Mark Brandon is a principal consultant at Prosperant, supporting on law firm strategy, M&A, talent management and leadership development. He has been a well-known figure in the UK legal market for over thirty years, first as a journalist and editor (The Lawyer, The Legal 500, In-House Lawyer Magazine, The Insiderâs Guides to Legal Services), then as a recruiter placing partners and teams in the London market and latterly as a business consultant and strategist, advising a range of leading UK and US law firms. Mark has a wealth of expertise including strategic resourcing, recruitment and retention strategy, strategic communications, business analysis and diagnostics, partnership culture and thought leadership. He is an acknowledged expert in the field of lateral hiring and integration, having authored several specialist reports and conducted groundbreaking research. Mark also coaches and mentors a number of senior leaders in law.