Peter Sheppard Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Legal Professional Management ✶ Legal Recruitment ✶ Executive Search ✶ Destination Recruitment ✶ Talent Acquisition ✶ Management Consulting ✶ Mental Health Advocate ✶ Strategic Business Planning ✶ Relationship Management ✶ Business & Operations Management ✶ M&A Strategy ✶ Emotional Intelligence ✶ Change Management ✶ Stakeholder EngagementBlake Oliver Legal.

Australia

• Strategic Business Planning ✶ Relationship Management ✶ Business & Operations Management ✶ Talent Acquisition ✶ M&A Strategy ✶ Emotional Intelligence ✶ Change Management ✶ Stakeholder Engagement HFW is a global law.
• Increased Australian revenues by successfully working with stakeholders, identifying business growth opportunities, and building structures and leading discussions to enable future growth.
• Managed recruitment processes including initial screening, interviewing and candidate selection, clearly communicating role requirements and expectations whilst creating a dialogue about career mapping, personal.
• Led high-performing teams by introducing frequent performance discussions and improving HR frameworks in collaboration with the HR Manager and in alignment with firm strategy.
• Negotiated long-term leases for new office locations and managed all facets of new office fit-outs and put together a dynamic business case for office expenditure.
• Developed an Australian IT Strategy with global leaders that supported long-term growth.

Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Business and Operations Management ✶ M&A Strategy ✶ Change Management ✶ Relationship Management ✶ Emotional Intelligence ✶ Talent Acquisition ✶ Corporate GovernanceClark Toop and Taylor was a specialist law firm.
• Instrumental to the merger of Clark Toop and Taylor with Slater and Gordon involving the exploration of various options/scenarios, the execution of cost analysis and M&A strategy implementation.
• Undertook all facets of the recruitment cycle from advertising to screening to interviews and candidate selection. Whilst all the time keeping stakeholders and candidates well informed of progress.
• Set up 2 new offices that included one complete fit-out. Managed the choosing of office locations, office layout, building notices/permits, review of utilities certificates of compliance, site inspections, ICT fit-out.
• Continuously improved organisational systems, policies and procedures by adopting new products and up-to-date systems, and applying a strong understanding of all levels and departments of the organisation.
• Introduced performance and salary reviews, and adeptly managed and supported underperforming staff.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Business Analysis ✶ Budget Management ✶ Business Improvement ✶ Staff Development ✶ Employee Engagement ✶ Training Program ManagementDLA Piper is a multinational law firm servicing the corporate sector in Australia and.
• Improved cash flow by 30% within one year through the reduction of fees and debt ‘lock-ups’.
• Established a reputation for producing reliable data and effectively managing integrity checks of financial statistics used in Partner and other fee earner reviews.
• Implemented a new CMS system locally and subsequently internationally in the Wellington (NZ) office.
• Decreased formal training needs by creating an online library of training manuals, explaining and detailing the accounting database in a clear way for all users.
• Clarified performance KPIs by properly explaining each area using accessible, relevant language, which enabled the incorporation of improvements with significant impacts on the business.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia