Our People
Simon Bray
Simon Bray has a wealth of management experience within the legal profession, both as a consultant and as a senior manager. From a background of sales and marketing within the legal publishing industry, Simon moved into consultancy in the mid-1980s, providing law firms with advice on marketing and business development. Simon later advised over 40 law firms in successful bids for Franchise accreditation as well as supporting Investors in People and ISO 9000 projects.
He was also employed as Operations Director at Nelsons, one of the largest firms in the East Midlands, during a period of rapid and substantial growth. Simon was responsible for overall management of the firm's IT, Quality and Facilities departments, and held specific responsibility for day -to-day management of one of the firm's principal offices.
Simon has also acted as Chambers Director for a leading Temple-based set of chambers, and is currently retained for two days per week to provide compliance and risk management support for Gosschalks, a leading Humberside practice.
Matthew Moore LL.B, MCIPD, CDipAF, Solicitor
Matthew is a law teacher and solicitor by background, with over 20 years' experience of law firm management consultancy and training. In recent years most of his work has been concerned with risk compliance and quality management issues. He was for many years the principal trainer for the Law Society in the Lexcel standard, and has also advised a wide range of firms on applications for recognition under all of the major quality compliance programmes.
From 1975-1981 Matthew taught law at various colleges in Essex and Devon. He passed the Law Society's final examinations at the then Trent Polytechnic in 1982, and then qualified and practiced as a solicitor in Coventry. In 1985 he joined the then M5 group (later NRM5) as its first employee with responsibility for management exchanges, professional training and the first marketing activity by the group and its member firms. He has been a self-employed consultant and trainer since 1989, and co-founded Web4Law in 2003 as a basis for his consultancy and training work.
Matthew is also retained as a consultant solicitor with the regulatory team at Townshends LLP in Birmingham. Please note that Matthew does not practise as a solicitor through Web4Law, which provides general management advice and training only.