[7 July 2025] Hawksmoor Publishing is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of three books for law professionals. Written by former Managing Partner Simon McCrum, The Perfect Lawyer, The Perfect Legal Business, and The Perfect Partner all aim to improve performance, decision-making, and client outcomes for lawyers and law firms – whatever sector they operate in. The books are due for worldwide release on July 23 2025; review copies are available now.
Simon McCrum is a former Managing Partner of what became the UK’s fastest-growing law firm, and is currently a leading law firm management consultant who helps legal businesses to evolve, improve, and become ever more successful. He has now written three books for lawyers and law firm partners, distilling his decades of wisdom into practical, insightful, and applicable actions.
In The Perfect Legal Business, Simon unlocks a fresh framework for the modern legal business, built around a number of key pillars, whilst The Perfect Lawyer (its sister book) deep dives into what makes a perfect lawyer in a perfect legal business. It is someone who does a great job from the client’s perspective, but also does a great job from their law firm’s perspective – and they are very different things. In the third book, The Perfect Partner, Simon examines what makes a Perfect Partner from the viewpoint of numerous key stakeholders, including clients, colleagues, and the business itself.
These three books aim to move lawyers and law firms away from what the author argues are the misguided and downright dangerous badges of success that all too many law firms chase, including Top 200 status, record turnover, awards, headcount, number of offices, mergers, acquisitions, and lateral hires. Instead, McCrum argues that the basics – including correct behaviours, disciplines, red lines, and incentives – are rarely in place as they should be. Nor is unified, focused leadership by the partner group.
As the legal profession evolves, facilitated in large part by new technologies such as generative AI, the methods and steps advocated in these three books are more significant and relevant than ever.
Book details
The Perfect Legal Business | July 23 2025 | 978-1914066726 | Paperback and eBook formats | 156 pages | £18.99 / $25.99
The Perfect Lawyer | July 23 2025 | 978-1914066719 | Paperback and eBook formats | 200 pages | £19.99 / $27.99
The Perfect Partner | July 23 2025 | 978-1914066733 | Paperback and eBook formats | 274 pages | £24.99 / $34.99
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Link to the Books: https://hawksmoorpublishing.com/perfect