Start a conversation.

Begin with the decision. A useful first note names the decision being considered, why it has become difficult, and the leadership body responsible for it — nothing more. The firm takes on a limited number of engagements at a time; you'll hear back from a managing principal, usually within two business days. And if the firm isn't the right instrument for the question, you'll hear that too, along with a pointer in a better direction where we can offer one.

A first note leads to a fit conversation — a limited discussion that requires nothing confidential. Where there's a plausible fit, the parties establish mutual confidentiality, and you receive the identities, biographies, and conflict disclosures of the principals proposed for the work before any proposal is developed. How an engagement begins →