Legally Vocal

In part 2 of Episode 8, Nicholas d'Adhemar and Charlotte Henderson make predictions about the future of the legal profession. They share their thoughts on the long-term impact of the Covid-19 crisis on capital solutions, how the way in-house legal teams collaborate internally and externally will change over time, and what the biggest pressure felt by GSs in the next few years is going to be.

In this episode, Nicholas d’Adhemar welcomes Charlotte Henderson, General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer at All Seas Capital Partners. Nino and Charlotte talk about finding and executing new deals in times of a global pandemic. They also discuss the biggest challenges and expectations facing in-house teams today, the key characteristics of an effective in-house team leader and the role of change management in increasing tech fluency across the in-house legal team.

In part 2 of Episode 7, Nino welcomes back Private Equity heavyweight Phil Sanderson. Nino and Phil share their predictions for the future of private equity, both in terms of in-house legal teams and private practice. They touch on the long-term impacts of Covid-19 on in-house teams, the role of actionable data in demonstrating the value that external counsel brings, and the skills that in-house teams will need to double down on in the future.

In part 1 of Episode 7, Nino d'Adhemar welcomes Private Equity heavyweight, former Co-chair Private Equity at Ropes & Gray and Head of Private Equity at Travers Smith, Phil Sanderson. In this episode, Nino and Phil share their thoughts on how they expect the wider PE industry to respond to the consequences of the Covid-19 crisis. They also talk about the evolution of the legal function in PE and the role of effective working relationships between PE houses and their external counsel.

In the second part of episode 6 of Legally Vocal, Nino and Tom talk about how they see the demands of companies on their external counsel changing in the coming years.

They also share their thoughts on how the traditional billing model will evolve to allow for better communication and transparency, the role of actionable data in the relationship between in-house legal teams and firms, and how they see the value proposition of external legal counsel changing over the next five years.

In episode 6, Nino is joined by Tom Hambrett, Group GC at Revolut, who shares the story of how a trek in the Guatemalan jungle led to him joining the British FinTech scene. Nino and Tom also talk about the role of technology in managing a decentralised legal function in times of Covid-19, his approach to securing a seat on the board for Legal and how Revolut uses KPIs to demonstrate the value of Legal within the business.

For our fifth episode, Nino d’Adhemar is joined by current Law Society Deputy Vice President I. Stephanie Boyce. Stephanie is only the second in-house lawyer to be elected and as President of the Law Society and will take up the post in July 2021. They talked about her ambitions as President and her journey from practice to in-house and beyond.

We recorded this episode shortly after the UK went into coronavirus lockdown with both host and guest working from home. They discussed the professional adjustments that have been made, both personally and for the legal industry at large, and considered how the way we embrace and use technology could be a lasting legacy of this crisis.

Nino and Stephanie also spoke of the opportunities available for in-house legal teams to re-engineer the way they work, and how they can showcase the value they bring to their organisations.

For the second part of episode 4 of Legally Vocal, Nino d’Adhemar is joined again by Deputy General Counsel at the Bank of England, David Geen. This time Nino and David examine the motivations and benefits of moving in-house and their hopes for greater diversity in legal teams in 2025. They also talk about what firms can do to move towards a different approach to offer their lawyers a better balance and retain talent. As before, all views expressed during Legally Vocal are David's alone and are not representative of those of the Bank of England.

For episode 4 (part 1) of Legally Vocal, Nino d’Adhemar is joined by David Geen, Deputy General Counsel at the Bank of England. David talks about the multitude of challenges faced when managing legal risk across all elements of the Bank’s remit, including firm supervision, market infrastructure, resolution, and macroprudential policy enforcement. He also shares his experience of starting work at the Bank in the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote and describes the enormous task undertaken since to prepare the UK for the eventual exit from the European Union. All views expressed during Legally Vocal are David's alone and are not representative of those of the Bank of England.

In part 2 of Legally vocal's third episode, Nino welcomes back Dana Denis Smith, founder of Obelisk Support and first100years.org.uk. They talk about their shared experience of going from lawyers to entrepreneurs, the future makeup of the legal profession, and what needs to be done to encourage greater diversity at the board level.