Thomas Werner
is a Senior Consultant at Law Firm Change Consultants.
With 30 years of experience as CFO and COO in international law firms and accounting and tax advisory firms (UK, US, France, Germany), Thomas advises on key operational transformation projects in law firms.
- His areas of focus include the organization of finance and accounting, controlling, IT, human resources, and marketing functions in national and international law firms and networks.
- He provides support through in-depth analysis, collaboration with management teams, and facilitation of partnership meetings.
Expertise Profile
- Development and implementation of growth strategies. In the context of 16 national and international mergers, Thomas Werner—serving as a member of the negotiation teams—contributed business plans, supported negotiations, and played a leading role in post-merger integration.
- In addition, he has evaluated and supported the integration of 40 to 50 lateral partners.
- As CFO, he was responsible for managing and directing finance and accounting, including billing, controlling, cash management, financing, and the management of capital accounts.
- As COO, his responsibilities included IT, human resources, marketing, risk management, and local services, in addition to finance and accounting.
- In the area of IT, his focus lay on managing and developing the IT platform and driving digitalization in collaboration with the IT Director, CTO, and CDO. This included the development of IT and digitalization strategies.
Thomas Werner has been active in the law firm market since 1996 and uniquely combines extensive operational knowledge of law firm management across UK, US, and German law firms as well as auditing and tax advisory firms. He is at home in the fields of finance and controlling and has a deep understanding of the business model of professional service firms.