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Steven Webb - company secretary and GC at Premier Farnell plc – on the business, international working and moving in-house
Andrew Chalkley – CEO and partner of Boyes Turner – on his career, being different, mergers, innovation and more
Mike Brown – senior partner at BLM – talks about the firm’s record financial results, its future direction & gender equality in the legal sector
Caroline Stevens – head of resourcing at Squire Patton Boggs – discusses the firm, its resourcing strategy and what law firms can do better when it comes to talent attraction
Sandra Wallace - DLA Piper country managing partner – on her new role, career and the UK’s place in the firm’s global business
Tim Halstead – managing partner of Shulmans – on his career, building the firm and being one of the UK’s longest standing managing partners
Jonathan Bourne – managing director of Damar Training – on why apprenticeships are so vital to the legal sector
Julie Gingell - partner and director of marketing and business development at St Albans and Mayfair based SA Law - on the firm, being one of the UK’s first non-lawyer partners and what guides her professional life
Mark Watts – joint managing partner of Bristows – on juggling fee earning & management, the firm’s revenues & its future
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BCL’s In-House Managing Director Mark Levine speaks to Sarita Patel about her experience of the SQE and her Qualifying Work Experience within the legal function of National Grid, one of the world’s largest electricity transmission and distribution businesses.
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To integrate AI into their working practices successfully legal organisations need to move from a “tech-first” to a “people-first” approach, says Jenny Hotchin, customer discovery lead at systems provider iManage
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As head of professional liability at Midlands-based Smith Partnership, Alison Neate specialises in professional negligence claims. Her journey with Smith Partnership began in 1994; she is now an owner of the business and today she shares her daily routine with The Brief.
