Hayse LLC

What Hayse LLC does

Hayse LLC is a Dallas, Texas-based business advisory group founded in 2017 that provides counsel and solutions exclusively to law firms navigating transitional events. The firm serves law firm leadership — managing partners, executive committees, and equity owners — across five core service lines: merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring consulting, crisis management, leadership and client succession planning, and orderly wind-down or liquidation including court-supervised proceedings. The firm explicitly states that it does not engage in the practice of law, positioning itself as a specialized consultancy rather than a law firm or generalist management consultancy. A secondary customer segment comprises banks and lenders with troubled law firm loans requiring workout advisory.\n\nThe firm operates with three named principals — Roger Hayse (Director, CPA and MBA), Andrew Jillson (Director, JD), and Eric R. Fletcher (Market Strategist) — collectively bringing more than 60 years of experience leading, advising, and working with law firms, including AmLaw 100 leadership roles. Methodologically, Hayse applies proprietary processes including a "Succession Audit" and a "Transition Analytical Framework" built around diagnostic tests and inquiries tailored to each client's circumstances, supported by a substantial body of published thought leadership: Hayse authored "Law Firm Strategy" (2002), co-authored "Decisions That Matter: Tales of Law Firm Leadership in Moments of Consequence," and co-runs the "Managing Law Firm Transition" blog with Jillson. The firm has also published white papers and guidebooks on crisis leadership, succession, M&A mechanics, and lender relationships during law firm workouts.\n\nHayse's go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting law firm leadership directly, with thought-leadership content (blog, white papers, books, conference speaking, LinkedIn presence) as the primary demand-generation channel. The firm is privately held with no disclosed parent company, external investors, or institutional backing, operating as an independent LLC domiciled in Texas with five employees total. No revenue, pricing, customer counts, or financial details are publicly disclosed in the available materials.

Name

Hayse LLC

Legal name

Hayse LLC

Website

https://haysellc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hayse LLC is a Dallas-based business advisory group founded in 2017 that counsels law firms on transitional matters including mergers, restructurings, crises, succession planning, and wind-downs, serving firm leadership through three principals with 60+ years of combined experience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Management Consulting

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Turnaround, Restructuring & Crisis Management Consulting (BPAHACAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Distressed M&A & Special Situations Advisory (BPAHADAN), Distressed M&A & Special Situations Advisory (BPAHAOAH)

Keywords

• Law firm advisory
• Law firm transitions
• Merger acquisition advisory
• Succession planning consulting
• Law firm restructuring

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consulting Services: Hayse LLC provides professional advisory services to law firms facing transitional challenges including mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, crisis management, succession planning, and wind-down/liquidation scenarios. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements with law firm leadership. The firm is described as a 'business advisory group' that delivers counsel and solutions, suggesting project-based or retainer-based advisory fees rather than transaction-based compensation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hayse LLC is a business advisory group that provides counsel and solutions for law firms facing transitional opportunities and challenges. The firm delivers advisory services spanning mergers and acquisitions, firm restructuring, crisis management, succession planning, and orderly wind-down or liquidation. Services are delivered through direct engagements with law firm leadership using proprietary analytical frameworks developed from decades of hands-on experience in the legal industry.

Product overview

Hayse LLC is a business advisory group providing consulting services to law firms facing transitional challenges. The firm offers a unified suite of advisory services including merger and acquisition advisory, restructuring consulting, crisis management, succession planning, and wind-down/liquidation services. The company also provides educational resources such as white papers, guidebooks, and blog content on law firm leadership and transition management topics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Law Firm Merger or Acquisition Advisory Advisory service for law firm leaders evaluating or executing a merger or acquisition, helping them determine whether the combined firm will be definitively stronger and guiding them through the deal to a successful 'yes.' Designed for managing partners, executive committees, and equity owners of law firms facing inorganic growth opportunities.
• Law Firm Restructuring Advisory Advisory service that delivers a blueprint for stability when law firms face restructuring needs due to changing markets or talent movement. Designed for law firm leadership navigating complexity and operational change.
• Law Firm Crisis Management Advisory service that guides law firms back to positive momentum when events unfold rapidly with little warning. Designed for managing partners and executive committees needing rapid triage and recovery planning.
• Law Firm Succession Planning Advisory service combining vision and science to develop succession planning for law firms, including leadership succession and client relationship succession using the firm's proprietary Succession Audit process. Designed for managing partners and equity owners planning generational transitions.
• Law Firm Wind-down and Liquidation Services Advisory service that manages orderly wind-down and liquidation of law firms, including court-supervised proceedings, to preserve character and professionalism during closure. Designed for law firm leaders facing unavoidable closure decisions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Led the most successful large law firm liquidation in the last decade
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Altman Weil, Inc. Altman Weil is a legal management consulting firm that advises law firms on strategy, structure, mergers, and leadership; it publishes the MergerLine survey of law firm M&A activity that Hayse explicitly cites. It is the closest direct competitor in the law firm advisory space, serving managing partners and law firm leadership on the same types of transition mandates.
• BTI Consulting Group: BTI Consulting Group provides research-based advisory to law firms on client relationships, market positioning, and growth strategy. It serves the same managing partner buyer as Hayse and offers overlapping transition-related advisory, particularly around succession planning and firm performance.
• LawVision Group: LawVision Group is a law firm consulting firm focused on strategy, leadership, and organizational effectiveness for law firms. It addresses similar buyer needs (law firm managing partners and leadership teams) with overlapping practice areas in firm transitions, partner dynamics, and succession.
• Calibrate Legal: Calibrate Legal is a law firm advisory firm providing consulting on strategy, operations, and leadership to law firms of various sizes. It overlaps with Hayse in serving law firm decision-makers on transitional and operational challenges, with comparable boutique positioning.
• Hildebrandt (now part of Citisoft, a Wolters Kluwer business): Hildebrandt is a long-established law firm management consulting practice now integrated into Citisoft under Wolters Kluwer. It directly competes with Hayse on law firm strategy, structure, M&A advisory, and operational consulting, with deeper resources and a multi-decade track record serving AmLaw firms.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company (Legal Practice): McKinsey operates a legal industry practice serving large law firms and corporate legal departments on strategy, transformation, and organizational design. It is a broad incumbent that competes with Hayse for the largest firm-wide engagements where multi-disciplinary teams and global bench depth are required.
• Bain & Company (Legal Services Practice): Bain & Company advises law firms and professional services organizations on strategy, performance, and transformation through its broader professional services practice. It competes with Hayse on larger law firm strategy and restructuring mandates and brings significantly greater scale and resources.
• Wolters Kluwer (Legal & Regulatory division): Wolters Kluwer is a large information services company serving the legal industry through software, research, and now consulting (via Citisoft/Hildebrandt). It competes with Hayse as a broader incumbent that combines technology, data, and advisory services for law firms undergoing transition.
• Huron Consulting Group (Legal industry practice): Huron Consulting Group is a large professional services firm with a practice serving law firms on operational improvement, restructuring, and strategy. It competes with Hayse for law firm restructuring and performance engagements at the larger end of the market where significant consulting resources are required.
• Thomson Reuters (Legal segment): Thomson Reuters is a major information services company serving legal professionals with research, software, and advisory services. It is a broad incumbent in the legal industry where Eric Fletcher sits on the CMO Advisory Board, and competes for law firm decision-maker attention through a much wider portfolio of offerings.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hayse-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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