Structure before sentiment

Most crises in firms look personal.
Underneath, the breaks are structural; ownership; roles, decision rights and agreements.

Once a dispute enters the legal system, cost, time, and control get away from you.

Court is a blunt tool. It can decide who is “right”, but often leaves the business gutted.

The K Advisory exists to move earlier.

We use a single, structured pathway to resolve internal breakdowns before litigation, and to leave you with a business that can function without the crisis.

Everything starts with The Unravelling Map™.

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    First step: The Unravelling Map™

    The Unravelling Map™ is the entry point for all new work.

    In four weeks we:

    • Speak with the key people.
    • Review structure, agreements, and key numbers.
    • Build a factual timeline of what has happened.
    • Map incentives, grievances, and fault lines.
    • Set out the real options that avoid litigation.

    You leave this stage with:

    • A clear map of the conflict.
    • A short list of viable paths (stay, restructure, separate).
    • A recommended direction and first moves.

    From there, your path is either:

    • Repair and continue.
    • Or separate cleanly.
    Learn more about The Unravelling Map™
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    If you stay together: structural repair

    If you decide to keep going together, the work becomes structural.

    Typical work includes:

    • Clarifying ownership, roles, and decision rights.
    • Resetting expectations between founders, partners, or shareholders.
    • Designing and implementing governance and reporting.
    • Working with your lawyers to reshape key agreements.

    This is project work:

    • Clear scope.
    • Defined timelines.
    • Fixed or staged fees based on what is agreed off the Map.

    The aim is simple:

    A structure that can carry the firm without recreating the same crisis in six or twelve months.

    Learn more about The Overboard Protocol
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    If you part ways: separation support (Overboard Protocol™)

    If separation is the commercial answer, we move to an orderly exit.

    Using our Overboard Protocol™, we:

    • Define the commercial terms in principle.
    • Prepare you for negotiation.
    • Work with your advisers on documentation and execution.
    • Plan operational transition and communication.

    The focus is on:

    • Protecting value.
    • Reducing collateral damage to staff and clients.
    • Helping each party move on with clarity.

    Again, this is fixed-scope, fixed-fee work built from the Map.

    Separation Support - Overboard Protocol™
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    After the crisis: ongoing counsel (Second Brain™)

    Once the repair or separation is done, some clients ask for a light retainer.

    Through Second Brain™, we act as an external circuit-breaker and sounding board for:

    • Early intervention when old patterns reappear.
    • Hard decisions on people, ownership, and roles.
    • Quiet support for founders, successors, or chairs.

    Retainers are:

    • Time-capped.
    • Reviewed regularly.

    If heavy input is still needed after a period, we treat that as a sign that something deeper in the structure needs attention, not as a reason to extend the retainer forever.

    Ongoing counsel - Second Brain™

Working with your existing advisers

We do not replace your lawyers, accountants, or financial advisers.

We:

  • Help you decide what you want commercially.
  • Turn that into a clear brief.
  • Work alongside your advisers so they can protect you and the business.

For professional referrers:

  • You keep the relationship.
  • You keep the core legal and financial work.
  • You gain a safer way to deal with clients in internal conflict.

Your path starts with a Map

Every resolution we have achieved started the same way: with a clear, structured diagnostic.

If your firm is stuck, strained, or in serious internal conflict, your first step is not a free chat.

It is a paid, four-week process that:

  • Maps the breakdown.
  • Sets out your options.
  • Gives you a plan to move forward.
Start with The Unravelling Map™
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