As part of The Lawyer’s Business Leadership Series, Reed Smith’s EUME managing partner Tamara Box says the lockdown experience will make it easier to convince remaining sceptics that remote working has no effect on productivity levels What does a post COVID-19 world look like for Reed Smith? We were already on a path to redesign […]
Macfarlanes’ chief knowledge and innovation officer Chris Tart-Roberts speaks to The Lawyer about the legal profession of tomorrow, as part of the Business Leadership Series. Who do you envision being the next big revenue generators in law firms after lawyers? We’re already seeing diversification within firms in terms of the range of professionals who contribute to […]
Lewis Bowman, director of Axiom, an alternative legal services provider
Matthew Kellett, partner and head of EY’s FS legal practice
Simon Coles, GC at peer-to-peer lender company Growth Street
As a university student, I must admit that my aspirations were not to be a child abuse solicitor. I knew I wanted to be a high street solicitor who helped ‘Joe Bloggs’ but that was about as far as it went. I also didn’t know, at the time, that being a solicitor was much more […]
Mona Arshi is a prize-winning poet and former human rights lawyer. She recently won the Forward prize for best first collection. You began your training contract at JR Jones in the same week that Doreen and Neville Lawrence instructed the firm on the murder of their son Stephen. How did that time influence the rest […]
If you’ve been following this series the last two questions you will have asked yourself are: ’Which marketing and BD activities suit your personality best?’ and ’Which potential sources of work (current clients, new clients or referrals) are most likely to be productive for you and your practice?’ If you haven’t been following this series, don’t […]
Many of us look forward to Christmas and the excitement it brings but this is not the case for everyone and even those of us who get swept up in the preparations, parties and entertaining can have a nagging sense of anxiety about a time of year when emotions can run high and the usual […]
Hays general counsel for UK and Ireland Evelyn Styles tells The Lawyer why she chose a role in-house over private practice. Did you start your career in-house? I trained at a small high street practice and it gave me first hand experience of dealing with all aspects of legal maters, such as contract and commercial […]
Travis Perkins general counsel Deborah Grimason grew up around business – though she’d be the first to admit that her father’s bakery delivery business in rural Northern Ireland was a far cry from the FTSE 100 company she now guides through legal minefields. Grimason knew two things growing up: that she wanted to enter a profession […]
Natalie Sherborn left the criminal bar and is now a senior associate at defamation and reputation management firm Schillings. She tells us about how and why she made the move. What’s your background? I went to a state comprehensive school in Essex. I don’t know if anyone in our family even knew what a barrister was, […]