The chief executive of Rouse shares his thoughts with The Brief about what makes a great IP practitioner, the role of AI in innovation, his firm’s plans for the future and how a highly mobile childhood equipped him for the challenges of leading an international intellectual property business.
Weightmans LLP’s first female managing partner tells The Brief about her firm’s plans to become a top 30 practice, the impact of private equity on the legal sector and her passion for social mobility.
The co-founders of Bexley Beaumont update The Brief on how their award-winning fee-share firm has grown while maintaining its vision and culture, and its journey to being accredited as a B-Corp.
Louis Charalambous talks to The Brief about his recently published book, Better Call Louis, which explores a career representing celebrities, facing down gangland bosses and pioneering new tactics to achieve justice for victims of industrial disease.
The COO of the pioneering fee-share practice Excello Law updates The Brief on the firm’s recent international expansion, the growth of its “House of Brands” offering and how its business model is positioning it to thrive in a volatile world.
Sara Barrett tells The Brief about her role as Talent Partner in the employment, pensions and immigration team at Mills & Reeve, her practice as an employment lawyer and what she looks for in new recruits to her team.
BCL’s In-House Managing Director Mark Levine speaks to Jessica Kilic, solicitor at Alfred H Knight, a provider of independent analysis and inspection services to the commodities industry, about qualifying in-house.
Former lawyer Avaneesh Marwaha has led the global legal software specialist Litera for almost a decade. He tells The Brief about the latest developments in the sector, overcoming AI fatigue, and how a legal background provides great preparation for a corporate leadership role.
BCL’s In-House Managing Director Mark Levine speaks to newly qualified solicitor Zaynab Rahman about qualifying in-house at the global mining giant Rio Tinto.
Danielle Ayres, Partner in the Employment Team at the North West commercial firm Primas Law, talks to The Brief about her specialism in pregnancy and maternity-related discrimination cases, setting up Pregnant and Protected and how the issue remains prevalent despite the post-pandemic shift to flexible working.
BCL’s In-House Managing Director Mark Levine speaks to James Bridge, Legal Counsel at Booking.com, about qualifying in-house via a graduate apprenticeship at the travel giant.
The Brief catches up with the CEO of Knights, who explains the implications of the private equity industry’s interest in law firms and why the resulting “corporatisation” will be a good thing.
