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| Jeff Berardi |
Baretz+Brunelle, a top legal PR firm, has acquired Berardi Consulting advisory firm.
Jeff Berardi, one-time chief marketing officer at K&L Gates global law firm and chief marketing & communications officer at Ankura management consultancy, will become a partner at B+B.
Spencer Baretz and Cari Brunelle consider Berardi one of the most respected legal marketing pros in the business.
“He has built a reputation as a go-to advisor for top law firms CMOs, but also many others in law firm leadership as firms continue to mature in their support of marketing and business development as a critical business function,” they said in a statement.
With Berardi, B+B adds capabilities to help clients develop tactics and programs to strengthen business relationships, create acquisition and new service line strategies, and identify operational efficiencies to prioritize high-value activities with a practice group or administrative function.
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