Private Advisory · Established 2009
We advise founders, families and boards on strategy, capital and succession, with the discretion and rigour that consequential decisions deserve.
$4.2B
Transactions advised
27
Years of practice
140+
Board mandates
98%
Client retention
Trusted by leadership teams in
Private Equity ◆ Family Enterprise ◆ Technology ◆ Real Assets ◆ Healthcare
27
years guiding private and public enterprise through defining moments
01 — The Firm
For over two decades, Liar Lawyer has been the counsel leaders call before the decision is public. We keep our client list deliberately small, so that every mandate receives the full attention of a senior partner.
Our advice is independent of any product, fund or bank. We are paid to be right, not to be agreeable.
Eleanor ValeFounding Partner
02 — Practice Areas
Each practice is led by a partner with decades of operating and advisory experience. Mandates draw on the whole firm, never a single specialism.
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Clear-eyed direction for the next decade: markets, positioning and the hard choices that make a strategy real.
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Buy-side and sell-side counsel, capital raising and negotiation, from first approach to completion.
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Board effectiveness reviews, chair and director search, and the structures that let good boards lead.
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Continuity planning across generations: ownership, leadership transition and family governance.
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Operating model redesign and turnaround leadership, delivered alongside your executive team.
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Market entry, partnerships and cross-border structuring for businesses ready to grow beyond home.
Discuss a mandate03 — Our Approach
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A confidential first conversation to understand the decision, the people and what is truly at stake.
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Rigorous analysis of the facts, the market and the options, with no conclusion assumed in advance.
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A clear recommendation, the reasoning behind it, and a plan your board can act on with confidence.
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We remain at your side through execution, accountable for outcomes rather than hours.
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We do not sell hours. We are accountable for the outcome, and we only accept the mandates we know we can serve exceptionally well.
Eleanor Vale · Founding Partner
04 — Selected Mandates
Client names are withheld at their request. Further detail is shared in confidence during consultation.
Family Enterprise · Succession
12 family shareholders aligned on one governance charter
Real Assets · Transaction
+21% above the initial valuation at completion
Technology · Strategy
3.4x revenue multiple achieved in the raise
05 — Client Perspectives
They told us what no one else would, and they were right. The sale closed on our terms, a year ahead of plan.
JM
James M.Founder & Chairman, Industrial Group
Calm, exacting and entirely discreet. They steered three generations of our family to a decision we all stand behind.
SR
Sofia R.Principal, Family Office
The most senior attention we have ever had from an advisor. Every meeting moved the board forward.
DK
David K.Chief Executive, Healthcare Platform
06 — Consultation
Choose a service and a time that suits you. Your first conversation with a partner is confidential and without obligation.
07 — Enquiries
Tell us a little about the decision ahead. A partner will reply personally within one business day.
08 — Location
12 12th street, Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 39393
Meetings by appointment.
Private parking and discreet entrance available.
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