the amount of support provided is tailored to the specific needs of each client but with 3 key ingredients the heart of what we offer. We refer to these ingredients as the LGC Triple A:

  • Access: immediate access to dedicated marketing & BD experts without the expense of recruiting permanent staff;
  • Augment: enhance your internal marketing capacity. LGC provide extra hands on deck for the duration of the engagement;
  • Accelerate: expedite marketing activity through tried & tested tools. LGC equips your marketing staff & lawyers with resources that can be used for the future.
Examples of where LGC Momentum might be useful:

  • Support on a strategic bid or proposal
  • Preparing for a beauty parade or client presentation
  • Developing a social media campaign
  • Launching a thought leadership programme
  • Embedding a CRM programme
  • Delivering training and/or coaching to associates
  • On-boarding new marketing staff
  • Reviewing your marketing collateral
  • Refreshing your website and digital assets
What are the advantages of LGC Momentum?

  • Fixed & affordable cost
  • Access to internationally trained marketing & BD experts
  • Fill a short term gap
  • Dedicated marketing expertise 
  • Increase efficiency and generate internal momentum 
  • Tailored advice and expert attention
  • Remote support
  • Unlock international best practice
  • Tap into fresh, creative ideas and new ways of thinking
To explore whether the Momentum programme might be the right solution for your law firm, contact cynthia.lareine@lareinegold.com

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Delivering the gold standard in Africa marketing and business development

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Cynthia Lareine

With over 20 years working experience as both a legal practitioner (UK qualified solicitor) and business development professional within global law firms, Cynthia Lareine has an internationally established reputation as an experienced and dedicated business developer and relationship manager who is 'proactive, pragmatic and passionate' about marketing and business development.

Cynthia has an established track record in converting strategies into measurable business and revenue objectives through marketing and business development. Having lived and worked in Africa, Cynthia understands the cultural nuances of operating within an African context and has extensive experience of partnering with and advising African companies in multiple sectors. Cynthia has global and practical insight into key account management, client relationship development, strategy and planning, network and partnership building, pitch and proposal management and brand profiling in the professional services sector across Africa, Middle East, North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.