About Us
Who we are
We are a boutique consulting firm delivering tailored strategic advisory and talent optimization services to leading finance and law firms worldwide. With deep experience shaping industry-defining outcomes, we are uniquely equipped to accelerate your organization's strategic objectives.
What we do
We reduce decision latency and execution risk in complex legal and finance environments. Instead of broad presentations, we force operating choices—what to start, stop, and scale. Using compact diagnostics, competitor‑backed insight, and a weekly operating cadence, we shorten the path from strategy to measurable P&L outcomes. The result is fewer meetings, faster alignment, and disciplined delivery.
Why us?
Our clients value our deep industry expertise and proactive, strategic approach to identifying and securing the market’s most sought-after professionals. The professionals we advise appreciate our tailored guidance, insightful market intelligence, and exclusive access to career opportunities uniquely aligned with their professional ambitions, preferred organizational culture, and long-term goals.
Equanimity
Our team brings decades of strategic experience at the highest levels of our industry, offering insightful guidance and peace of mind throughout every engagement. We prioritize a seamless, rewarding experience for both our clients and the professionals we advise.
Efficiency
We understand the complexities involved when navigating strategic decisions in elite finance and legal environments. Broad-stroke advice, misaligned strategies, and inadequate market intelligence can lead to costly inefficiencies. Our focused consulting approach, supported by precise execution and deep market insights, ensures that your strategic objectives are achieved swiftly, effectively, and purposefully.
Legal strategy and operations
- Repositioned practice portfolios and capacity allocation across corporate, disputes, and private capital; built a three‑year investment roadmap with clear exit criteria.
- Redesigned partner compensation and credit‑sharing to reward client‑team behavior and cross‑practice origination; implemented guardrails and simple dashboards.
- Installed pricing and matter profitability program (AFAs, scoping, budgets‑to‑actuals) to improve predictability and client experience.
- Stood up key‑account coverage and pursuit governance for top clients; standardized client plans and cross‑sell triggers.
- Led post‑merger integration for combined practices covering conflicts, brand, client communications, and resourcing.
- Established knowledge management and gen‑AI governance (confidentiality, tool selection, pilot metrics) to protect clients and accelerate work product.
- Built nearshore/ALSP strategy for document, e‑discovery, and research workflows to reduce turnaround time and cost variance.
Investment banking and research
- Optimized sector coverage and banker/analyst allocation using fee‑pool analysis and competitive positioning; clarified strike zones.
- Shifted research product toward differentiated thematic work; aligned distribution with top buy‑side clients and CSA economics.
- Formalized a COO cadence for research (backlog, release management, compliance) to cut time‑to‑publish and rework.
- Rationalized alt‑data and vendor spend with ROI criteria; eliminated duplicative feeds and raised analyst productivity.
- Built investor‑access and corporate‑access strategy tied to priority accounts and conflicts protocols.
Private equity, hedge funds and asset management
- Built a thematic origination engine (sector maps, sub‑sector theses, target lists) with 90‑day sprints and disciplined pipeline hygiene.
- Standardized deal review and IC process (red‑team, pre‑mortems, stage gates) to reduce false positives.
- Codified first‑100‑days portfolio playbooks for pricing, salesforce productivity, and working capital.
- Designed KPI architecture and a board pack for a consistent operating rhythm across portfolio companies.
- Upgraded fundraising narrative and LP communications with evidence‑based value‑creation cases and attribution clarity.
- Rewired research process and risk interface—hypothesis tracking, stop‑loss governance, and decision journals—to reduce thesis drift.
- Implemented broker‑vote and commission‑allocation discipline aligned with research value and best‑execution obligations.
- Introduced cross‑asset macro and inflation frameworks to sharpen positioning across regime shifts.
- Built a capital‑introduction and investor‑relations cadence with clean performance attribution and factor transparency.
Executive search & leadership advisory outcomes
Legal:
- Facilitated strategic integration of a $25M M&A attorney team into a leading practice.
- Advised an M&A/Private Equity equity partner with a $10M book in aligning strategically with a Band 1 law firm.
- Guided a top-tier, 50-person boutique law firm through leadership transition and placement of a new Head of Firm.
- Strategically positioned multiple partners within remote arrangements at Sheppard Mullin and Proskauer.
- Conducted strategic talent placement and leadership advisory for General Counsel and Associate General Counsel roles at a $100B real estate fund.
Economic Research:
- Provided strategic counsel leading to the appointment of Head of APAC Research at a tier 1 Investment Bank.
- Guided the successful placement of Vice Presidents for U.S. macro research across Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Nomura.
- Consulted on the strategic hire of Chief China Economists at ING and Nomura Investment Banks.
- Facilitated placement for the Heads of U.S. Inflation Research (TIPS Strategy) at Morgan Stanley.
- Strategically advised on a Global Head of Credit Strategy placement at Alliance Bernstein.
- Delivered organizational strategy consulting resulting in placements of the Head of Strategy and COO of Research at a boutique firm.
M&A / Private Equity:
- Provided strategic advisory resulting in the placement of the highest-rated Industrials M&A Vice President at Goldman Sachs.
- Facilitated strategic alignment and successful transition of an M&A Managing Director bringing a $60M healthcare-sector book.
- Advised on strategic partnership resulting in the successful appointment of a Private Equity Partner at a $1.6B Pan-Africa-focused fund called Development Partners International.
- Consulted on strategic growth initiatives culminating in the placement of a Private Equity Partner within the UK's largest mid-market Private Equity group.
Hedge Fund:
- Delivered strategic consulting services leading to the hire of a Senior Equity Strategist at London’s most prestigious hedge fund.
- Advised on strategic talent acquisition, placing a Senior LATAM Strategist at a $12B hedge fund.
- Provided strategic guidance and facilitated the transition of two Senior Investment Analysts from BlackStone to a high-profile billion-dollar Hedge Fund launch.
- Conducted strategic advisory resulting in the appointment of the Head of Multi-Asset Strategy at a $600B fund based in New York.
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MORE ABOUT US
Our Founder
Past Experience
Past Experience
Akay Behchet
MSc Finance & Investment, University of Bristol
BSc Computer Science, University of Bristol
Westminster School, London
Past Experience
Past Experience
Past Experience
CMO for Blockchain Projects
Divisional Head of Investment & Advisory and US Legal team for an Inc500 Consulting Firm
Co-Founder of Les Benjamins, a trendy streetwear brand with 250 luxury stockists around the world
Interests
Past Experience
Interests
Chess, cycling, ping pong, tennis, swimming, climate change,
preventing animal cruelty