Eifion Morris

Stephenson Harwood

State school-educated and from a family of miners and farmers, there’s plenty to say about Eifion Morris’s backstory, and that is without mentioning how he once nearly packed in his legal career to open a B&B in Berlin.

It has been a whirlwind first year for Stephenson Harwood’s new CEO, who has shown bravery in trying to do things differently. He has closed offices, hired and fired partners, and refreshed the firm’s global leadership team. He has also guided the firm through the pandemic on gut instinct just months after taking over from Sharon White.

Most recently, he set out his strategic vision for Stephenson Harwood, which includes a more honest approach about what the firm can offer its younger lawyers, and vice-versa. His easy-going demeanour matched with hard-working grit makes him a modern-day boss for a traditional firm, yet the latter’s reputation is something he is looking to change.

While it is still early days, with a testing financial year ahead, Morris’s desire to create a more modern, open and honest firm is something to applaud and observe with excitement. Watch this space.