Kim Simmonds

Law 365

Eight years ago, Kim Simmonds debuted a law firm devoted only to Microsoft partners. With over 20,000 businesses associated with the software giant in the UK alone, she was onto something.

An M&A lawyer by training, when she started serving her husband’s business, which was part of the Microsoft Partners network, word spread and other businesses signed up for her advisory niche. Simmonds launched Law 365 in 2014, catering exclusively to this tech-savvy clientele. Law 365 operates through monthly subscriptions based on outcomes rather than hours, fixing a cost in the budget. Clients can decide the number of credits they need per month to meet their legal needs. Each credit pays for an outcome, from start to finish, no matter how long it takes to finalise the work.

Law 365 now works with over 50 Microsoft Partners. Simmonds’ business has quadrupled the number of clients it serves over the past year and has grown from four employees to 17. An advocate for diversity, Simmonds has also been focusing on hiring women who took career breaks so that they can get back into the market, with female professionals making up over half the business’s headcount.