:root {
  --navy: #25355f;
  --navy-deep: #182849;
  --navy-soft: #31436f;
  --ink: #202a31;
  --muted: #627076;
  --paper: #f5f6f5;
  --paper-deep: #eef1f1;
  --mist: #e7eeee;
  --line: #d4dddc;
  --teal: #4b9e99;
  --teal-dark: #327b76;
  --white: #fff
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth
}

body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: 'DM Sans', sans-serif
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: inherit
}

.container {
  width: min(1440px, calc(100% - 96px));
  margin: auto
}

.site-header {
  height: 78px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  background: rgba(245, 246, 245, .94);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 20;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 30px
}

.brand {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  line-height: 1
}

.brand-mark {
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700
}

.brand strong {
  font-size: 13px;
  letter-spacing: .1em
}

.brand small {
  display: block;
  font-size: 8px;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  margin-top: 5px
}

.desktop-nav {
  display: flex;
  gap: 24px;
  margin-left: auto;
  font-size: 16px;
  color: #4d595c
}

.desktop-nav a {
  transition: .2s
}

.desktop-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--teal-dark)
}

.nav-cta,
.btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 14px;
  padding: 14px 20px;
  border-radius: 3px;
  font-size: 13px;
  font-weight: 700;
  transition: .2s
}

.nav-cta {
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #fff
}

.nav-cta:hover,
.btn-dark:hover {
  background: var(--navy-deep)
}

.menu-btn,
.mobile-menu {
  display: none
}

/* HERO */
.hero {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #fff;
  padding: 92px 0 0;
  min-height: 760px
}

.hero:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(231, 238, 238, .035) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(231, 238, 238, .035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 96px 96px
}

.hero:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 700px;
  height: 700px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(220, 228, 232, .13);
  border-radius: 50%;
  right: -170px;
  top: -410px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(220, 228, 232, .025), 0 0 0 190px rgba(220, 228, 232, .018)
}

.hero-pattern {
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none
}

.pattern-rings {
  width: 430px;
  height: 430px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(220, 228, 232, .12);
  border-radius: 50%;
  left: -220px;
  bottom: -250px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(220, 228, 232, .018)
}

.pattern-lines {
  width: 440px;
  height: 170px;
  right: 9%;
  bottom: 180px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(220, 228, 232, .09);
  transform: rotate(-8deg);
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 31px, rgba(220, 228, 232, .055) 32px 33px)
}

.pattern-dots {
  width: 220px;
  height: 220px;
  right: 31%;
  top: 175px;
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(220, 228, 232, .17) 1px, transparent 1.3px);
  background-size: 16px 16px;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #000, transparent 78%)
}

.hero-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.2fr .65fr;
  gap: 90px;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 600px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.eyebrow {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .23em;
  margin: 0 0 24px
}

.eyebrow.light {
  color: #9ac7c2
}

.eyebrow.dark {
  color: #438b85
}

.hero h1 {
  font: 600 clamp(50px, 7.4vw, 112px)/.93 'Playfair Display', serif;
  letter-spacing: -.06em;
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 960px
}

.hero h1 em,
h2 em {
  font-weight: 500
}

.hero-text {
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.68;
  color: #d4dbe3;
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: 30px 0 34px
}

.hero-actions {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 28px
}

.btn-white {
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--navy)
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: #eaf0f0
}

.hero-link {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #d9e1e8
}

.hero-card {
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .045);
  padding: 34px;
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
  box-shadow: 0 22px 55px rgba(10, 19, 41, .12)
}

.mini-label {
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  color: #a6c9c6;
  margin: 0 0 24px
}

.approach-item {
  display: flex;
  gap: 18px;
  padding: 16px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .11);
  font-size: 15px
}

.approach-item b {
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #9fc7c3
}

.hero-card-note {
  font: 500 20px/1.45 'Playfair Display', serif;
  color: #e7ebef;
  margin-top: 26px
}

.hero-strip {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .15)
}

.hero-strip div {
  padding: 25px 28px 29px 0;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  margin-right: 28px
}

.hero-strip div:last-child {
  border: 0
}

.hero-strip strong,
.hero-strip span {
  display: block
}

.hero-strip strong {
  font-size: 15px;
  margin-bottom: 6px
}

.hero-strip span {
  font-size: 12px;
  color: #bbc7d1
}

/* GLOBAL SYSTEM */
.section {
  padding: 120px 0;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden
}

.section:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(54, 75, 79, .022) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(54, 75, 79, .022) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: 96px 96px;
  opacity: .45
}

h2 {
  font: 600 clamp(46px, 5.2vw, 76px)/1.02 'Playfair Display', serif;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
  margin: 0
}

h3 {
  font-size: 21px;
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  letter-spacing: -.015em
}

p {
  line-height: 1.65
}

.section-top,
.split-intro,
.partners-heading,
.contact-top {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .75fr;
  gap: 100px;
  align-items: start;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.section-top>p,
.lead-copy,
.partners-heading>p,
.contact-top>p {
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--muted);
  padding-top: 52px;
  margin: 0
}

.section-pattern {
  position: absolute;
  width: 420px;
  height: 420px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(58, 88, 91, .12);
  border-radius: 50%;
  left: -230px;
  bottom: -230px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 50px rgba(58, 88, 91, .025), 0 0 0 100px rgba(58, 88, 91, .018)
}

/* PRACTICE */
.practice {
  background: var(--paper)
}

.practice-cards {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  margin-top: 70px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.practice-cards article {
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .34);
  padding: 38px;
  min-height: 250px
}

.practice-cards span {
  display: block;
  color: var(--teal-dark);
  font-size: 11px;
  margin-bottom: 64px
}

.practice-cards p {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: 15px
}

.text-link {
  font-size: 14px;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--teal-dark);
  display: inline-block;
  margin-top: 18px
}

/* STATUTORY */
.statutory {
  background: var(--mist)
}

.service-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  margin-top: 60px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.service-grid article {
  padding: 32px 38px;
  min-height: 250px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .24);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.service-grid span {
  display: block;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #5c7775;
  margin-bottom: 60px
}

.service-grid p {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--muted);
  max-width: 310px
}

/* CONSULTING */
.consulting {
  background: var(--paper)
}

.consulting:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 620px;
  height: 620px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  right: -380px;
  top: 120px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(58, 88, 91, .12);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 55px rgba(58, 88, 91, .025)
}

.consulting-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .72fr 1.28fr;
  gap: 110px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.consulting-intro {
  position: sticky;
  top: 110px;
  height: max-content
}

.consulting-intro>p:not(.eyebrow) {
  font-size: 17px;
  color: var(--muted);
  max-width: 500px
}

.btn-dark {
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #fff;
  margin-top: 16px
}

.consulting-list {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.consulting-list article {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 56px 1fr;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: 28px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.consulting-list b {
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #56716f;
  padding-top: 5px
}

.consulting-list h3 {
  font-size: 22px
}

.consulting-list p {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 760px
}

/* INDUSTRIES */
.industries {
  background: var(--mist)
}

.industry-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  margin-top: 60px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.industry-card {
  height: 330px;
  position: relative;
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(35, 53, 95, .09)
}

.industry-card:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(18, 29, 43, .05), rgba(17, 28, 42, .80))
}

.industry-card>div {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto 0 0;
  padding: 30px;
  color: #fff;
  z-index: 1
}

.industry-card span {
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  color: #a7d0ca
}

.industry-card h3 {
  font: 600 28px/1.05 'Playfair Display', serif;
  margin: 9px 0 0
}

.pharma {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1584308666744-24d5c474f2ae?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

.manufacturing {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1504917595217-d4dc5ebe6122?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

.agriculture {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1464226184884-fa280b87c399?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

.construction {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1503387762-592deb58ef4e?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

.energy {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1473341304170-971dccb5ac1e?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

.consumer {
  background-image: url('https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1495474472287-4d71bcdd2085?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80')
}

/* CLIENTS */
.clients {
  background: var(--paper)
}

.clients h2 {
  margin-bottom: 22px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.clients .eyebrow,
.clients-lead {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.clients-lead {
  font-size: 18px;
  color: var(--muted);
  max-width: 700px
}

.mncs {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 0;
  margin-top: 65px;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.client-logo {
  height: 118px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: clamp(18px, 2vw, 30px);
  letter-spacing: -.05em;
  color: #304264;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .35)
}

.client-logo:first-child {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display';
  color: #235f69
}

.client-logo:nth-child(2) {
  letter-spacing: .08em
}

.client-logo:nth-child(3) {
  letter-spacing: .12em
}

.client-logo:nth-child(4) {
  font-size: 16px;
  letter-spacing: .05em
}

.client-names {
  text-align: center;
  color: #485567;
  font-size: 18px;
  padding: 30px 0 70px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.client-names i {
  display: inline-block;
  height: 20px;
  border-left: 1px solid #88929d;
  margin: 0 16px -5px
}

.client-lower {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.4fr .65fr;
  gap: 80px;
  padding-top: 50px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.client-lower h3 {
  font-size: 23px
}

.client-lower ul {
  padding-left: 20px;
  color: var(--muted);
  line-height: 1.8
}

.client-lower aside {
  background: #dcebea;
  padding: 30px 34px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 20px;
  align-items: flex-start;
  border: 1px solid rgba(50, 123, 118, .14)
}

.client-lower aside p {
  font-size: 17px;
  margin: 0
}

.note-icon {
  font-size: 22px;
  color: var(--teal-dark)
}

/* PARTNERS */
.partners {
  background: var(--mist)
}

.partner-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-top: 60px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.partner-card {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 39% 61%;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .54);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  overflow: hidden
}

.partner-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 460px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center top;
  filter: saturate(.9)
}

.partner-card>div {
  padding: 44px 38px
}

.partner-role {
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  color: #347d77;
  font-weight: 700
}

.partner-card h3 {
  font-size: 27px;
  color: #314162
}

.credentials {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: #65717a;
  font-weight: 600
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  font-size: 15px;
  color: #5b676e
}

.associates {
  padding-top: 55px;
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.associates>div {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 22px
}

.associates article {
  border-top: 1px solid #bdccca;
  padding: 20px 0
}

.associates strong,
.associates span {
  display: block
}

.associates strong {
  font-size: 17px;
  margin-bottom: 8px
}

.associates span {
  font-size: 13px;
  color: var(--muted)
}

/* CONTACT + FOOTER */
.contact {
  background: var(--navy);
  color: #fff;
  padding-bottom: 100px
}

.contact:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(230, 234, 236, .035) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(230, 234, 236, .035) 1px, transparent 1px);
  opacity: 1
}

.contact-pattern {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0
}

.contact:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 650px;
  height: 650px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(230, 234, 236, .13);
  border-radius: 50%;
  right: -270px;
  bottom: -400px;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 80px rgba(230, 234, 236, .018)
}

.contact-top,
.contact-layout {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1
}

.contact-top>p {
  color: #d1d8e0
}

.contact-layout {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: .9fr 1.1fr;
  gap: 110px;
  margin-top: 60px
}

.contact-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .065);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  padding: 38px
}

.whatsapp {
  display: inline-flex;
  padding: 14px 22px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #3d9c92, #328f9b);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 14px;
  margin-bottom: 28px
}

.contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
  padding: 24px 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12)
}

.contact-card small {
  color: #98c5bf;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em
}

.contact-card p {
  margin: 8px 0 0;
  color: #d8dfe6
}

.contact-quote {
  align-self: center
}

.contact-quote blockquote {
  font: 500 clamp(42px, 4.5vw, 66px)/1.1 'Playfair Display', serif;
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 760px
}

.contact-quote>span {
  display: block;
  width: 55px;
  height: 3px;
  background: #4eaaa2;
  margin: 32px 0
}

.btn-teal {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #45a49b, #3296a1);
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 18px 28px
}

footer {
  background: var(--navy-deep);
  color: #cbd5df;
  padding: 58px 0 20px
}

.footer-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 2fr 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 80px
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--navy)
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  font-size: 10px;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  color: #8fb2b8;
  margin: 6px 0 18px
}

.footer-grid a:not(.brand) {
  display: block;
  margin: 10px 0;
  font-size: 14px
}

.footer-grid p {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #95a7bc
}

.footer-bottom {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  margin-top: 40px;
  padding-top: 18px;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #8194aa
}

@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .desktop-nav {
    display: none
  }

  .nav-cta {
    margin-left: auto
  }

  .menu-btn {
    display: block;
    border: 0;
    background: none;
    font-size: 23px;
    color: var(--navy)
  }

  .mobile-menu.open {
    display: flex
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    background: var(--paper);
    padding: 20px 30px 28px;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 15px;
    border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
  }

  .hero-layout,
  .split-intro,
  .section-top,
  .partners-heading,
  .contact-top,
  .consulting-layout,
  .contact-layout {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 45px
  }

  .hero-layout {
    padding-bottom: 45px
  }

  .hero-card {
    max-width: 640px
  }

  .section-top>p,
  .lead-copy,
  .partners-heading>p,
  .contact-top>p {
    padding-top: 0
  }

  .consulting-intro {
    position: static
  }

  .service-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr)
  }

  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 38% 62%
  }

  .partner-card img {
    min-height: 390px
  }

  .contact-quote {
    padding-bottom: 20px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .container {
    width: min(100% - 36px, 1440px)
  }

  .site-header {
    height: 70px
  }

  .nav {
    gap: 15px
  }

  .nav-cta {
    display: none
  }

  .section {
    padding: 80px 0
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 72px;
    min-height: auto
  }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: 50px
  }

  .hero-text {
    font-size: 16px
  }

  .hero-card {
    margin: 15px 0 30px
  }

  .hero-strip {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .hero-strip div {
    border-right: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .13);
    padding: 16px 0
  }

  .practice-cards,
  .service-grid,
  .industry-grid,
  .partner-grid,
  .mncs,
  .associates>div {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .service-grid {
    margin-top: 42px
  }

  .industry-card {
    height: 270px
  }

  .client-names {
    display: none
  }

  .mncs {
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 40px
  }

  .client-logo {
    height: 75px
  }

  .client-lower {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 35px
  }

  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .partner-card img {
    height: 390px;
    min-height: 0;
    object-position: center 15%
  }

  .contact-quote blockquote {
    font-size: 43px
  }

  .footer-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 35px
  }

  .footer-bottom {
    display: block
  }

  .footer-bottom span {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 8px
  }
}

/* =========================
   VERSION 4 — MONOCHROME CONTENT SYSTEM
   All primary content sections use a white background and black typography.
   Navy is reserved only for the hero/contact/footer anchor areas.
   ========================= */
:root {
  --navy: #1f2d4f;
  --navy-deep: #141d33;
  --navy-soft: #2b3a61;
  --ink: #171717;
  --muted: #5f6368;
  --paper: #ffffff;
  --paper-deep: #ffffff;
  --mist: #ffffff;
  --line: #e3e3e3;
  --teal: #171717;
  --teal-dark: #171717;
  --white: #ffffff;
}

body {
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--ink)
}

.site-header {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .96);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.brand-mark {
  background: #171717;
  color: #fff
}

.brand strong,
.brand small {
  color: #171717
}

.desktop-nav {
  color: #353535
}

.desktop-nav a:hover {
  color: #000
}

.nav-cta {
  background: #171717;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 2px
}

.nav-cta:hover {
  background: #000
}

.menu-btn {
  color: #171717
}

.mobile-menu {
  background: #fff
}

/* Hero remains the single primary brand anchor; remove coloured accents. */
.hero {
  background: var(--navy)
}

.hero:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px)
}

.hero:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .10);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(255, 255, 255, .018), 0 0 0 190px rgba(255, 255, 255, .012)
}

.pattern-rings {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .09);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(255, 255, 255, .015)
}

.pattern-lines {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .07);
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 31px, rgba(255, 255, 255, .045) 32px 33px)
}

.pattern-dots {
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .14) 1px, transparent 1.3px)
}

.eyebrow.light,
.eyebrow.dark {
  color: #555
}

.hero .eyebrow.light {
  color: #d6dbe5
}

.hero-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .045);
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .13)
}

.mini-label,
.approach-item b {
  color: #d5d9e2
}

.hero-card-note {
  color: #f0f1f4
}

.btn-white {
  color: #171717;
  background: #fff
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: #f2f2f2
}

.hero-link {
  color: #fff
}

/* Every main content section is deliberately plain white. */
main>.section:not(.contact),
.practice,
.statutory,
.consulting,
.industries,
.clients,
.partners {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: #171717
}

.section:before {
  background-image: none !important
}

.section-pattern,
.consulting:after {
  display: none !important
}

h2,
h3 {
  color: #171717
}

h2 em {
  color: inherit
}

p {
  color: inherit
}

.eyebrow.dark {
  color: #555
}

.section-top>p,
.lead-copy,
.partners-heading>p {
  color: #5f6368
}

/* Thin neutral line-work replaces coloured decorative styling. */
.practice-cards,
.service-grid,
.consulting-list,
.client-lower {
  border-color: #e2e2e2
}

.practice-cards article,
.service-grid article {
  background: #fff;
  border-color: #e2e2e2
}

.practice-cards span,
.service-grid span,
.consulting-list b {
  color: #777
}

.practice-cards p,
.service-grid p,
.consulting-list p {
  color: #666
}

.text-link {
  color: #171717
}

.text-link:hover {
  text-decoration: underline
}

.btn-dark {
  background: #171717;
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 2px
}

.btn-dark:hover {
  background: #000
}

/* Consulting remains editorial and monochrome. */
.consulting-list article {
  border-color: #e2e2e2
}

.consulting-list h3 {
  color: #171717
}

/* Industry imagery is the intentional visual exception; labels remain neutral. */
.industries .section-top {
  margin-bottom: 0
}

.industry-grid {
  gap: 14px
}

.industry-card {
  border-color: #ddd
}

.industry-card:before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .04), rgba(0, 0, 0, .72))
}

.industry-card span {
  color: #f2f2f2
}

.industry-card h3 {
  color: #fff
}

/* Clients: remove teal/blue panels and keep the section white and typographic. */
.client-logo {
  background: #fff;
  color: #222;
  border-color: #e2e2e2
}

.client-logo:first-child {
  color: #222
}

.client-names {
  color: #444
}

.client-lower ul {
  color: #555
}

.client-lower aside {
  background: #fafafa;
  border: 1px solid #e2e2e2
}

.note-icon {
  color: #171717
}

/* Partners: white cards, black text, neutral borders. */
.partner-card {
  background: #fff;
  border-color: #dedede
}

.partner-card h3 {
  color: #171717
}

.partner-role {
  color: #555
}

.credentials {
  color: #666
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  color: #555
}

.associates article {
  border-color: #ddd
}

.associates span {
  color: #666
}

/* Contact and footer share the same navy family without coloured gradients. */
.contact {
  background: var(--navy)
}

.contact:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px)
}

.contact:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .10);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 80px rgba(255, 255, 255, .014)
}

.contact .eyebrow.light {
  color: #d4d9e2
}

.contact-top>p {
  color: #d6d9df
}

.contact-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .055);
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12)
}

.whatsapp,
.btn-teal {
  background: #fff;
  color: #171717
}

.contact-card small {
  color: #d6d9e2
}

.contact-card p {
  color: #e0e2e6
}

.contact-quote>span {
  background: #fff
}

footer {
  background: var(--navy-deep)
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: #fff;
  color: #171717
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  color: #fff
}

.footer-grid p {
  color: #aeb7c6
}

/* Neutral interaction system */
a:focus-visible,
.btn:focus-visible,
.nav-cta:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #777;
  outline-offset: 3px
}

/* V5 — COMPLETE MONOCHROME TREATMENT: HERO, CONTACT AND FOOTER */
/* The full site now uses a white canvas, black typography and neutral grey linework. */
.hero,
.contact,
footer {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: #171717 !important;
}

/* Neutral decorative system */
.hero:before,
.contact:before {
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, .035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, .035) 1px, transparent 1px) !important;
}

.hero:after,
.contact:after {
  border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .08) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(0, 0, 0, .018), 0 0 0 190px rgba(0, 0, 0, .012) !important;
}

.pattern-rings {
  border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .08) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(0, 0, 0, .015) !important;
}

.pattern-lines {
  border-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .07) !important;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 31px, rgba(0, 0, 0, .04) 32px 33px) !important;
}

.pattern-dots {
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, .13) 1px, transparent 1.3px) !important;
}

/* Hero typography and controls */
.hero h1,
.hero h1 em,
.hero .eyebrow,
.hero-text,
.hero-link,
.hero-strip strong,
.hero-strip span,
.mini-label,
.approach-item,
.approach-item b,
.hero-card-note {
  color: #171717 !important;
}

.hero-text {
  color: #5f6368 !important
}

.hero-card {
  background: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid #dedede !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
  backdrop-filter: none !important;
}

.approach-item {
  border-top-color: #e3e3e3 !important
}

.hero-strip {
  border-top-color: #dedede !important
}

.hero-strip div {
  border-right-color: #dedede !important
}

.hero-strip span {
  color: #666 !important
}

.btn-white {
  background: #171717 !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid #171717 !important;
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: #000 !important
}

.hero-link {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa
}

/* Contact becomes a plain white editorial section */
.contact-top>p,
.contact-card p,
.contact-card small,
.contact-quote blockquote {
  color: #171717 !important;
}

.contact-top>p,
.contact-card p {
  color: #5f6368 !important
}

.contact-card {
  background: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid #dedede !important;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

.contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
  border-top-color: #e3e3e3 !important
}

.contact-card small {
  color: #555 !important
}

.whatsapp,
.btn-teal {
  background: #171717 !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-radius: 2px !important;
}

.contact-quote>span {
  background: #171717 !important
}

/* Footer is also white and monochrome */
footer {
  border-top: 1px solid #dedede !important;
}

footer,
.footer-grid,
.footer-grid h4,
.footer-grid a:not(.brand),
.footer-grid p,
.footer-bottom {
  color: #171717 !important;
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: #171717 !important;
  color: #fff !important;
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  color: #555 !important
}

.footer-grid p {
  color: #666 !important
}

.footer-bottom {
  border-top-color: #dedede !important;
  color: #666 !important;
}

/* Mobile neutral borders */
@media(max-width:720px) {
  .hero-strip div {
    border-bottom-color: #dedede !important
  }
}


/* V6 client logo restoration — original client-supplied logo assets from the approved profile deck. */
.clients .mncs {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 28px;
  align-items: center;
  margin: 42px 0 24px
}

.clients .client-logo {
  height: 118px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
  padding: 22px
}

.clients .client-logo img {
  display: block;
  max-width: 100%;
  max-height: 72px;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .clients .mncs {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 14px
  }

  .clients .client-logo {
    height: 100px;
    padding: 16px
  }

  .clients .client-logo img {
    max-height: 56px
  }
}

/* =========================
   V8 — TYPOGRAPHY & PARTNER PORTRAIT REFINEMENT
   Content is intentionally unchanged. This pass only normalises visual hierarchy.
   ========================= */

/* One calm editorial type system across the full site. */
body {
  font-weight: 400;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
p,
.eyebrow,
.mini-label,
.partner-role,
.credentials {
  font-style: normal
}

em {
  font-style: normal !important
}

strong,
b {
  font-weight: 600
}

/* Remove accidental visual emphasis from inline italic/bold treatment while preserving hierarchy. */
h1 em,
h2 em {
  font-weight: inherit;
  font-style: normal
}

.clients-lead,
.lead-copy,
.section-top>p,
.partners-heading>p,
.contact-top>p {
  font-weight: 400
}

.hero-text,
.practice-cards p,
.service-grid p,
.consulting-list p,
.client-lower p,
.partner-card>div>p:last-child,
.contact-card p {
  font-weight: 400
}

/* Headings use one consistent hierarchy rather than mixed emphatic styles. */
h2 {
  font-weight: 600
}

h3 {
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.28
}

.eyebrow,
.mini-label {
  font-weight: 600
}

.btn,
.nav-cta,
.hero-link,
.text-link {
  font-weight: 600
}

/* Partner cards: supplied portraits become the visual anchor; copy remains clean and even. */
.partner-grid {
  gap: 28px
}

.partner-card {
  grid-template-columns: 38% 62%;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #dedede
}

.partner-card img {
  filter: none;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center top;
  background: #f4f4f4
}

.partner-card>div {
  padding: 40px 38px
}

.partner-role {
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  font-size: 11px;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #666
}

.partner-card h3 {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  font-size: 26px;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.02em
}

.credentials {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  font-size: 13px;
  line-height: 1.55;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #666
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.72;
  color: #555
}

/* Keep service and information blocks typographically consistent and readable. */
.practice-cards h3,
.service-grid h3,
.consulting-list h3,
.client-lower h3 {
  font-weight: 600
}

.consulting-list article {
  align-items: start
}

.consulting-list b {
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .04em
}

.client-lower aside strong {
  font-weight: 600
}

@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 38% 62%
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 34px 30px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .partner-card img {
    height: 390px;
    min-height: 0;
    object-position: center top
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 30px 24px
  }
}

/* =========================================================
   V9 — SKY BLUE BRAND SYSTEM
   Single visual language built around #a9e3f7.
   Content intentionally remains unchanged.
   ========================================================= */
:root {
  --sky: #a9e3f7;
  --sky-soft: #eef9fd;
  --sky-pale: #f7fcfe;
  --sky-line: #cfeef8;
  --ink: #17242c;
  --muted: #5f6d73;
  --paper: #ffffff;
  --line: #dfe8eb;
  --black: #121a1e;
}

body {
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink)
}

.site-header {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sky-line);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px)
}

.brand-mark {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
}

.brand strong,
.brand small {
  color: var(--ink)
}

.desktop-nav {
  color: var(--ink)
}

.desktop-nav a {
  opacity: .82
}

.desktop-nav a:hover {
  color: #000;
  opacity: 1
}

.nav-cta {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.nav-cta:hover {
  background: #000
}

.mobile-menu {
  background: #fff;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--sky-line)
}

.menu-btn {
  color: var(--ink)
}

/* HERO — the primary expression of the sky-blue brand. */
.hero {
  background: var(--sky) !important;
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  min-height: 720px;
  padding: 112px 0 0
}

.hero:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(23, 36, 44, .055) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(23, 36, 44, .055) 1px, transparent 1px) !important;
  background-size: 76px 76px
}

.hero:after {
  width: 600px;
  height: 600px;
  right: -115px;
  top: -210px;
  border-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .14) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(255, 255, 255, .20), 0 0 0 190px rgba(255, 255, 255, .10) !important
}

.pattern-rings {
  border-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .13) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important
}

.pattern-lines {
  border-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .10) !important;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 34px, rgba(23, 36, 44, .055) 35px 36px) !important
}

.pattern-dots {
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(23, 36, 44, .17) 1px, transparent 1.3px) !important
}

.hero .eyebrow.light {
  color: #35515b !important
}

.eyebrow {
  font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  font-weight: 700
}

.hero h1,
.hero h1 em {
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  font-weight: 600
}

.hero-text {
  color: #42535a !important;
  max-width: 640px
}

.hero-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72) !important;
  border: 1px solid rgba(23, 36, 44, .14) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 50px rgba(30, 68, 80, .08) !important
}

.mini-label,
.approach-item b {
  color: #3e626e !important
}

.approach-item {
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  border-top-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .12) !important
}

.hero-card-note {
  color: #44555c !important
}

.btn-white {
  background: var(--ink) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink) !important;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: #000 !important
}

.hero-link {
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(23, 36, 44, .35)
}

.hero-strip {
  border-top-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .16) !important
}

.hero-strip div {
  border-right-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .14) !important
}

.hero-strip strong {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.hero-strip span {
  color: #52636a !important
}

/* Shared section rhythm: white and very light sky washes, not unrelated colours. */
main>.section {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.section {
  padding: 112px 0
}

.practice,
.industries,
.partners {
  background: var(--sky-soft) !important
}

.statutory,
.consulting,
.clients {
  background: #fff !important
}

.section:before,
.section-pattern,
.consulting:after {
  display: none !important
}

h2,
h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

h2 {
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -.035em
}

h2 em {
  color: inherit !important
}

.eyebrow.dark {
  color: #4f7480 !important
}

.section-top>p,
.lead-copy,
.partners-heading>p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.text-link {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.text-link:hover {
  text-decoration: underline
}

/* OUR PRACTICE */
.practice {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--sky-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sky-line)
}

.practice-cards {
  border-color: #bfe6f2 !important;
  margin-top: 56px
}

.practice-cards article {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78) !important;
  border-color: #bfe6f2 !important;
  min-height: 220px
}

.practice-cards article:hover {
  background: #fff !important;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 35px rgba(40, 98, 116, .08)
}

.practice-cards span {
  color: #4e8494 !important
}

.practice-cards p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* WHAT WE DO — structured as one restrained professional grid. */
.statutory {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line)
}

.service-grid {
  border-color: var(--line) !important;
  margin-top: 54px
}

.service-grid article {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-color: var(--line) !important;
  min-height: 250px
}

.service-grid article:hover {
  background: var(--sky-pale) !important
}

.service-grid span {
  color: #52879a !important
}

.service-grid p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONSULTING — use blue as a quiet section anchor, with white information surface. */
.consulting {
  background: var(--sky-soft) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--sky-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--sky-line)
}

.consulting-layout {
  gap: 78px
}

.consulting-intro {
  position: sticky;
  top: 118px;
  align-self: start;
  padding: 10px 0 28px
}

.consulting-intro>p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.btn-dark {
  background: var(--ink) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.btn-dark:hover {
  background: #000 !important
}

.consulting-list {
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #cfeaf3;
  border-radius: 4px;
  padding: 0 28px
}

.consulting-list article {
  border-color: var(--line) !important;
  padding: 28px 0
}

.consulting-list b {
  color: #518292 !important
}

.consulting-list h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.consulting-list p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* INDUSTRIES — photography is framed consistently rather than treated as decoration. */
.industries {
  background: var(--sky-soft) !important
}

.industry-grid {
  gap: 16px;
  margin-top: 52px
}

.industry-card {
  border: 1px solid #bfe5f0 !important;
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: none
}

.industry-card:before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(18, 34, 41, .05), rgba(18, 34, 41, .78)) !important
}

.industry-card div {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(169, 227, 247, .94), rgba(169, 227, 247, .76));
  color: var(--ink)
}

.industry-card span {
  color: #39525b !important
}

.industry-card h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

/* CLIENTS — clean white gallery with the supplied logos as the visual focus. */
.clients {
  background: #fff !important
}

.clients .mncs {
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: 48px
}

.clients .client-logo {
  background: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--line) !important;
  border-radius: 4px;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 18px rgba(22, 48, 58, .035)
}

.clients .client-logo:hover {
  border-color: #9bd8ec !important;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 28px rgba(40, 98, 116, .08)
}

.client-names {
  color: #485b62 !important
}

.client-lower {
  border-color: var(--line) !important
}

.client-lower ul {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.client-lower aside {
  background: var(--sky-soft) !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--sky-line) !important;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.note-icon {
  color: #477f91 !important
}

/* PARTNERS — same pale-blue field as practice, white cards and disciplined hierarchy. */
.partners {
  background: var(--sky-soft) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--sky-line)
}

.partner-grid {
  gap: 24px
}

.partner-card {
  background: #fff !important;
  border: 1px solid #bfe5f0 !important;
  border-radius: 6px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 30px rgba(38, 91, 107, .05)
}

.partner-card img {
  background: #e7f6fb
}

.partner-card>div {
  padding: 38px 36px
}

.partner-role {
  color: #4e8293 !important
}

.partner-card h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.credentials {
  color: #5d7178 !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding-bottom: 16px;
  margin-bottom: 18px
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONTACT — light sky continuation, not a separate visual theme. */
.contact {
  background: var(--sky) !important;
  color: var(--ink) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid #93d4eb
}

.contact:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(23, 36, 44, .05) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(23, 36, 44, .05) 1px, transparent 1px) !important
}

.contact:after {
  border-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .11) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 80px rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important
}

.contact .eyebrow.light {
  color: #3d6570 !important
}

.contact h2 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.contact-top>p {
  color: #4a5c63 !important
}

.contact-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82) !important;
  border: 1px solid rgba(23, 36, 44, .14) !important;
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 36px rgba(34, 82, 97, .08)
}

.contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
  border-top-color: rgba(23, 36, 44, .10) !important
}

.contact-card small {
  color: #477888 !important
}

.contact-card p {
  color: #4e5f65 !important
}

.whatsapp,
.btn-teal {
  background: var(--ink) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.contact-quote blockquote {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.contact-quote>span {
  background: #477f91 !important
}

/* FOOTER — compact, professional dark ink closes the page and relates to all typography. */
footer {
  background: var(--ink) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-top: 0 !important
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: var(--sky) !important;
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

footer .brand strong,
footer .brand small {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  color: var(--sky) !important
}

.footer-grid p,
.footer-grid a:not(.brand) {
  color: #d5e2e6 !important
}

.footer-grid a:hover {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-bottom {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14) !important;
  color: #aebfc5 !important
}

/* One consistent interaction and emphasis language. */
a:focus-visible,
.btn:focus-visible,
.nav-cta:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #4e8293;
  outline-offset: 3px
}

strong,
b {
  font-weight: 600
}

em {
  font-style: normal !important
}

@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .hero {
    min-height: auto;
    padding-top: 96px
  }

  .consulting-intro {
    position: static
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 22px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .section {
    padding: 76px 0
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 82px
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 18px
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 30px 24px
  }
}

/* =========================================================
   V10 — PROFESSIONAL BLUE SYSTEM
   Brand colour: #2b81b2
   Content is intentionally unchanged. This pass reviews the
   colour hierarchy of every section and unifies the page.
   ========================================================= */
:root {
  --brand: #2b81b2;
  --brand-dark: #1e628a;
  --brand-deep: #174a69;
  --brand-soft: #eaf5fa;
  --brand-pale: #f5fbfe;
  --brand-line: #cfe5ef;
  --ink: #17232b;
  --muted: #5e6c74;
  --paper: #ffffff;
  --line: #dce7ec;
}

body {
  background: #fff;
  color: var(--ink)
}

.site-header {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .95);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.brand-mark {
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 50%
}

.brand strong,
.brand small {
  color: var(--ink)
}

.desktop-nav {
  color: #405059
}

.desktop-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--brand)
}

.nav-cta {
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff;
  border-radius: 3px
}

.nav-cta:hover {
  background: var(--brand-dark)
}

.mobile-menu {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

/* HERO: confident blue opening with one restrained decorative language. */
.hero {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  min-height: 730px
}

.hero:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .08) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .08) 1px, transparent 1px) !important;
  background-size: 92px 92px
}

.hero:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(255, 255, 255, .045), 0 0 0 190px rgba(255, 255, 255, .025) !important
}

.pattern-rings {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(255, 255, 255, .04) !important
}

.pattern-lines {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14) !important;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 34px, rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 35px 36px) !important
}

.pattern-dots {
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .28) 1px, transparent 1.3px) !important
}

.hero .eyebrow.light {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78) !important
}

.hero h1,
.hero h1 em {
  color: #fff !important
}

.hero-text {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .86) !important
}

.hero-card {
  background: rgba(16, 67, 96, .20) !important;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .24) !important;
  box-shadow: none !important
}

.mini-label,
.approach-item b {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .68) !important
}

.approach-item {
  color: #fff !important;
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important
}

.hero-card-note {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .9) !important
}

.btn-white {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important;
  border-color: #fff !important;
  border-radius: 3px
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important
}

.hero-link {
  color: #fff !important;
  border-bottom-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .45)
}

.hero-strip {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .2) !important
}

.hero-strip div {
  border-right-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important
}

.hero-strip strong {
  color: #fff !important
}

.hero-strip span {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72) !important
}

/* Shared section system: alternating white and restrained blue-tinted fields. */
.section {
  padding: 112px 0
}

.section:before,
.section-pattern,
.consulting:after {
  display: none !important
}

h2,
h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.eyebrow.dark {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.section-top>p,
.lead-copy,
.partners-heading>p,
.clients-lead {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.text-link {
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.text-link:hover {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

/* OUR PRACTICE — white, open and editorial. */
.practice {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.practice-cards {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important;
  margin-top: 60px
}

.practice-cards article {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important;
  min-height: 230px
}

.practice-cards article:hover {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important
}

.practice-cards span {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.practice-cards p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* WHAT WE DO — soft blue field makes the service grid easier to scan. */
.statutory {
  background: var(--brand-soft) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.service-grid {
  border-color: #bcd9e6 !important
}

.service-grid article {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .76) !important;
  border-color: #bcd9e6 !important
}

.service-grid article:hover {
  background: #fff !important
}

.service-grid span {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.service-grid p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONSULTING — white information surface with a clear blue action accent. */
.consulting {
  background: #fff !important
}

.consulting-layout {
  gap: 88px
}

.consulting-intro {
  border-left: 3px solid var(--brand);
  padding: 6px 0 8px 28px
}

.consulting-intro>p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.btn-dark {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-radius: 3px
}

.btn-dark:hover {
  background: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.consulting-list {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--brand-line) !important;
  border-radius: 0;
  padding: 0 34px
}

.consulting-list article {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.consulting-list b {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.consulting-list h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.consulting-list p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* INDUSTRIES — a deeper blue-tinted field lets photography carry the visual weight. */
.industries {
  background: #f1f8fb !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.industry-grid {
  gap: 18px
}

.industry-card {
  border-color: #b9d8e5 !important;
  border-radius: 2px
}

.industry-card:before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(11, 52, 75, .08), rgba(10, 44, 63, .78)) !important
}

.industry-card div {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(43, 129, 178, .96), rgba(43, 129, 178, .76)) !important
}

.industry-card span {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8) !important
}

.industry-card h3 {
  color: #fff !important
}

/* CLIENTS — clean white gallery keeps client-supplied logos authoritative. */
.clients {
  background: #fff !important
}

.clients .client-logo {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important;
  border-radius: 2px;
  box-shadow: none
}

.clients .client-logo:hover {
  border-color: #8fc5df !important;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 26px rgba(43, 129, 178, .08)
}

.client-names {
  color: #52616a !important
}

.client-lower {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.client-lower ul {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.client-lower aside {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--brand-line) !important;
  border-radius: 2px
}

.note-icon {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

/* PARTNERS — quiet pale-blue backdrop and white cards for the supplied portraits. */
.partners {
  background: var(--brand-soft) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.partner-card {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-color: #bfdbe7 !important;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: none
}

.partner-card img {
  background: #e8f4f9
}

.partner-role {
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.partner-card h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.credentials {
  color: #53636b !important;
  border-bottom-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONTACT — strong blue call-to-action that deliberately echoes the hero. */
.contact {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-top: 0
}

.contact:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 1px, transparent 1px) !important
}

.contact:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 80px rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) !important
}

.contact .eyebrow.light {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72) !important
}

.contact h2,
.contact-quote blockquote {
  color: #fff !important
}

.contact-top>p {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82) !important
}

.contact-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .1) !important;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .24) !important;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: none
}

.contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .17) !important
}

.contact-card small {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66) !important
}

.contact-card p {
  color: #fff !important
}

.whatsapp,
.btn-teal {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important;
  border-radius: 3px
}

.contact-quote>span {
  background: #fff !important
}

/* FOOTER — deep version of the same blue, not a competing navy. */
footer {
  background: var(--brand-deep) !important;
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

footer .brand strong,
footer .brand small {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  color: #a9e3f7 !important
}

.footer-grid p,
.footer-grid a:not(.brand) {
  color: #cfe2eb !important
}

.footer-grid a:hover {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-bottom {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important;
  color: #a9c7d5 !important
}

a:focus-visible,
.btn:focus-visible,
.nav-cta:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--brand);
  outline-offset: 3px
}

@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .consulting-intro {
    border-left: 0;
    border-top: 3px solid var(--brand);
    padding: 28px 0 0
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 24px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .section {
    padding: 78px 0
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 84px
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 18px
  }

  .hero-card {
    margin-top: 12px
  }

  .partner-card {
    border-radius: 2px
  }
}

/* =========================================================
   V11 — DEEP BLUE SYSTEM
   Brand colour: #03507c
   Each section has a persistent colour treatment. Colour is
   not dependent on hover, so the visual system also works on
   touch devices. Content remains unchanged.
   ========================================================= */
:root {
  --brand: #03507c;
  --brand-dark: #023e61;
  --brand-deep: #012d46;
  --brand-soft: #e7f3f8;
  --brand-pale: #f2f8fb;
  --brand-mist: #d9ebf3;
  --brand-line: #b8d6e4;
  --ink: #14222b;
  --muted: #586872;
  --paper: #ffffff;
  --line: #d7e2e8;
}

body {
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink)
}

.site-header {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .97);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.brand-mark {
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff
}

.desktop-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--brand)
}

.nav-cta {
  background: var(--brand);
  color: #fff
}

.nav-cta:hover {
  background: var(--brand-dark)
}

.mobile-menu {
  background: #fff;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--brand-line)
}

/* HERO — full brand field, with visible structure at every viewport. */
.hero {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  min-height: 720px
}

.hero:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .085) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .085) 1px, transparent 1px) !important
}

.hero:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .20) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 95px rgba(255, 255, 255, .045), 0 0 0 190px rgba(255, 255, 255, .025) !important
}

.pattern-rings {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 62px rgba(255, 255, 255, .04) !important
}

.pattern-lines {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .15) !important;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, transparent 0 34px, rgba(255, 255, 255, .075) 35px 36px) !important
}

.pattern-dots {
  background-image: radial-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .30) 1px, transparent 1.3px) !important
}

.hero .eyebrow.light,
.mini-label,
.approach-item b {
  color: #b9dbe9 !important
}

.hero h1,
.hero h1 em,
.approach-item {
  color: #fff !important
}

.hero-text {
  color: #e4f0f5 !important
}

.hero-card {
  background: rgba(1, 36, 56, .24) !important;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .24) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 50px rgba(0, 26, 41, .16) !important
}

.approach-item {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important
}

.hero-card-note {
  color: #eef7fa !important
}

.btn-white {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important;
  border-color: #fff !important
}

.btn-white:hover {
  background: #e8f3f8 !important
}

.hero-link {
  color: #fff !important;
  border-bottom-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .48)
}

.hero-strip {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .22) !important
}

.hero-strip div {
  border-right-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important
}

.hero-strip strong {
  color: #fff !important
}

.hero-strip span {
  color: #c5e0eb !important
}

/* Every main section has its own persistent, visible colour field. */
.section {
  padding: 112px 0
}

.section:before,
.section-pattern,
.consulting:after {
  display: none !important
}

h2,
h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.eyebrow.dark {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.section-top>p,
.lead-copy,
.partners-heading>p,
.clients-lead {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.text-link {
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.text-link:hover {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

/* OUR PRACTICE — pale blue field with white information surfaces. */
.practice {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.practice-cards {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.practice-cards article {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 5px 14px rgba(3, 80, 124, .025)
}

.practice-cards span {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.practice-cards p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* WHAT WE DO — light blue field so the service grid reads as a dedicated area. */
.statutory {
  background: var(--brand-mist) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.service-grid {
  border-color: #a9cedf !important
}

.service-grid article {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .84) !important;
  border-color: #a9cedf !important;
  min-height: 250px
}

.service-grid span {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.service-grid p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONSULTING — white-blue split: brand rail + tinted list surface, visible without hover. */
.consulting {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-top: 8px solid var(--brand) !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.consulting-intro {
  border-left: 4px solid var(--brand);
  padding: 8px 0 8px 28px
}

.consulting-intro>p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

.btn-dark {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important
}

.btn-dark:hover {
  background: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.consulting-list {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--brand-line) !important;
  border-radius: 4px
}

.consulting-list article {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.consulting-list b {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.consulting-list h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.consulting-list p {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* INDUSTRIES — soft blue field keeps the photography integrated into the brand system. */
.industries {
  background: var(--brand-soft) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.industry-card {
  border: 3px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .18) !important;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(3, 80, 124, .07)
}

.industry-card:before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 45, 70, .08), rgba(1, 45, 70, .84)) !important
}

.industry-card div {
  background: rgba(3, 80, 124, .90) !important;
  color: #fff !important
}

.industry-card span {
  color: #c7e6f1 !important
}

.industry-card h3 {
  color: #fff !important
}

/* CLIENTS — white surface with a permanent blue band and blue-framed supplied logos. */
.clients {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 8px solid var(--brand) !important
}

.clients .mncs {
  gap: 18px
}

.clients .client-logo {
  background: var(--brand-pale) !important;
  border: 2px solid var(--brand-line) !important;
  box-shadow: none !important
}

.client-names {
  color: #405661 !important
}

.client-lower {
  border-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.client-lower aside {
  background: var(--brand-soft) !important;
  border: 1px solid var(--brand-line) !important
}

.note-icon {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

/* PARTNERS — stronger blue field with crisp white cards; portrait treatment is always visible. */
.partners {
  background: #d4e9f2 !important;
  border-top: 1px solid #a8cedf;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #a8cedf
}

.partner-card {
  background: #fff !important;
  border: 2px solid #a9cedf !important;
  border-radius: 5px;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 28px rgba(3, 80, 124, .07) !important
}

.partner-card img {
  background: #eaf5f9
}

.partner-card>div {
  padding: 40px 38px
}

.partner-role {
  color: var(--brand) !important
}

.partner-card h3 {
  color: var(--ink) !important
}

.credentials {
  color: #4f6671 !important;
  border-bottom-color: var(--brand-line) !important
}

.partner-card>div>p:last-child {
  color: var(--muted) !important
}

/* CONTACT — persistent brand-blue CTA field, not a hover state. */
.contact {
  background: var(--brand) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-top: 0 !important
}

.contact:before {
  background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 1px, transparent 1px), linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 1px, transparent 1px) !important
}

.contact:after {
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .17) !important;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 80px rgba(255, 255, 255, .04) !important
}

.contact .eyebrow.light {
  color: #b9dbe9 !important
}

.contact h2 {
  color: #fff !important
}

.contact-top>p {
  color: #d8eaf1 !important
}

.contact-card {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12) !important;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .24) !important;
  box-shadow: none !important
}

.contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important
}

.contact-card small {
  color: #b9dbe9 !important
}

.contact-card p {
  color: #fff !important
}

.whatsapp,
.btn-teal {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-dark) !important
}

.contact-quote blockquote {
  color: #fff !important
}

.contact-quote>span {
  background: #9ed0e3 !important
}

/* FOOTER — deep blue continuation of the same system. */
footer {
  background: var(--brand-deep) !important;
  color: #fff !important;
  border-top: 0 !important
}

.footer-brand .brand-mark {
  background: #fff !important;
  color: var(--brand-deep) !important
}

footer .brand strong,
footer .brand small {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-grid h4 {
  color: #a9d4e5 !important
}

.footer-grid p,
.footer-grid a:not(.brand) {
  color: #d4e5ec !important
}

.footer-grid a:hover {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-bottom {
  border-top-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .16) !important;
  color: #9fc1cf !important
}

/* Touch and keyboard states are enhancements, never the only source of colour. */
a:focus-visible,
.btn:focus-visible,
.nav-cta:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid #7fc4df;
  outline-offset: 3px
}

@media (hover:hover) {

  .practice-cards article:hover,
  .service-grid article:hover {
    transform: translateY(-2px);
    box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(3, 80, 124, .08)
  }
}

/* Mobile: preserve coloured section identity, simplify layout and make tap targets usable. */
@media(max-width:1000px) {
  .desktop-nav {
    display: none
  }

  .menu-btn {
    display: block;
    color: var(--brand)
  }

  .hero {
    min-height: auto;
    padding-top: 92px
  }

  .hero-layout {
    gap: 42px
  }

  .consulting-intro {
    position: static;
    border-left: 0;
    border-top: 4px solid var(--brand);
    padding: 26px 0 0
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 24px
  }

  .contact-layout {
    gap: 34px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .container {
    width: min(100% - 32px, 1440px)
  }

  .section {
    padding: 72px 0
  }

  .hero {
    padding: 72px 0 0
  }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(48px, 15vw, 66px);
    line-height: .98;
    letter-spacing: -.045em
  }

  .hero-actions {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 18px
  }

  .btn,
  .nav-cta,
  .whatsapp,
  .btn-teal {
    min-height: 48px;
    padding: 13px 18px
  }

  .hero-card {
    padding: 24px
  }

  .hero-strip div {
    border-right: 0 !important;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .18) !important;
    margin-right: 0;
    padding: 18px 0
  }

  .hero-strip div:last-child {
    border-bottom: 0 !important
  }

  .practice-cards,
  .service-grid,
  .industry-grid,
  .partner-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .practice-cards article,
  .service-grid article {
    min-height: auto;
    padding: 30px 24px
  }

  .practice-cards span,
  .service-grid span {
    margin-bottom: 30px
  }

  .consulting-list {
    padding: 0 18px
  }

  .consulting-list article {
    grid-template-columns: 38px 1fr;
    gap: 14px
  }

  .industry-grid {
    gap: 14px
  }

  .industry-card {
    height: 260px
  }

  .clients .mncs {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
    gap: 12px
  }

  .clients .client-logo {
    height: 96px;
    padding: 14px
  }

  .client-lower {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 28px
  }

  .client-names {
    display: none
  }

  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .partner-card img {
    height: 390px;
    min-height: 0
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 28px 22px
  }

  .contact-card {
    padding: 26px 22px
  }

  .contact-quote blockquote {
    font-size: clamp(34px, 9vw, 48px);
    line-height: 1.12
  }
}

/* =========================================================
   V13 — LAPTOP VIEWPORT FIT & RESPONSIVE SECTION COMPOSITION
   The page should not rely on oversized fixed vertical spacing.
   Content remains unchanged; only layout density and structure are refined.
   ========================================================= */

/* Keep section transitions visible on common laptop viewports without clipping content. */
@media (min-width:1001px) {
  .site-header {
    height: 72px
  }

  .section {
    padding: clamp(56px, 6vw, 82px) 0
  }

  .hero {
    min-height: calc(100svh - 72px);
    padding: clamp(54px, 7vh, 78px) 0 0;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: space-between;
  }

  .hero-layout {
    min-height: auto;
    gap: clamp(48px, 6vw, 82px);
    padding-bottom: clamp(32px, 5vh, 52px);
  }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(58px, 6.2vw, 96px)
  }

  .hero-text {
    margin: 22px 0 26px;
    font-size: 17px;
    line-height: 1.58
  }

  .hero-card {
    padding: 26px
  }

  .approach-item {
    padding: 12px 0
  }

  .hero-card-note {
    margin-top: 18px;
    font-size: 18px
  }

  .hero-strip div {
    padding: 18px 20px 20px 0;
    margin-right: 20px
  }

  .section-top,
  .split-intro,
  .partners-heading,
  .contact-top {
    gap: clamp(54px, 6vw, 88px)
  }

  .section-top>p,
  .lead-copy,
  .partners-heading>p,
  .contact-top>p {
    padding-top: 34px
  }

  h2 {
    font-size: clamp(42px, 4.4vw, 66px)
  }

  .practice-cards {
    margin-top: 42px
  }

  .practice-cards article {
    padding: 28px;
    min-height: 205px
  }

  .practice-cards span {
    margin-bottom: 36px
  }

  .service-grid {
    margin-top: 42px
  }

  .service-grid article {
    padding: 26px 28px;
    min-height: 185px
  }

  .service-grid span {
    margin-bottom: 28px
  }

  /* Seven consulting services become a compact, readable two-column desktop composition. */
  .consulting-layout {
    gap: 64px;
    grid-template-columns: .68fr 1.32fr
  }

  .consulting-intro {
    position: static
  }

  .consulting-list {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    column-gap: 26px;
    padding: 0 26px;
    align-content: start;
  }

  .consulting-list article {
    padding: 22px 0;
    gap: 14px
  }

  .consulting-list h3 {
    font-size: 19px;
    margin-bottom: 7px
  }

  .consulting-list p {
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 1.5
  }

  .industry-grid {
    margin-top: 42px;
    gap: 14px
  }

  .industry-card {
    height: 235px
  }

  .industry-card>div {
    padding: 22px
  }

  .industry-card h3 {
    font-size: 24px
  }

  .clients h2 {
    margin-bottom: 14px
  }

  .clients .mncs {
    margin-top: 34px;
    gap: 14px
  }

  .clients .client-logo {
    height: 96px;
    padding: 18px
  }

  .client-names {
    padding: 22px 0 42px;
    font-size: 16px
  }

  .client-lower {
    padding-top: 34px;
    gap: 52px
  }

  .client-lower ul {
    margin: 12px 0 0;
    line-height: 1.62
  }

  .client-lower aside {
    padding: 24px 28px
  }

  .partner-grid {
    margin-top: 42px;
    gap: 20px
  }

  .partner-card {
    grid-template-columns: 34% 66%
  }

  .partner-card img {
    min-height: 350px
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 30px
  }

  .partner-card h3 {
    font-size: 23px;
    margin-bottom: 9px
  }

  .credentials {
    margin-bottom: 16px;
    padding-bottom: 12px
  }

  .partner-card>div>p:last-child {
    line-height: 1.58
  }

  .contact {
    padding-bottom: 68px
  }

  .contact-layout {
    margin-top: 42px;
    gap: 72px
  }

  .contact-card {
    padding: 28px
  }

  .contact-card>div:not(:first-child) {
    padding: 18px 0
  }

  .contact-quote blockquote {
    font-size: clamp(38px, 3.7vw, 56px)
  }

  footer {
    padding: 42px 0 16px
  }

  .footer-grid {
    gap: 52px
  }

  .footer-bottom {
    margin-top: 28px;
    padding-top: 14px
  }
}

/* Short-height laptops receive a denser but still comfortable layout. */
@media (min-width:1001px) and (max-height:820px) {
  .section {
    padding: 52px 0
  }

  .hero {
    padding-top: 42px
  }

  .hero-layout {
    padding-bottom: 28px
  }

  .hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(54px, 5.8vw, 82px)
  }

  .hero-card {
    padding: 22px
  }

  .hero-strip div {
    padding-top: 14px;
    padding-bottom: 16px
  }

  .section-top>p,
  .lead-copy,
  .partners-heading>p,
  .contact-top>p {
    padding-top: 24px
  }

  .practice-cards,
  .service-grid,
  .industry-grid,
  .partner-grid {
    margin-top: 32px
  }

  .practice-cards article {
    min-height: 180px;
    padding: 24px
  }

  .service-grid article {
    min-height: 165px;
    padding: 22px 24px
  }

  .industry-card {
    height: 205px
  }

  .consulting-list article {
    padding: 18px 0
  }

  .consulting-list p {
    font-size: 13.5px
  }

  .partner-card img {
    min-height: 320px
  }

  .partner-card>div {
    padding: 24px
  }

  .clients .mncs {
    margin-top: 28px
  }
}

/* Tablet widths: avoid forcing laptop-style density into a narrow screen. */
@media (min-width:721px) and (max-width:1000px) {
  .section {
    padding: 74px 0
  }

  .service-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr)
  }

  .consulting-list {
    display: block;
    padding: 0 24px
  }

  .industry-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr)
  }

  .clients .mncs {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr)
  }
}


/* V14 PREMIUM SERVICE PRESENTATION — content preserved, structure upgraded */
.services-showcase-head,
.consulting-premium-head {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2
}

.section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 22px
}

.section-kicker .eyebrow {
  margin: 0
}

.statute-placeholder {
  display: none
}

.statute h2,
.consulting h2 {
  margin: 0
}

.services-title-row {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.15fr .85fr;
  gap: 120px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 42px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.services-title-row>p {
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--muted);
  max-width: 510px;
  margin: 0 0 5px
}

.statutory {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #f3f9fc 0%, #eaf5fa 100%) !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.statutory-showcase {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 16px;
  margin-top: 32px
}

.stat-service {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 232px;
  padding: 28px 30px 30px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  border: 1px solid #b8d5e3;
  border-radius: 2px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(3, 80, 124, .035)
}

.stat-service:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 4px;
  background: var(--brand)
}

.stat-service:nth-child(2):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(5):before {
  background: #6fa7c2
}

.stat-service:nth-child(3):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(6):before {
  background: #87b7cc
}

.stat-service-top {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  margin-bottom: 44px
}

.stat-service-top span {
  font-size: 11px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: var(--brand)
}

.stat-service-top i {
  width: 38px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #9fc5d6;
  display: block
}

.stat-service h3 {
  font-size: 23px;
  line-height: 1.2;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: -.015em
}

.stat-service p {
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 350px
}

/* Consulting: premium catalogue, all information visible without interaction */
.consulting {
  background: #fff !important;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--brand-line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.consulting-premium-head {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .95fr;
  gap: 130px;
  align-items: end;
  padding-bottom: 42px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--brand-line)
}

.consulting-premium-head>div:last-child {
  padding-bottom: 4px
}

.consulting-premium-head>div:last-child>p {
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 520px
}

.consulting-premium-head .btn {
  margin-top: 26px
}

.consulting-premium-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 16px;
  margin-top: 32px;
  align-items: stretch
}

.consult-card {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 76px 1fr;
  gap: 24px;
  padding: 30px 32px 32px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #b8d5e3;
  border-radius: 2px;
  min-height: 210px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 22px rgba(3, 80, 124, .035)
}

.consult-card:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 3px;
  background: var(--brand);
  opacity: .85
}

.consult-card:nth-child(2):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(5):after {
  background: #73a8c2
}

.consult-card:nth-child(3):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(6):after {
  background: #93bdcf
}

.consult-card-no {
  font-size: 12px;
  line-height: 1;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: var(--brand);
  padding-top: 5px;
  border-right: 1px solid #d4e6ee
}

.consult-card-body h3 {
  font-size: 22px;
  line-height: 1.25;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  font-weight: 650;
  letter-spacing: -.01em
}

.consult-card-body p {
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0
}

.consult-card-wide {
  grid-column: 1/-1;
  min-height: 150px;
  grid-template-columns: 76px minmax(0, 1fr)
}

.consult-card-wide .consult-card-body {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, .7fr) minmax(0, 1.3fr);
  gap: 44px;
  align-items: start
}

.consult-card-wide .consult-card-body h3 {
  margin: 0
}

.consult-card-wide .consult-card-body p {
  max-width: 720px
}

@media(max-width:1000px) {

  .services-title-row,
  .consulting-premium-head {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 26px
  }

  .services-title-row>p {
    max-width: 680px
  }

  .statutory-showcase {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr)
  }

  .consulting-premium-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr
  }

  .consult-card-wide {
    grid-column: auto
  }

  .consult-card-wide .consult-card-body {
    display: block
  }

  .consult-card-wide .consult-card-body h3 {
    margin-bottom: 14px
  }
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .section-kicker {
    margin-bottom: 16px
  }

  .services-title-row,
  .consulting-premium-head {
    padding-bottom: 30px
  }

  .services-title-row>p,
  .consulting-premium-head>div:last-child>p {
    font-size: 16px
  }

  .statutory-showcase,
  .consulting-premium-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 12px;
    margin-top: 22px
  }

  .stat-service {
    min-height: auto;
    padding: 24px
  }

  .stat-service-top {
    margin-bottom: 28px
  }

  .stat-service h3 {
    font-size: 21px
  }

  .consult-card {
    grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr;
    gap: 16px;
    padding: 24px
  }

  .consult-card-no {
    font-size: 11px
  }

  .consult-card-body h3 {
    font-size: 20px
  }

  .consult-card-body p,
  .stat-service p {
    font-size: 14.5px
  }
}


/* V17 targeted refinement — preserve content and desktop composition */
.section-kicker,
.eyebrow,
.section-label {
  font-size: clamp(0.82rem, 1vw, 1rem) !important;
  letter-spacing: .16em !important;
  font-weight: 800 !important;
  color: #03507c !important;
  opacity: 1 !important;
  margin-bottom: 14px !important
}

section h2 {
  line-height: 1.08
}

/* Consistent service surfaces */
.statutory-grid>*,
.services-grid>*,
.consulting-grid>*,
.consulting-services>* {
  border-color: rgba(3, 80, 124, .28) !important;
  box-shadow: none !important
}

.statutory-grid,
.services-grid {
  align-items: stretch
}

.statutory-grid>*,
.services-grid>* {
  border-left: 4px solid #03507c !important;
  background: #fff !important
}

.consulting-grid>*,
.consulting-services>* {
  border-left: 3px solid #03507c !important;
  background: #fff !important
}

.statutory-grid p,
.services-grid p,
.consulting-grid p,
.consulting-services p {
  line-height: 1.65 !important
}

/* Better scan hierarchy without touching wording */
.statutory-grid h3,
.services-grid h3,
.consulting-grid h3,
.consulting-services h3 {
  margin-bottom: .65rem !important;
  color: #03507c !important
}

/* Industry photo visibility */
.industry-card {
  overflow: hidden
}

.industry-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: center
}

.industry-card .industry-content,
.industry-card .industry-overlay,
.industry-card .industry-band {
  background: rgba(3, 80, 124, .52) !important;
  backdrop-filter: blur(2px) !important
}

.industry-card h3,
.industry-card .number {
  color: #fff !important;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .28)
}

/* Mobile navigation: fixed drawer, clear placement */
@media(max-width:900px) {
  .nav-links {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    left: auto !important;
    width: min(86vw, 360px) !important;
    height: 100dvh !important;
    background: #fff !important;
    display: flex !important;
    flex-direction: column !important;
    align-items: stretch !important;
    justify-content: flex-start !important;
    padding: 92px 28px 28px !important;
    gap: 0 !important;
    transform: translateX(105%) !important;
    transition: transform .25s ease !important;
    box-shadow: -12px 0 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, .14) !important;
    z-index: 10001 !important;
    overflow-y: auto !important;
    visibility: visible !important
  }

  .nav-links.active,
  .nav-links.open {
    transform: translateX(0) !important
  }

  .nav-links a {
    display: block !important;
    padding: 15px 0 !important;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .14) !important;
    color: #111 !important;
    font-size: 1rem !important
  }

  .nav-toggle,
  .menu-toggle,
  .hamburger {
    position: relative !important;
    z-index: 10002 !important
  }

  body.menu-open {
    overflow: hidden !important
  }

  section {
    min-height: auto !important;
    padding-top: 56px !important;
    padding-bottom: 56px !important
  }

  .statutory-grid,
  .services-grid,
  .consulting-grid,
  .consulting-services {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr !important
  }

  .industry-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr !important
  }

  .industry-card {
    min-height: 260px !important
  }

  .industry-card img {
    min-height: 260px !important
  }

  .partners-grid,
  .partner-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr !important
  }

  .clients-grid,
  .logo-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)) !important
  }
}

/* V21 — Statutory Services refinement: existing structure retained, borders standardised */
.statutory-showcase {
  gap: 16px;
}

.stat-service {
  min-height: 232px;
  padding: 30px 30px 32px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .22);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}

/* Keep every service card visually equal — no alternating accent colours */
.stat-service:before,
.stat-service:nth-child(2):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(3):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(4):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(5):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(6):before {
  height: 3px;
  background: #03507c;
}

.stat-service-top {
  margin-bottom: 34px;
  padding-bottom: 13px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .12);
}

.stat-service-top span {
  color: #03507c;
  font-weight: 750;
}

.stat-service-top i {
  width: 28px;
  background: rgba(3, 80, 124, .35);
}

.stat-service h3 {
  color: #171717;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.stat-service p {
  line-height: 1.68;
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .stat-service {
    padding: 24px 22px 26px
  }

  .stat-service-top {
    margin-bottom: 24px;
    padding-bottom: 11px
  }
}

/* V22 — Consulting Services refinement: existing structure retained, borders and hierarchy standardised */
.consulting-premium-grid {
  gap: 16px;
}

.consult-card {
  border: 1px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .22);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}

/* One consistent visual treatment across every consulting service */
.consult-card:after,
.consult-card:nth-child(2):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(3):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(4):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(5):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(6):after,
.consult-card:nth-child(7):after {
  height: 3px;
  background: #03507c;
  opacity: 1;
}

.consult-card-no {
  color: #03507c;
  border-right-color: rgba(3, 80, 124, .16);
  font-weight: 750;
}

.consult-card-body h3 {
  color: #171717;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}

.consult-card-body p {
  line-height: 1.68;
}

.consult-card-wide {
  border-color: rgba(3, 80, 124, .22);
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .consult-card {
    padding: 24px 22px 26px;
  }

  .consult-card-no {
    border-right-color: rgba(3, 80, 124, .14);
  }
}

/* V23 — Statutory Services border treatment aligned with Consulting Services */
/* Retain the existing statutory card structure; match the exact outer-edge language used by consulting cards. */
.stat-service {
  border: 1px solid rgba(3, 80, 124, .22);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}

/* Use the same consistent 3px brand edge treatment as Consulting Services. */
.stat-service:before,
.stat-service:nth-child(2):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(3):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(4):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(5):before,
.stat-service:nth-child(6):before {
  top: auto;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 3px;
  background: #03507c;
}

/* Keep the statutory numbering/content structure intact; only the card border system is aligned. */
.stat-service-top {
  border-bottom: 0;
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

/* V24 — Industry image visibility refinement only */
/* Keep the existing cards and content intact; reveal more of each photograph. */
.industry-card:before {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 45, 70, .02) 0%, rgba(1, 45, 70, .18) 58%, rgba(1, 45, 70, .34) 100%) !important;
}

.industry-card div,
.industry-card .industry-content,
.industry-card .industry-overlay,
.industry-card .industry-band {
  background: rgba(3, 80, 124, .42) !important;
  backdrop-filter: none !important;
}

.industry-card img {
  object-position: center center !important;
}

/* Background-image cards: preserve more of the image within the existing card frame. */
.industry-card {
  background-position: center center !important;
}

.industry-card span,
.industry-card .number {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92) !important;
}

.industry-card h3 {
  text-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, .34) !important;
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .industry-card:before {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 45, 70, .01) 0%, rgba(1, 45, 70, .12) 62%, rgba(1, 45, 70, .30) 100%) !important;
  }

  .industry-card div,
  .industry-card .industry-content,
  .industry-card .industry-overlay,
  .industry-card .industry-band {
    background: rgba(3, 80, 124, .38) !important;
  }
}

/* V25: targeted mobile navigation and responsive fixes only */
@media (max-width: 900px) {

  html,
  body {
    overflow-x: hidden;
  }

  .nav-links {
    display: none;
  }

  .menu-toggle,
  .mobile-menu-toggle {
    display: inline-flex;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1002;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    min-width: 44px;
    min-height: 44px;
  }

  .mobile-nav,
  .mobile-menu {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: auto;
    width: min(86vw, 380px);
    max-width: 100%;
    height: 100dvh;
    transform: translateX(105%);
    transition: transform .28s ease;
    overflow-y: auto;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
    z-index: 1001;
    padding: 84px 24px 32px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  .mobile-nav.open,
  .mobile-nav.active,
  .mobile-menu.open,
  .mobile-menu.active {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }

  .mobile-nav a,
  .mobile-menu a {
    display: block;
    padding: 14px 0;
    min-height: 44px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  body.menu-open {
    overflow: hidden;
  }

  section,
  .section {
    min-height: auto !important;
    height: auto !important;
    overflow: visible;
  }

  .container,
  .section-inner {
    width: min(100% - 32px, 1200px);
  }

  .grid,
  .services-grid,
  .statutory-grid,
  .consulting-grid,
  .industries-grid,
  .partners-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr !important;
  }

  img {
    max-width: 100%;
    height: auto;
  }

  .hero,
  .hero-content {
    min-height: auto !important;
  }

  .hero-content {
    padding-top: 96px;
    padding-bottom: 56px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 600px) {

  .mobile-nav,
  .mobile-menu {
    width: 88vw;
    padding-left: 20px;
    padding-right: 20px;
  }

  .section,
  section {
    padding-top: 52px;
    padding-bottom: 52px;
  }

  .card,
  .service-card,
  .consulting-card,
  .partner-card {
    min-width: 0;
  }
}

/* V26 — mobile navigation: header remains at top; hamburger anchored at top-right */
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .site-header {
    position: sticky !important;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    width: 100%;
    z-index: 2000;
  }

  .nav {
    position: relative;
    width: 100%;
    min-height: 70px;
  }

  .menu-btn {
    display: inline-flex !important;
    position: absolute !important;
    right: 0;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    z-index: 2002;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 44px;
    height: 44px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    line-height: 1;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 70px !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    left: auto !important;
    bottom: 0 !important;
    width: min(86vw, 380px) !important;
    height: calc(100dvh - 70px) !important;
    z-index: 2001 !important;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  .site-header {
    height: 70px;
  }

  .nav {
    min-height: 70px;
  }

  .menu-btn {
    right: 0;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    top: 70px !important;
    height: calc(100dvh - 70px) !important;
    width: min(88vw, 380px) !important;
  }
}

/* V28 — mobile navbar reliably fixed to viewport top (targeted change only) */
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .site-header {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    left: 0 !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    z-index: 9999 !important;
  }

  body {
    padding-top: 78px;
  }

  .nav {
    position: relative !important;
    min-height: 78px;
    width: 100%;
  }

  .menu-btn {
    position: absolute !important;
    top: 50% !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    left: auto !important;
    transform: translateY(-50%) !important;
    z-index: 10001 !important;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 78px !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    bottom: 0 !important;
    left: auto !important;
    height: calc(100dvh - 78px) !important;
    z-index: 10000 !important;
  }
}

@media (max-width:720px) {
  .site-header {
    height: 70px !important;
  }

  body {
    padding-top: 70px;
  }

  .nav {
    min-height: 70px;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    top: 70px !important;
    height: calc(100dvh - 70px) !important;
  }
}

/* V29 — focused mobile navigation correction */
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .site-header {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 0 !important;
    left: 0 !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    width: 100% !important;
    height: 70px !important;
    z-index: 12000 !important;
  }

  body {
    padding-top: 70px !important;
  }

  .nav {
    height: 70px !important;
    min-height: 70px !important;
    display: flex !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    position: relative !important;
  }

  .desktop-nav,
  .nav-cta {
    display: none !important;
  }

  .menu-btn {
    display: flex !important;
    position: absolute !important;
    right: 16px !important;
    left: auto !important;
    top: 50% !important;
    transform: translateY(-50%) !important;
    width: 44px !important;
    height: 44px !important;
    align-items: center !important;
    justify-content: center !important;
    z-index: 12002 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
  }

  .mobile-menu {
    position: fixed !important;
    top: 70px !important;
    right: 0 !important;
    bottom: 0 !important;
    left: auto !important;
    width: min(86vw, 380px) !important;
    height: calc(100dvh - 70px) !important;
    box-sizing: border-box !important;
    padding: 18px 24px 28px !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    overflow-y: auto !important;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch !important;
    z-index: 12001 !important;
  }

  .mobile-menu a {
    display: block !important;
    padding: 14px 0 !important;
    margin: 0 !important;
    min-height: 48px !important;
    box-sizing: border-box !important;
  }

  .mobile-menu a[href="#contact"] {
    margin-top: 16px !important;
    padding: 13px 16px !important;
    min-height: 48px !important;
    text-align: center !important;
    background: #03507c !important;
    color: #fff !important;
    border: 1px solid #03507c !important;
    border-radius: 3px !important;
    font-weight: 600 !important;
  }
}

@media (max-width:720px) {
  .mobile-menu {
    width: min(90vw, 380px) !important;
    padding: 16px 20px 24px !important;
  }

  .menu-btn {
    right: 12px !important;
  }
}

/* V30: reuse existing Contact Us details in footer */
.footer-contact {
  min-width: 0
}

.footer-contact .footer-address {
  margin: 0 0 14px;
  line-height: 1.55
}

.footer-contact a {
  overflow-wrap: anywhere
}

@media(min-width:721px) {
  .footer-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1.7fr 1fr 1.35fr
  }
}

/* V31 — Footer contact hierarchy and spacing refinement */
.footer-contact h4 {
  margin-bottom: 22px !important
}

.footer-contact-group {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column
}

.footer-office {
  padding-bottom: 20px;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14)
}

.footer-office strong {
  display: block;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.35;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  color: #fff;
  margin-bottom: 8px
}

.footer-contact .footer-address {
  margin: 0 !important;
  line-height: 1.65
}

.footer-phones {
  gap: 7px;
  padding-bottom: 18px;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14)
}

.footer-emails {
  gap: 9px
}

.footer-contact a {
  margin: 0 !important;
  line-height: 1.45;
  overflow-wrap: anywhere
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .footer-contact h4 {
    margin-bottom: 18px !important
  }

  .footer-office {
    padding-bottom: 18px;
    margin-bottom: 16px
  }

  .footer-phones {
    padding-bottom: 16px;
    margin-bottom: 16px
  }

  .footer-emails {
    gap: 10px
  }
}

/* v32: two partner-specific WhatsApp actions */
.whatsapp-actions {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 12px;
  margin-bottom: 28px
}

.whatsapp-actions .whatsapp {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  flex: 1 1 180px;
  justify-content: center;
  white-space: nowrap
}

.whatsapp-actions+div {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .17) !important
}

@media(max-width:600px) {
  .whatsapp-actions {
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 10px
  }

  .whatsapp-actions .whatsapp {
    width: 100%;
    justify-content: space-between
  }

  .whatsapp-actions+div {
    margin-top: 0
  }
}

/* V36 — unified IC & Associates wordmark */
.brand {
  gap: 0;
  text-decoration: none
}

.brand-mark {
  display: none !important
}

.brand-wordmark {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  line-height: 1
}

.brand .logo-ic,
.brand .logo-associates {
  font-size: 60px;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  color: var(--ink)
}

.brand .logo-amp {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  margin: 0 5px;
  padding: 2px 5px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: #9a7358;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 60px;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
  background: #ac3711;
}

.brand .logo-associates {
  font-weight: 500
}

.footer-brand .logo-ic,
.footer-brand .logo-associates {
  color: #fff !important
}

.footer-brand .logo-amp {
  background: #9a7358;
  color: #fff
}

@media(max-width:720px) {

  .brand .logo-ic,
  .brand .logo-associates {
    font-size: 18px
  }

  .brand .logo-amp {
    font-size: 13px;
    margin: 0 4px;
    padding: 2px 4px
  }
}

/* V38 — targeted mobile logo alignment: add a small inset without changing desktop navigation */
@media (max-width:720px) {
  .site-header .nav .brand {
    margin-left: 8px !important;
  }
}


/* V41 — compact WhatsApp actions in partner cards */
.partner-whatsapp {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 7px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  padding: 7px 11px;
  border: 1px solid #b9dce7;
  border-radius: 999px;
  color: var(--brand-dark, #03507c);
  background: #fff;
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: transform .2s ease, background .2s ease
}

.partner-whatsapp svg {
  width: 16px;
  height: 16px;
  fill: currentColor;
  flex: 0 0 16px
}

.partner-whatsapp:hover,
.partner-whatsapp:focus-visible {
  background: var(--brand-soft, #eef8fb);
  transform: translateY(-1px)
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .partner-whatsapp {
    margin-top: 18px;
    padding: 8px 12px
  }
}


/* V45 — client logo quality pass. Based directly on V42; only the client logo assets and their display scale are changed. */
.clients .mncs.client-logo-grid {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 18px;
  margin-top: 48px;
  margin-bottom: 26px
}

.clients .client-logo {
  height: 150px;
  padding: 20px;
  background: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #e2e2e2;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  overflow: hidden
}

.clients .client-logo img {
  display: block;
  max-width: 88%;
  max-height: 100px;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
  image-rendering: auto
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .clients .mncs.client-logo-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 14px;
    margin-top: 36px
  }

  .clients .client-logo {
    height: 118px;
    padding: 14px
  }

  .clients .client-logo img {
    max-width: 88%;
    max-height: 76px
  }
}

/* V46 — client logos supplied by the user: display originals without stretching */
.clients .client-logo img {
  max-width: 84%;
  max-height: 84px;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain
}

.clients .client-logo:nth-child(2) img {
  max-height: 82px
}

.clients .client-logo:nth-child(3) img {
  max-height: 76px
}

.clients .client-logo:nth-child(4) img {
  max-height: 76px
}

@media(max-width:720px) {
  .clients .client-logo img {
    max-width: 84%;
    max-height: 62px
  }

  .clients .client-logo:nth-child(2) img {
    max-height: 66px
  }
}

.desktop-nav a.active {
    color: #03507c;
    font-weight: 700;
    position: relative;
}

.desktop-nav a.active::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: -10px;
    height: 2px;
    background: #03507c;
}

.hero .hero-copy-block h1 {
    font-size: 52px !important;
}