About Us
The big deal for you
The big deal about becoming a Mackrell International member – or engaging one of our law firms as a client – is that you seamlessly slip into a strongly connected, trusted network that will rally to you and offer the help you need, wherever you are in the world.
And we’ve been providing that for the best part of four decades, so we definitely have the experience and the long-forged relationships you can rely on.
Extensive resources to help you
Our international resources amount to around 4,500 high-calibre lawyers worldwide in 100 key cities – so, as a client, it’s like having access to a top, global law firm, but one that is more agile and quicker to respond, more locally expert and more cost-effective.
As a member firm, you plug into the same resources – an expert peer group with shared values and a common purpose to support each other personally and professionally and offer the best service to clients.
It’s a peer group where firms are robustly vetted before joining (in a structured process) and are reviewed bi-annually to maintain standards. That benefits us all – and our clients.
What’s extra special
What’s also special about the Mackrell International network is that our agility constantly creates new opportunities – it allows us to specialise in fast-developing business areas like AI insight, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, fintech and 5G, entrepreneurial start-ups and incubators, as well as being on the cutting edge of ever-evolving, critical areas like cybersecurity, IP and trademarks and data-privacy. Our Practice Groups are active and provide a platform for lawyers both to showcase their expertise, seek collaboration opportunities and gain insight.
And all this sits alongside the core legal skills you’d expect from high-quality, full-service law firms.
We also constantly come up with new ideas to connect our firms and individuals so we can advise clients better. Every month we run several value-added sessions with experts on everything from AI developments, to business development and rainmaking, to law firm optimisation and profitability, to marketing tips and mastering LinkedIn, to talent recruitment and development.
How our ecosystem benefits you
With a series of emerging leader/next-generation initiatives to engage and educate all lawyers (including a ‘lawyer exchange’ programme), but particularly up-and-coming ones, a vibrant Women’s Group, joint business initiatives with ‘sister’ accountancy network MGI Worldwide, an entrepreneur’s forum and a global Managing Partner one, we reach deep and broad to create insight and opportunity for our firms and clients.
We believe in genuine connection for better business
There is no substitute to meeting in person and building relationships face to face. That’s why we run several dynamic, engaging, in-person meetings in our regions every year. The networking sessions are intentionally structured around introductions, referrals and collaboration opportunities. The recurring theme is simple: firms that actively engage with the network (and follow up in between meetings) tend to derive the greatest value from it. Relationships built at meetings often become future referrals, cross-border opportunities and trusted personal and professional resources.
You just need to plug in.
Whether you’re a law firm considering becoming part of our MI ecosystem – or an international client needing some advice or tendering for services in multiple jurisdictions, do get in touch: mackrell.hq@mackrell.net
Corporate Social Responsibility
From challenging bike rides to setting up orphanages in Africa and supporting UNICEF via our unique sponsored ‘Connect the World Challenge’ in 2021, MI member firms and lawyers constantly demonstrate a generous commitment to a wide range of corporate social responsibility and pro-bono projects all over the world. Each firm runs its own CSR programme and because of their success and profile in their home cities, many firms are closely involved with their local communities, but as a network, we come together annually to make a difference for those in need.
Wherever we go in the world, where we have a Mackrell International meeting, we contribute to a local charity helping to get people back on their feet again after hardship or homelessness – and our local firms are invited to match that donation.