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Manage relationships as a system.
Stay quietly visible. Inside the rules.

Most law firms grow on referrals and partner networks — until that engine stops compounding. The work CTD does on this pillar is to give the firm structure for managing the relationships it already has, observing public market signals, and routing content to existing networks — all built around the Bar Council of India’s rules on advocate conduct.

The audit

Where firms typically are today.

The firm’s existing universe of clients, former clients, alumni, and referring counsel is usually managed in scattered places and partner memory. The signals that matter to that universe — public funding rounds at portfolio companies, regulatory triggers, leadership transitions — pass by unobserved. CTD’s BD pillar puts that universe in one place and reads its signals as a discipline, not a sales motion.

What we build for your firm
Account Intelligence — indexing the firm’s existing client universe, alumni network, referrer base
Public Signal Monitoring — funding announcements, regulatory triggers, leadership transitions in the existing network
Relationship Cadence — tracking last-contact dates, touch frequency, partner ownership across the universe
Content Distribution — routing partner-authored bylines, panel content and updates to networks the firm already has
Inbound Triage — enquiries that reach the firm via site, social, directory listings — routed, conflict-checked, queued
Monthly Reporting — relationship health, signals worth considering, content shipped, decisions partners need to take

Our method

01 · AuditExisting client universe, referrer base, alumni network — mapped.
02 · IndexSingle source of truth for the firm’s relationships and cadence.
03 · ObservePublic signal feed across the existing universe — daily.
04 · RouteContent distribution to existing networks, inbound triage, conflict checks.
05 · ReportMonthly partner review — relationship health, decisions needed.
A note on Bar Council of India Rule 36. Everything CTD does on the BD pillar is designed to sit inside the BCI’s restrictions on advocate advertising and solicitation. We do not source prospects on behalf of advocates, do not run cold outreach, and do not generate leads through means impermissible under Rule 36. Our work is account intelligence on the firm’s existing universe, public-signal monitoring, content distribution to existing networks, inbound triage, and structured partner-led relationship management. CTD is a business consultancy — not a law firm — and every engagement is governed by a written scope letter agreed with the firm.
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