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Madhav Srinivasan
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Madhav has four decades of experience in legal financial management, operations, and business development, combined with a deep background in corporate finance, financial consulting, and capital markets. As Chief Financial Officer at Frost Brown Todd, Madhav is responsible for ensuring the firm is on track to reach its financial goals, while generating new lines of revenue and retaining key clients. He also works closely with the firm’s senior leadership team to develop and execute growth and profit enhancement strategies, including optimized tax structures and improved inventory realization.
Prior to joining Frost Brown Todd, Madhav was the Chief Financial Officer at two major international law firms where he led the global financial function—including accounting, tax, financial planning and analysis, client accounting, and strategic pricing—and has substantive experience in large M&A transactions, deal negotiation, and post-merger integration. Throughout his decades-long career, Madhav’s tenure has been marked by a future-focused mindset grounded in financial intelligence and strategic execution.
In addition to his CFO responsibilities, Madhav is a highly sought-out speaker and published author whose work has appeared in Bloomberg Law, Law.com, PLI Chronicle, and Law360. He is a visiting professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Law School and Columbia Law School.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
MBA, Finance & Marketing
CFA Charterholder
Advisory Board Member, Future of the Profession Initiative, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
Co-Chair, Thomson Reuters Law Firm Financial Performance Forum
Fellow, ALM Intelligence Fellows Program
“How Law Firms Succeed As Modern Global Businesses,” panelist, South by Southwest (SXSW), March 2024
“A Capital Replay: Revisiting Law Firm Valuations in the Current Environment,” facilitator, Law Firm Financial Performance Forum, Thomson Reuters Institute, Nov. 2023
“Measuring Profitability & Efficiency in Marketing & Business Development Departments,” panelist, 30th Annual Marketing Partner Forum, Thomson Reuters Institute, Jan. 2023
“Financial Outlook for Legal Marketers: Understanding the Impact of 2020 and What Lies Ahead,” co-presenter, Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Annual Conference, March 2022
“Equipoise: Fiscal Discipline and Business Investment in the Current Climate,” panelist, 20th Annual Law Firm COO & CFO Forum, Thomson Reuters Institute, Oct. 2021
“Law 2030: A Global Conversation About the Future of the Profession,” speaker, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, April 2020
“The Law Firm Disrupted: The Am Law 100’s Rising Valuation Explains Why Outside Capital Wants In,” quoted by Law.com, Oct. 2025
“Law Firm Valuation: Diving Deeper into Drivers,” PLI Chronicle, Aug. 2022
“What Drives Law Firm Value? Stacking Up Firms With S&P 500,” Bloomberg Law, Oct. 2019
“New Data Shows BigLaw’s True Profitability,” Law360, Oct. 2019
“Analyzing Trajectories of Future Profit Margins,” Law.com, June 2019
“How Does Profit Margin Behave in The Short Term,” Law.com, June 2019
“The Impact of a Potential Recession on 2020 Am Law 100 Profit Margin,” Law.com, May 2019
“Could 2019 Am Law 100 Profit Margin Set a New Record,” Law.com, April 2019
“Three Decades of Am Law Profit Margins,” Law.com, April 2018
November 25, 2025 | In the News
Frost Brown Todd’s Chief Financial Officer, Madhav Srinivasan, was featured by The American Lawyer...