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DWF boss Matt Doughty on life after listing and why most firms aren’t ready for PE
In this episode, we sit down with DWF CEO Matt Doughty to discuss what comes next for the UK’s biggest private equity-owned law firm.
We discuss DWF’s positioning today: a 5,000-strong global business generating more than £500 million in revenue, split roughly 50-50 between insurance services and commercial legal work. Doughty explains why the firm is doubling down on five core market groups and why “discipline” and clarity about a firm’s “right to win” matter more than chasing the latest trend.
A major theme of the conversation is, understandably, capital. Doughty revisits DWF’s 2019 IPO -…
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