Stand Out
Craft a personal brand that cuts through politics and positions you as the natural partner.
Build Your Readiness
Gain the leadership presence and commercial edge that signals you’re ready for the next level.
Progress to Partnership
Navigate opaque promotion criteria and turn uncertainty into clarity, autonomy and respect.
The real partnership criteria? They’ll never tell you.
You're technically ready. A safe pair of hands. So why aren't you partner yet? While you’re redlining contracts at midnight, others are building the relationships that matter.
They've figured out what the firm won't say out loud:
Whose opinions quietly shape the partnership decision.
Why client hours and brilliance won’t get you over the line.
How to become the natural choice before anyone asks the question.
And each year you wait for answers, someone else’s name goes on the list.
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Colleagues you trained alongside. Associates who come to you for help. Their names are moving up. Yours isn’t even in the conversation.
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In top-heavy firms, with shrinking partnership windows and shifting goalposts, hoping merit will be enough is not a strategy.
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If you’re not already on their radar, you may not get the chance to be considered at all.
Progress to Partnership is your strategic advantage in an opaque system.
Build real visibility without self-promotion or pretending to be someone you’re not.
Develop quiet confidence that carries weight in the rooms that matter.
Navigate firm politics with ease and self confidence.
Finally, gain the recognition and autonomy as you step into the partnership you deserve.
Meet Amanda
Your Coach
Former solicitor. Legal insider. Strategic Coach to Senior Lawyers & Partners.
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Amanda Davies isn’t just a coach who works with lawyers, she’s one of you. She brings the strategic insight most coaches without a legal background simply don’t have.
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Admitted as a solicitor in 1998, she spent over 15 years inside leading international firms, including a decade at Eversheds Sutherland. She’s walked your path and understands the pressures from the inside out.
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As former Head of Learning & Development, she's designed and delivered partner development programmes for over 500 lawyers. She’s worked alongside firm leadership, advised on promotion decisions, and built the frameworks used to assess who makes it through, and who doesn’t.
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Now, as an ICF-certified coach, Amanda helps senior lawyers:
• Unpack the unspoken rules of partnership
• Build visibility and credibility without selling out
• Position themselves as the natural choice — before the shortlist is drawn
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Her clients include lawyers across the UK, UAE and beyond, many of whom now sit at the partnership table they once doubted they could reach. ​
"Amanda gets it.
Within 8 months, I had my partnership offer."
— Recent Partner, Clyde & Co. —
Why Progress to Partnership?
Generic advice won't help you navigate a system designed to be opaque. You need a strategic approach built for your reality.
Stand Out
Working with Amanda you'll develop a distinctive personal brand that transcends politics and positions you as the natural partner. Using specific frameworks and proven methodologies, you'll discover how to build visibility that gets you noticed by decision-makers, without playing games.
Build Your Readiness
Technical ability gets you in the room, but partnership demands more. You'll develop the commercial mindset and leadership presence that signal quiet authority and readiness for the next level.
Progress to Partnership
Together you'll unpack the unspoken promotion criteria at your firm, and finally understand what’s really expected. No more second-guessing. Just clear, strategic positioning that earns recognition, respect, and autonomy.
Your Partnership Preparation Journey
1:1 Professional Coaching
Deep, transformational coaching over 18 fortnightly sessions. We'll work in complete confidence, navigating your path to partnership with tailored support for your role, your ambition and your firm's reality.
Quiet Accountability
Structured support that respects your professional standing. Progress tracking without pressure, designed for senior lawyers juggling demanding schedules.
Dedicated Support
When critical moments emerge, whether challenging conversations or unexpected opportunities, you'll have access to strategic support within 24 hours.
Proprietary Tools & Frameworks
Access partnership-specific tools developed inside leading international firms. From visibility mapping to stakeholder analysis, each framework transforms insight into strategic action.
Your 18-Session Partner Ready Journey
PHASE 1: STAND OUT (Sessions 1-6)
Craft a personal brand that cuts through politics and positions you as the natural partner.
PHASE 2: BUILD YOUR READINESS (Sessions 7-12)
Gain the leadership presence and commercial edge that signals you’re ready for the next level.
PHASE 3: PROGRESS TO PARTNERSHIP (Sessions 13-18)
Gain the leadership presence and commercial edge that signals you’re ready for the next level.