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In the latest episode of The Crafty Show podcast, Crafty Counsel's Founder, Ben White sits down with Laura Jeffords Greenberg, Interim General Counsel at Worksome based in Denmark. Laura talks us through her incredible career journey in this episode. From starting out at the National Football League in New York and a brief stint in private practice in LA, to moving in-house once more, but across the world this time to Red Bull Media House in Austria. With such a variety of in-house legal roles between Europe and the US, Laura provides a look at her experiences, including cultural differences in new countries and adjusting to a new sector. This conversation also touches briefly upon technology, especially the potential of AI, for in-house legal teams. Subscribe to The Crafty Show wherever you get your podcast. Find comprehensive show notes for this episode (and more content) on the Crafty Counsel website. Join the Crafty Counsel Community to discover a space where in-house legal professionals can find joy, insight, and connection. Register on the Crafty Counsel website for free.
In the latest episode of The Crafty Show podcast, we delve into the world of Jordan Breslow, a seasoned former General Counsel whose expert advice and timely intervention saved his CEO from potential jail time. Jordan talks to us about his experience working in California’s flowering ecosystem of innovation and tech in the past decades. This conversation takes a focused look at Jordan’s time with Opsware and the role he played in preventing his CEO and one of the most important venture capitalists, Ben Horowitz, from facing prison. Jordan reflects on this experience - including the responsibility of the General Counsel in saying “no” when necessary, the question reporting lines for General Counsel, and building a culture grounded in transparency where people can speak up.Subscribe to The Crafty Show wherever you get your podcast. Find comprehensive show notes for this episode (and more content) on the Crafty Counsel website. Join the Crafty Counsel Community to discover a space where in-house legal professionals can find joy, insight, and connection. Register on the Crafty Counsel website for free.
In this episode of The Crafty Show, Ben White (Founder & CEO at Crafty Counsel) is joined by two guests - Sharon Harris, an experienced General Counsel turned Executive, and Alexandra Badel, Head of Legal for Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.During their time together at Costain, Alex and Sharon did something unusual by actually sharing the role of General Counsel. This conversation explores this experience and what in-house legal professionals can learn from it. Look at everything from the unexpected surprises, and reality of making it work, to Sharon and Alex's key advice for others considering job sharing.This episode was kindly sponsored by Taylor Root, a global legal, risk and compliance search and recruitment consultancy. At Crafty Counsel, we provide an authentic, collaborative community for in-house legal professionals seeking joy, insight, and connection in their careers. With members from across the globe, representing a diverse range of professional backgrounds, our community is a hub for sharing experiences and forming invaluable connections. You can register to join the Crafty Counsel community for free.
In this last episode of Season Two of The Crafty Show, we pulled together some of the nuggets of wisdom our interviewees shared with us. We asked whether there was any advice they had been given that they use….We spoke to several lawyers with fascinating career stories. We spoke to a former Olympic fencer and learned that no matter how successful you are, even the best lawyers can suffer from imposter syndrome. Explored how dyslexic thinking can be a great strength for a lawyer and can assist in the problem-solving part of the job. We discovered the charitable causes members of Crafty Counsel’s community are passionate about and give their time to as trustees. We even learned from in-house lawyers who support Saas and blockchain companies and spoke about Crypto and the metaverse.Counsel’s podcast focuses on the career journeys of in-house lawyers. Crafty Counsel is on a mission to spread joy, insight and connection for in-house legal professionals, and we host online and in-person events. Crafty Counsel's community of in-house lawyers meet up regularly, online and at in-person events, to discuss ideas, offer support and network. If you want to know more, why not sign up to the community?
In this episode of the Crafty Show, we are joined by Emma Haywood, Associate General Counsel at Babylon, an international digital healthcare company. Before joining Babylon’s in-house team in April 2021, Emma worked at the Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May for eight years. Emma graduated with a first-class degree in Modern and Medieval languages from the University of Cambridge. Emma is a mentor with The Social Mobility Foundation and leads a mentoring partnership between Babylon’s legal team and a mentoring charity called GROW. Among other things Emma talks about her career journey from the Magic Circle to in-house counsel in the healthcare sector, what she learned from moving in-house, her passion for social mobility and mentoring and what brings her joy. Emma is part of Crafty Counsel's community of in-house lawyers who meet up regularly, online and at in-person events, to discuss ideas, offer support and network. If you would like to know more why not sign up to the community?
In this episode of The Crafty Show, we are joined by Harpreet Kaur Mangat, in-house counsel at Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation). Before joining Sony in July 2019, Harpreet worked as in-house counsel at YouGov. She also worked at Amazon twice in the more recent role at the company, she focused on regulatory dispute resolution and also provided legal support to Amazon’s Advertising and Loss Prevention teams. Harpreet started her career as a paralegal in London before moving to New York City for work. A role as a paralegal at Japan Tobacco International brought her back to the UK again. She is one of the founding Trustees of Making Mum Proud, a charitable organisation that supports young students who lost a parent or guardian to meet their educational goals. Among other things Harpreet talks about her career journey, the highlights and challenges of working in-house, her work at Playstation and her passion for helping young people who have faced adversity. Harpreet is part of Crafty Counsel's community of in-house lawyers who meet up regularly, online and at in-person events, to discuss ideas, offer support and network. If you would like to know more why not sign up to the community?
In this episode, Ben White, the Founder of Crafty Counsel, is joined by Pav Gill, who was the Head of Legal for the Asia-Pacific region based in Singapore at the now defunct German fintech company Wirecard. Pav uncovered widespread fraud at the financial services provider and became a whistleblower. In 2018 Pav was forced out of the company after his efforts to conduct an internal investigation were thwarted. He then went to the media. Pav spoke to the Financial Times and the journalist who worked on the story, Dan McCrum, wrote a book about the widespread fraud at Wirecard called Money Men. Pav shares what he learned from his experience and what advice he would give to other in-house lawyers.
In this episode of The Crafty Show Renée Graham, Head of Content at Crafty Counsel is joined by Alex O’Connell, the Head of Legal and Company Secretary at FeverTree, a company that specialises in premium tonic waters and mixers. Alex first entered the drinks industry when he was seconded from the Magic Circle firm Freshfields to AB InBev. He joined the company’s legal department on a permanent basis. Before becoming a lawyer Alex enjoyed a successful career in fencing and took part in the 2008 Olympic Games as part of Great Britain’s fencing team. Among other things, Alex talks about how his athletic career influenced the kind of lawyer he is today and his experience of working on the major acquisition of SABMiller while in private practice.
In this episode, we are joined by Sam Lester, Director and Senior Legal Counsel at TD Securities, which is a leading Canadian investment bank and financial services provider that offers capital market and advisory services to corporate and institutional clients globally.Before joining TD Securities Sam was a Legal Director for Investment Banking and Capital Markets, for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Credit Suisse and before that Vice President – Investment Banking Legal (EMEA) at global investment banking firm, Jefferies, which is headquartered in New York.Among other things Sam talks about his career journey, the highlights and challenges of working in-house in investment banking and the best advice he has received.Sam is part of Crafty Counsel’s FTSE and Friends group. Crafty Counsel’s community of in-house lawyers meet regularly, online and at in-person events, to discuss the things that matter to them.
In this episode we are joined by Sebastian Goldsmith, General Counsel of Medigold Health, which is a leading occupational health and wellbeing service provider in the UK. Before joining Medigold Health in March 2020, Sebastain worked as a commercial associate at IFM Investors. He was a corporate solicitor at Latham & Watkins and he trained and qualified at Nabarro LLP. Among other things Sebastian talks about his career journey, the highlights and challenges of working in-house, neurodiversity in the workplace and his passion for legal tech.
In this episode of The Crafty Show, we are joined by Atik Ahmed, Head of Legal at the Marco Polo Network, which is a blockchain enabled trade finance platform company. Before joining the company in 2017, Atik worked in the insurance industry at Unum and Bupa and he trained at Pinsent Masons. Apart from being a lawyer, Atik is a keen sportsman and avid Crossfitter. Atik was also a keen student journalist and was shortlisted for an award by The Guardian newspaper for Student Sports Journalist of the Year in 2006. Among other things Atik talks about his career journey, the highlights and challenges of working in-house, working in blockchain and steering the legal function at a high growth company as it scales up.
In this’s episode of The Crafty Show , Crafty Counsel's In-house Legal Podcast, host Ben White, the founder of Crafty Counsel talks with guest Genevieve Landricombe, a Legal Transformation Director, about her career journey, and how she supports in-house legal teams to transform the legal function. Genevieve’s background is in financial services, technology and the legal industry. She leads high performing teams and helps them formulate strategies to deliver profit and sustainability in the business. Most recently Genevieve consulated on procurement for the Grosvenor Group, and before that for financial services provider Santander. Genevieve worked for the RBS for a number of years. She was the Deputy Head of Resilience and Continuity and a Senior Transformation Manager at the bank. She started her journey with the Royal Bank of Scotland doing legal sourcing. Among other things I’ll talk to Genevieve about her career journey, how she supports in-house legal teams to transform the legal function, her strategic and operational advice and how legal teams can illustrate their performance and value to the Board.
In this episode, Ben White, the founder of Crafty Counsel talks to Emma Norman, Senior Legal Counsel at Invesco, an asset management company. Emma spent 8 years at Freshfields and worked in restructuring and insolvency at the firm before she joined the in-house legal team at Invesco. In her spare time, Emma is a trustee for the Luminary Bakery, which is a charity and social enterprise in London that offers support and training, creates community and provides employment opportunities for women who have experienced social and economic disadvantage.Among other things Ben talks to Emma about her career journey, the highlights and challenges of working in-house, taking on in-house trainees at Invesco and using her skills to assist a charitable organisation. Emma is part of Crafty Counsel’s FTSE and Friends group. Crafty Counsel’s community of in-house lawyers meet regularly online and at in-person events to discuss the things that matter to them.
In this episode of The Crafty Show Ben White, founder of Crafty Counsel, is joined by Richard Moorhead, Professor of Law at the University of Exeter.Ben and Richard talk about recent ethical crises in UK businesses and what in-house lawyers can learn from them. Richard is an empirical legal scholar who focuses on lawyers’ ethics and regulation, the courts and legal services, and access to justice. He is interdisciplinary in his approach and his academic and policy interests encourage significant levels of public engagement. In particular, Richard is one of the UK’s experts on ethics for in-house lawyers. Many listening to this may have encountered Richard’s work on the Post Office scandal that has been a most unfortunate part of public life in the UK in recent years. Richard is part of a research team at Exter examining the Post Office scandal’s implications for corporate governance, lawyers’ ethics, and organisational culture.
In the first episode of the second season of The Crafty Show Ben White, the founder of Crafty Counsel, speaks to Max Garth, Senior Counsel and Director of Legal EMEA at Databricks and his colleague Ben Eastham, Senior Legal Counsel. Before joining Databricks both Max and Ben worked for a range of well known tech and SaaS companies. Max headed the legal team at Qumu Corporation, an enterprise video platform, he was theCorporate Counsel at Docusign and worked at DXC Technology. Ben Eastham worked in the legal team of the anti-virus software company McAfee, at Utility Warehouse and before that he was at Ernst and Young (EY). Databricks is a cloud based web platform that is used for processing large quantities of data and exploring that data by using machine learning models. Among other things Ben talks to Max and Ben about their work at tech companies, like Databricks, what legal tech tools they use, how they use data to measure performance and what valuable lessons they have learned in their careers.
In this week’s episode Renée Graham, Crafty Counsel’s Head of Content, is joined by Mel Scott who hosts her own podcast called Counsel, which is aimed at in-house lawyers. Mel is based in Brisbane, Australia and is a Senior Legal Counsel at global technology company Megaport. Mel started her legal career as junior lawyer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth where she advised private and public companies on corporate, securities and commercial matters. Mel then moved in-house to work as a legal counsel at the Brisbane Airport corporation and then pivoted into the technology sector when she joined Megaport in 2017. Mel has hosted Counsel, her highly recommended podcast, since April 2020. Mel talks to Renée about her in-house career journey, how she manages her time between being a full-time lawyer and her podcast side-hustle, and her advice on successfully implementing a new piece of legal tech. She also shares her thoughts on building a personal brand as an in-house lawyer and why it is important.
Welcome to this episode of the Crafty Counsel Show. Join Ben White (the founder of Crafty Counsel) as he speaks to Dr Funke Abimbola MBE, CEO and Founder of the Austen Bronte Consultancy, a global consulting firm whose main goal is to improve leadership by leveraging the impact of diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity, across the business world. Clients include many global household names including Levi Strauss & Co, Johnson and Johnson, Macquarie Bank and Sky.Funke’s illustrious professional career began in the legal sector, where her roles included being General Counsel and Head of Financial Compliance at Roche, the world’s largest biotech. She has also held various operational and commercial roles within the global pharmaceutical industry and solicitor roles in private practice. During this time, Funke won numerous awards as a leader and innovator in the legal sector and in particular for her work as a champion for diversity and inclusion. She received an MBE in 2017 for services to diversity in the legal profession and to young people. Since 2020, Funke has been focusing on her consulting and advisory business, and we’ll be talking today about opportunities for in-house lawyers to expand their horizons inside and outside of law, about diversity in the legal sector and what lawyers can do to drive change.
In this episode of The Crafty Show Ben White (Crafty Counsel’s Founder) speaks with Kate Sherburn, the Head of Legal at Who Gives a Crap based in Melbourne, Australia. Kate was the first in-house lawyer at Who Gives a Crap and was awarded ‘New In-house Lawyer of the Year’ by the Association of Corporate Counsel in Australia in 2020. Ben and Kate talk about balancing work and kids, what it’s like being the first in-house lawyer in a company, and why Kate cares about working for a mission-based organisation
“I think for us lawyers, sometimes giving away that title and that security and that training…and that identity that you've built all the way through…can be quite difficult.” Karen Kerrigan, Chief Operating Officer Moneybox. Karen Kerrigan has managed to do something many in-house lawyers want to do, which is to move to a business role. Karen is the COO at Moneybox, which is a savings and investment platform with more than 700,000 customers. Prior to Moneybox, Karen was the Chief Legal Officer and then COO at Seedrs, the well-known equity crowdfunding platform. She studied English at Oxford University before commencing her legal training. Karen worked in private practice at Simmons & Simmons before moving in-house. She talks to Ben about her career journey and transition from law to operations and what she learned along the way.
This is a special episode of the Crafty Show, a legal podcast hosted by Crafty Counsel. We hosted a discussion between Stephanie Wallace, General Counsel of MetroBank and Andrew Olsen, the sole General Counsel of Globacap. Stephanie and Andrew discuss how they see the role of the General Counsel evolving. Stephanie works with a legal team of ten people at a challenger bank. Prior to her role at Metro Bank she was Head of Legal at RateSetter, a peer-to-peer lending platform. Before moving in-house Stephanie spent several years in private practice as a regulatory lawyer.Andrew works as the sole General Counsel at Globacap, a capital lifecycle management platform. He trained and qualified as a capital markets lawyer and has worked in the finance and technology sectors for a number of years. Recently he started working with earlier stage businesses. He describes his role as “the legal equivalent of a GP” and deals “with everything from corporate, commercial, employment to IP”.You can read an article about the discussion here:https://craftycounsel.co.uk/blog/general-counsels-discuss-the-changing-nature-of-their-roleSee a short video of the discussion here:https://craftycounsel.co.uk/video/how-is-the-role-of-the-general-counsel-changing
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