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How to Grow an Innovative & Inclusive Law Firm in 2021 – Vanessa Challess – Tiger Law – S4E18

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Vanessa Challess. Vanessa is the Founder and Director of Tiger Law. She’s also the Founder of Tiger HR and Tiger Bytez. The firm was founded on the principles of prioritising clients’ interests, championing diversity and inclusion, and forcing the legal profession to embrace the future. Based in Kent, the firm covers a range of practice areas; including company law, property law, family law and IP work.

July 19, 2021

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Thriving In Law Miniseries – Jodie Hill

In the first episode of our Thriving In Law Miniseries, Robert Hanna welcomed Founder and Managing Director of Thrive Law, Jodie Hill, onto the show. After originally training as a barrister, Jodie set up the employment law firm at just 29. She has put diversity and inclusion at the heart of its philosophy and agenda. She’s determined to push workplace wellbeing up the national agenda. As part of this, she’s appeared on the likes of the BBC, Sky News, The

January 13, 2021

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Forbes Features Miniseries – Olga Mack

In the final instalment of our Forbes Features Miniseries, our host Rob Hannamet the CEO of Parley Pro, Olga Mack. In addition to her demanding day-job at the helm of the collaborative contract management firm, she’s a speaker, author, blockchain strategist, women’s advocate and thought leader. During this in-depth miniseries finale, she explains to Rob her unconventional story and discusses her many initiatives as both a technologist and a lawyer. Some of the many topics covered include: Her background

December 17, 2020

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The Number One Club – Ania Rontaler & Emma Sutcliffe – S3E14

This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Ania Rontaler and Emma Sutcliffe. Ania is an M&A expert and Corporate Partner, and Emma is a top-quality Financial Markets Litigation Partner. Both Emma and Ania are Partners at the leading law firm, Simmons & Simmons, and together they co-head Simmons’ award-winning womens’ network, The Number One Club. The three of them discuss: Ania & Emma’s backgrounds and how they both got

November 2, 2020

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Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL) – Ranjit Sond – S3E7

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, Powered by KC Partners, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Ranjit Sond. Ranj is a Lawyer working for the Government Legal Department, a Visiting Lecturer at BPP, a member of British Association for Sport and Law and the current President of the Society of Asian Lawyers (SAL)! Rob & Ranj discuss a number of things, from Ranj’s bold decision to re-train as an internet/social media solicitor after 20 years as a personal injury

September 14, 2020

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Entrepreneur, Lawyer, Investor – Alice Stephenson – S3E6

This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our host Robert Hanna is joined Alice Stephenson. Alice is an entrepreneur, tech lawyer and angel investor passionate about all things inclusion and gender equality. Alice is straight-talking & authentic; she founded Stephenson Law in 2017 to create a law firm that does things differently. Along her amazing team they are tackling each stereotype head-on, Alice is leading the charge to build a forward-thinking, innovative law firm which puts people

September 7, 2020

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City Lawyer Turned Poet – Orin Begum – S2E24

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Orin Begum. Orin has attracted high profile media attention for her poetry work from the likes of the BBC. She currently works as a corporate finance lawyer for Clifford Chance in London. Orin stumbled into poetry at the University of Oxford as a way to address her experiences of being a South Asian Muslim woman in a predominately white middle-class university. Orin

July 13, 2020

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Black Antelope Law – Shaheen Mamun – S2E21

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Shaheen Mamun. Shaheen is a Lawyer, Legist, Leader who was recently Shortlisted as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ by the Modern Law Awards in 2020 & Millennial Entrepreneur! He co-founded The Black Antelope Group, alongside Simao Paxi-Cato, to provide Business to Business services in the Legal, Coaching, and Consultancy Sector. They support their Clients in achieving their objectives through a range of services that combine intelligence and

June 22, 2020

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Partner & Honarary Queen’s Counsel – Daniel Winterfeldt – S2E19

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Daniel Winterfeldt. Daniel has recently been recognised as Honorary Queen’s Counsel. This award is given to those who have made extraordinary contributions to the legal profession of England and Wales outside of the courts. Daniel is also a Global Capital Markets Partner, working for the Global Law Firm Reed Smith based in London; and Founder of the InterLaw Diversity Forum & the Forum for US Securities

June 8, 2020

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STRIVE – Sana Shafi – S2E11

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Sana Shafi. Sana is a Trainee at Travers Smith, popular law blogger, Presenter of the #StriveSpeaks Podcast, regular panellist at various diversity events, and Founder of Strive Consultants which in the space of one year has gone onto become a winner of the Legal Diversity Awards 2020 and a Finalist at the British Muslim Awards. STRIVE aims to redefine diversity beyond categories of race and gender and

April 13, 2020