A Bright (Different) Future for the Profession

Sam Coupland

Director at FMRC

Sam is a Director of FMRC and has worked as an advisor to the legal profession since 2000.  His client facing roles span direct consulting and management training.

In any one year he would be engaged by 50+ firms to assist with strategic planning, partner compensation, equity valuation and succession related issues.

Sam is considered the foremost authority on law firm valuations and would value more law firms than anyone else in Australia. He has developed a robust valuation methodology which calculates an accurate capitalisation rate that assesses the risk profile, cash flow and profitability of the firm.

From a training perspective, Sam is involved in presenting at conferences as well as developing and presenting numerous FMRC programmes.

Prior to joining FMRC Sam’s professional life saw him working at Ernst & Young for four years followed by a stint in London conducting due diligence on businesses listing on the London Stock Exchange whilst working for Smith & Williamson.

In June 2015, Sam was invited to be a principal of Edge International – the leading law firm management consultancy group.