Business Development Partner to Professional Services Firms
Strategic pursuits that help you win.
Excellence Deserves to Be Seen. Pursuit Strategies helps elite law, accounting, and executive search firms project the reputation they've earned to the clients and prospects who matter most.
We pair hands-on sales support with a sharp focus on talent: identifying the leaders who drive growth and profitability. Working directly with firm leadership, we bring a consultative approach that unites business development and talent strategy into one coordinated effort. The result is a firm that performs, and is seen, as the elite leader it already is.
in pursuit
Clients choose you for your reputation of excellence. Pursuit Strategies helps elite firms project that excellence and drive growth through strategic business development programs.
The chase, professionally managed.
When an RFP lands with a two-week clock, you don't have time to invent your differentiation from scratch — you need it argued, fast, by someone who's read it already.
When your reputation is the one being chased.
Sometimes what's under pursuit is something you've already built, not something you're trying to win.
The right hire is a pursuit.
A firm isn't only what it wins — it's who it hires to go after the next win.
what we've helped firms become
A few pursuits, and what they turned into.
43%
RFP Response Costs Reduced by 43% with AI
$5m
Winning Mastercard RFP for Legal Services
$100m +
Won $100m + Net New Business
Ongoing RFP Response and Business Development Support, Major Law Firm
October, 2023
Toronto
Ongoing Executive Search mandates for a top-ranked international law firm
February, 2024
International
Award & Recognitions Support, Regional Law Firm
January, 2025
Calgary
Successful placement of new COO, top litigation firm
May, 2026
Toronto
New Market Entry, Ambition, an international recruitment firm
April, 2026
London, UK
the people helping you build it
Ivan Ivanovitch, MBA
Founder and CEO
Ivan partners with law firm leadership on business development strategy and execution.
Simone Hughes, MBA, CM
Strategic Advisor
Simone is a prominent thought leader and speaker on leadership, marketing and strategy.
Hans Bonnard
Business Development Partner
Hans is a strategic advisor with experience from top international law firms.
let's pursue this — together.
Whatever you're chasing next — a pitch, a hire, a reputation to protect — let's talk about it. Toronto. Montreal. One conversation to start.