In this episode of The Crafty Show, Renée Graham, the Head of Content at Crafty Counsel is 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...

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...

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...

In this episode, Renée Graham, the Head of Content at Crafty Counsel is 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...

In this episode Renée Graham, Head of Content at Crafty Counsel, is 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...

In this episode of The Crafty Show Renée Graham, the Head of Content at Crafty Counsel is 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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 this fourth episode Ben is joined by Emma Jelley.  Prior to moving to Helsinki in 2018, Emma's legal roles included being the General Counsel at Onfido, and General Counsel for UK and Ireland at Google. Emma shares how while working at the international  law firm Hogan Lovells she was seconded to Gucci and GlaxoSmithKlein and decided to move in-house.  In 2007 Emma joined a then fairly lean legal team at Google’s London offices in 2007 where she worked for nearly a decade.  Emma worked...

In this third episode Ben is joined by Katie Power.  Katie has had a super interesting career journey.   She has done what many lawyers, particularly in-house lawyers, aspire to.  She has been the consultant General Counsel to various exciting startups, some of them household names. And her portfolio career includes not only being a general counsel for those companies, but also pursuing her own interests such as being a pilates teacher.  She originally trained at Norton Rose Fulbright after...

Welcome to the Crafty Show, a legal podcast. Produced by Crafty Counsel, a digital media company and community with the aim to spread joy, connection and insight to in-house lawyers.  Join Crafty Counsel’s founder Ben White as he speaks to lawyers who have left private practice, often to join in-house legal teams, about their career journeys. In the second episode Ben talks to Ann Silla, a senior legal counsel who trained and then qualified at Linklaters in the private equity corporate...

Welcome to the Crafty Show, a legal podcast.  Produced by Crafty Counsel, a digital media company and community with the aim to spread joy, connection and insight to in-house lawyers.  Join Crafty Counsel’s founder Ben White as he speaks to lawyers who have left private practice, often to join in-house legal teams, about their career journeys. In this first episode Ben talks to Toby McCrindle, Head of Legal and Compliance at Divido, one of Europe's fastest growing fintechs.  Prior to...