Law firm financial management involves planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the financial operations of a law firm. Law firms that understand their economics are more likely to capture and maintain an edge in today’s highly competitive legal market. Optimizing their economic model achieves even greater stability and larger profits for the firm. This includes, among other activities, tracking profitability and expenses to predict and plan for revenue growth.
This Financial Model provides a dynamic up to 10-year Financial Plan aiming to assist startup or operating Law Firms in improving their daily operations, tracking profitability and expenses to predict and plan for revenue growth. It includes assumptions and calculations of Startup Expenses (in case the firm is a startup), Billable Hours and Utilization Rates, Equity and Non-Equity Partners Hiring & Promotion, Fee Earners (Direct Payroll), Hiring Schedule and Hourly Rates, Time Value & Actual Billings, Cost of Services, OpEx, CapEx, Financing through Debt & Equity Partners Contributions and Valuation & Exit Multiples in case of a potential sale of the business.
Outputs of the template include forecasted Annual Financial Statements (3 Statement Model), Annual Direct Cash, Breakeven Analysis, various KPI and Financial Ratios, Business Valuation and Sensitivity Analysis, Equity Partners Returns, and a professional Executive Summary presenting the company’s results.
The model is dynamic and allows users to select the desired forecasted Years (1 to 10). Output Reports & Charts are dynamically updated based on the selected forecast period. The template structure follows Financial Modeling Best Practices principles and is fully customizable.
Detailed instructions for the functionality of the model are included in the Excel file.
Model Structure
Inputs:
• General Business Info
• Revenue Assumptions (Available & Billable Hours, Hourly Rates, Revenue Shares)
• Billings Assumptions & Calculations (Efficiency Adjustments, A/R write-offs, Fee Collections, A/R Days)
• Fee Earners Hiring Schedules (Managing Partners, Equity and Non-Equity Partners, Senior and Junior Associates, Paralegals)
• Indirect Payroll, OpEx, and CapEx Assumptions
• Financing & Capital Structure – Uses & Sources of Cash analysis (Financing through Equity & Debt), FD Shares Outstanding
• Exit Year Scenario & Valuation Multiples
Model Outputs
• Annual Financial Statements (Dynamic 10-Year forecast using a 3 Statement Financial Model)
• Annual Direct Cash Flow
• Breakeven Analysis
• KPI’s & Financial Ratios, including several Profitability, Efficiency, Liquidity, and Leverage (Solvency) Ratios
• Performance Dashboard
• Business Valuation, including DCF Model, Terminal Value, Unlevered, and Levered Cash Flows, Return Metrics (NPV, EV, IRR, MOIC, ROI, etc.), and Sensitivity Analysis
• Equity Partners Returns including Pre/Post Money Valuation, Investment Analysis per Partner (Equity Contributions, FD Shares Outstanding, Share Price), and Partners Returns (Dividends Payout, Profit, IRR, MOIC)
• Professional Executive Summary (can be used for investment decisions)
Help & Support
Committed to high quality and customer satisfaction, all our templates follow best practice financial modeling principles and are thoughtfully and carefully designed, keeping the user’s needs and comfort in mind.
Whether you have no experience or are well versed in finance, accounting, and the use of Microsoft Excel, our professional financial models are the right tools to boost your business operations!
If you experience difficulty using this template and cannot find the appropriate guidance in the provided instructions, please feel free to contact us for assistance.
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