Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel Holly McKechnie I actually started practising law in California, way back in the dark ages. I moved over here for two years,…
Perspectives: Clare Murray, CM Murray Benjamin Gray When you began your legal career, why did you choose employment law? The 1990s felt like the Golden Age of…
‘The raconteur’s raconteur par excellence’: Industry mourns loss of ESG luminary Paul Watchman Nathalie Tidman ‘Have I told you my friend’s story about being a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz in Aberdeen in the…
Tax perspectives: Dan Neidle Georgina Stanley Why did you decide to become a lawyer and – why tax? I studied physics at university because I thought…
Life During Law: Jeroen Ouwehand Elisha Juttla I never thought I would be a lawyer. I’m from Amsterdam, and I did a student traineeship in 1991, which…
Deals perspectives: Andy Ryde Georgina Stanley Why did you want to be a deals lawyer and has it delivered what you expected? I like to be…
Life During Law: Paul Dolman Nathalie Tidman I certainly didn’t have a burning desire to be a lawyer from the age of five years old. I definitely…
Disputes perspectives: James Maurici KC Bethany Burns Oddly, I decided I wanted to become a barrister when I was ten years old. I’m not sure I entirely…
Disputes perspectives: Penny Madden KC Nathalie Tidman I didn’t study law at university. I studied history at Oxford. A huge love. I’ve loved debating since a young…
Disputes perspectives: Philippa Charles Holly McKechnie What made me decide to become a lawyer? Almost certainly watching Crown Court as a small child. Although it’s a…
Life During Law: Nick Vamos Mark McAteer Did I always want to be a lawyer? No. I didn’t think I wanted to sit behind a desk, so…
Life During Law: Karen Seward Megan Mayers I grew up in a shipbuilding town in the north. Barrow-in-Furness. Bill Bryson described it as ‘the very worst town…
Life During Law: Robbie McLaren Charles Avery University in my family was always something vocational. I hated science, so that was doctor and vet out the way.…
Keystone Law: Our Little Book Charles Avery ‘400 lawyers, 25 services, 19 sectors, one ethos.’ So says the mysteriously titled ‘Our Little Book’, which adorns the table…
Life During Law: Sara Maccallum Mark McAteer Boodle Hatfield is 300 years old this year. Weʼve had a number of events celebrating this milestone, all leading up…
Life During Law: Jeff Twentyman Megan Mayers I acquired through reading an interest in justice and the role law could play. One book I read in my…
Deals perspectives: Samantha Thompson Nathalie Tidman I saw a seagull trying to drink a glass of red wine the other day. I was at the House…
Deals perspectives: Sylvia Andriessen Nathalie Tidman In high school I got fascinated by courtrooms, the idea of standing in front of a judge and arguing! I’ve…
Deals perspectives: Nallini Puri Nathalie Tidman I wanted a career that appealed to my academic side but was also practical; set in real life. Law appealed…
Life During Law: Diala Minott Megan Mayers My mum is Syrian and my father’s Iraqi. I was raised in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. I was influenced by…
