How can you build and develop effective in-house legal teams tailored to support the business at different stages of growth? Our speakers will provide practical tips and lessons learned when scaling the legal function.
Amy is the Chief Legal Officer at Yoto, an interactive audio platform for kids, with over 10 years of experience working with SaaS companies. She specialises in advising and balancing internal and external stakeholders whilst building a diverse, collaborative and agile legal team.
Rohan is General Counsel of Pixel United, a world-leading mobile-first video games publisher with 3,500 people across 20 locations globally. He has eight years of experience building and leading full-service legal functions. He initially spent five years in the Corporate team at Linklaters before moving in-house and joining the Legal team at Tata Consultancy Services in New York and then London. Rohan subsequently joined LOC Group before joining Habito.
Henry is Chief Legal Officer at Babylon, a digital healthcare company. Henry’s practice area covers corporate, commercial, and data protection.
Henry started his career at Slaughter and May and worked in the corporate and commercial team, and prior to that studied undergraduate law and a masters in law at the University of Cambridge.
Daniel is the Deputy General Counsel at Revolut. He joined Revolut in 2017 as the Legal Counsel and is responsible for defining and executing the group's global legal and regulatory strategy. Since joining Revolut the team has grown to over 50 lawyers and paralegals.
Before joining Revolut, Daniel was at Fox Williams working in the Commerce and Technology department advising fintech clients.
Diversity and inclusion is a strategic priority for business leaders and high-growth companies. There is no one-size-fits-all solution when building a diversity and inclusion strategy. In this session, we will hear from GCs, who will share their experiences and knowledge.
Emily is the COO and interim CPO at Attest. Emily leads Finance, People, and Legal, Ops and talent at Attest. Emily also leads the Product and Engineering organisation on an interim basis. Originally a Fine Art graduate, Emily (re)trained and qualified as a commercial litigator at a top 10 international law firm before moving in-house in 2015 to specialise in being first/sole counsel to startups, building out and scaling central operational functions for hyper-growth businesses, before transitioning into a permanently Operational exec role. Emily has a broad range of experience of scaling with startups across multiple funding stages and industries, spanning from Edtech, to Developer tools, and Martech.
Julie is the Senior Counsel at Block Inc, a financial services and digital payment company.
She is a startup and fintech adviser, product counsel, and privacy specialist. Julie has worked for several high growth companies, including Zoopla, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, TrueLayer and Clearpay
Denise Nurse is an experienced leader, entrepreneur, commercial lawyer and life coach. She trained and qualified at Charles Russell, worked in-house at Sky, had a second career as a broadcaster for Sky News and BBC 1’s Escape to the Country and in 2007.
She advocates for diversity and inclusion, accessible education and economic empowerment.
Toby is the Head of Legal and Compliance at Divido. He leads a diverse and vibrant legal and compliance team in the fintech space. He is passionate about putting humans and logic at the heart of a successful legal function.
Prior to Divido, Toby was General Counsel at the travel tech company Snowfall and a legal counsel at BAE Systems. He joined from A&O where he spent 7 years in both London and the Middle East.
When the pressure is on, scaleups rely on their lawyers to keep cool heads and lead their colleagues through tricky projects. Our panellists will discuss how they implemented change in a scaling and high-growth environment.
Stephanie is a UK-qualified solicitor specialising in commercial and business law with over 20 years of experience. She has worked as General Counsel in the travel, telecommunications, technology and public relations industries. She is currently Vice President, Legal Operations & Special Projects at Snyk.
Francesca is General Counsel and Executive Team member at Onfido, a fast growth AI company who digitally prove people’s real identities using a photo ID and facial biometrics. Francesca trained and qualified at Hogan Lovells before spending several years in the Hewlett Packard legal team.
James is the General Counsel at Beacon and has over six years of experience helping companies create and scale up their legal functions.
He was previously the Head of Legal at Secret Escapes and Legal Counsel at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Before moving in-house, he started his career as an Associate at Hogan Lovells.
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Ken followed his successful career at Wilson Sonsini, where he served as a partner in the corporate/securities practice, with almost 20 years serving as General Counsel of companies in industries ranging from enterprise software and semiconductor test equipment to high-end security products and solutions.
As a GC, Ken guided his companies through matters including IPOs, acquisition and disposition transactions, complex litigation, data privacy and cybersecurity matters, and developing intellectual property portfolios. As an Executive Advisor at Wilson Sonsini, he focuses on clients that are ready to take it to the next phase of their business journey.
In a service-based function like legal, what are the top metrics to track? How do you set targets and measure against them, and what does success look like? And how do we set targets? This session will be interactive and informal, giving you the freedom to discuss and learn from your peers.
Stephanie has over a decade of experience working on strategic projects in the legal industry, in private practice, at LOD (the original ALSP), and since Summer 2021 in-house at TripleLift (an AdTech platform).
She focuses on process improvement, improving cross-functional collaboration, and identifying and implementing new tech solutions.
Nicolette is Associate General Counsel/DPO at Beamery, where she thrives on partnering with the business to enable Beamery to achieve its goals and live its values. She leads the day-to-day operations of an incredible legal team that supports sales, product, infosec, HR, finance, and marketing to provide practical, business-friendly advice.
Before that, Nicolette worked at world-class technology companies in San Francisco and New York City, including Celonis, Collibra, and Upwork.
Ahmed heads the legal function at GoCardless, an international recurring payments provider that takes the pain out of getting paid. Prior to joining GoCardless, Ahmed was most recently an attorney at Microsoft, and before that practiced infrastructure finance at Allen & Overy. He’s a tech addict and is passionate about leveraging new technologies in both his work and personal life.
In this keynote session, hear directly from Carolyn Jameson, a legal leader who has seen the whole journey to scale and beyond. She will share their experiences and provide insights into her role as the risk guardian at the earliest stages of the business, right through to the commercial giant she became.
