In Episode 18 of the Legal Genie Podcast, your host, Lara Quie, is in conversation with Geoff Dunnett. Geoff is Managing Director and part of the founding team at Shieldpay, a payment solutions fintech company.  Geoff is a qualified solicitor and practised as a Project Finance lawyer at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Mayer Brown International LLP, before working as an independent legal consultant to start-ups and as a Business Associate for the Techstars-Barclay’s tech accelerator.   Geoff has led the business and product development of Shieldpay's award-winning Third-Party Managed Account and Corporate Escrow offering, including building partnerships and gaining the support of key industry stakeholders. During the conversation, Geoff shares: ·         His background growing up in Luxembourg and being half English and half French. ·         Going to university to study French and German. ·         Going to law school to do the GDL and doing a mini pupillage. ·         Becoming a trainee ISDA negotiator at SocGen? ·         Getting his training contract at Mayer Brown International and choosing what to qualify into. ·         Becoming an associate at Millbank and working really hard. ·         Starting a side hustle with a friend advising start-ups. ·         Joining General Standards and working as a consultant to create a semi-automated law firm. ·         Moving to Techstars-Barclays Tech Accelerator as a Business Associate and meeting Pete, the founder of Shieldpay. ·         What Shieldpay offers and the problems it solves.  ·         The future for Shieldpay and its plans for international expansion including to Singapore.  You can connect with Geoff Dunnett: By email: [email protected] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffdunnett1/Podcast - The Shieldcast - https://resources.shieldpay.com/en-gb/podcasts where he interviews leading legal and fintechs.Shieldpay’s latest transaction management e-book can be found here: https://resources.shieldpay.com/transaction-management-ebook  Also:·         If you liked this episode, please rate the show, and leave a review wherever you listen to your podcasts to help the Legal Genie reach a wider audience. ·         Look out for the next episode coming soon. You can connect with Lara Quie for executive coaching as follows: ·         On LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraquie/ ·         Through her website: https://www.laraqassociates.com/ ·         You can also listen to Lara’s other podcast, The Coach Potatoes on Apple Podcasts here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/coach-potatoes-podcast/id1529949563/ If you have a question or guest idea, please do drop Lara a line at [email protected] Lara Q Associates A boutique business and executive coaching consultancy