Legally Speaking Podcast

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by, Rosie Burbidge. Rosie is an Intellectual Property Lawyer & Partner at gunnercooke LLP. Rosie has written a high profile book called European Fashion Law: From Start-up to Global Success and regularly writes for popular IP blogs and publications. Rosie has been recognized one of 20 Women in IP from aroun...

Send us a text Every great start-up company is built around a big idea, some product or service that didn't exist in the world and a passionate founder who wanted to bring that idea to reality. In the first episode of our 4 part “Starting a Start-Up” Miniseries our host Rob Hanna hears from Guy Stern, Founder of Legal Connection on the origin of his big idea and why he eats, sleeps and breathes Le...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was delighted to be joined by Gareth Stephenson. Gareth is the CEO & Co-Founder of Top 3 Legal, an online platform that is redefining how businesses find external lawyers to work with and how they manage ongoing relationships, informed by knowledge and trust! Gareth is also a former Corporate M&A Partner at Freshf...

Send us a text For our final episode in the Aspiring Lawyer Miniseries on the Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our Head KC Ambassador Harrison Wilde is joined by Adam Richards. Adam graduated from the University of Plymouth in 2019, before moving on to study his LPC and LLM at the University of Law in Exeter which he completed in 2020. Adam will commence his Training Contract with...

Send us a text In our latest episode of the Aspiring Lawyer Miniseries on the Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our Head KC Ambassador Harrison Wilde is joined by Idin Sabahipour. Idin began his Training Contract with CMS in August 2020. He graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2017 and later studied his LPC and MSc in Law, Business and Management which he completed in 202...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna was joined by Johnny Shearman. Johnny is a Professional Support Lawyer at Signature Litigation, with expertise in all aspects of dispute resolution. He was the Co-Editor of the Chambers & Partners UK Litigation Global Practice Guide 2019 and recently Co-Authored the feature article on the Disclosure Pilot Scheme fo...

Send us a text In our latest episode of the Aspiring Lawyer Miniseries on the Legally Speaking Podcast, powered by KC Partners, our Head KC Ambassador Harrison Wilde is joined by Amelia Mah. Amelia is a Future Trainee Solicitor at CMS and will commence her Training Contract in August 2021. She graduated from the University of Dundee in 2020 and will begin her Diploma in Professional Legal Practice...

Send us a text This is a special Minisode on the Legally Speaking Podcast, Powered by KC Partners. In this Minisode, our host Robert Hanna is joined by CEO of the London Legal Support Trust, Nezahat Cihan, to talk about the 2020 London Legal Walk 10X Challenge and how you at home can get involved. The London Legal Support Trust works to support law centres and legal advice agencies in London and t...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Katie Alexiou. Katie is the Co-Founder and Director of LEVEL, a top-ranked lending boutique firm with excellent in house family law expertise, where they strive to make the route to financing legal costs the least stressful part of a challenging process! Katie is also a Divorce Consultant at Katie Alexiou Di...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast Miniseries, powered by KC Partners, our host Harrison Wilde is joined by guest feature, Amber Parslow. Amber is a Future Trainee Solicitor at Baker McKenzie and will commence her Training Contract in September 2022. She graduated from Cardiff University in 2017 achieving a First Class Honours in her LLB. Since early 2018, Amber has worked as...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast Miniseries, powered by KC Partners, our host Harrison Wilde is joined by guest feature, Simranjeet Kaur Mann. Simranjeet studied her LLB at the University of Bristol before completing her LPC LLM at the University of Law where she obtained a distinction. Simranjeet received 3 training contract offers, completed 3 vacation schemes, and has ha...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, 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 in...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast Miniseries, powered by KC Partners, our host Harrison Wilde is joined by guest feature, Shannon Tong. Shannon studied her LLB at QMUL followed by her LLM in Medical Law. She has recently finished her LPC gaining a distinction. Shannon has worked at Irwin Mitchell as a Paralegal for the last two years and currently works as a Legal Advisor fo...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast Miniseries, powered by KC Partners, our host Harrison Wilde is joined by guest feature, Matthew Berrick. Matthew has recently accepted his Training Contract offer with Pinsent Masons, which he will commence in September 2022 in their London Office. Matthew is the Co-Founder of The Legal Line Up, which is a platform designed to provide studen...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, 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 s...

Send us a text In this episode, our host Rob Hanna is joined by KC Partner's Head of Banking & Finance and Employment, Adam North, and Founder of The Business Update, Ludo Lugnani, who have collaborated to found The Legal Update, a disruptive provider of legal news, content and analysis. Adam & Ludo discuss the reasons behind founding the TLU newsletter, ideas for TLU and an exciting givea...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined Angela Han. Angela is obsessed with all things health, she is a healthcare lawyer, personal trainer, wellness coach, and a yoga instructor. Angela also is the Host of the highly popular "Fit to Practice" Podcast! Angela is on a mission which we fully support at the Legally Speaking Podcast, which is to see mo...

Send us a text This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Daniel Lo. Daniel is a triple-qualified Private Equity Lawyer currently working for UBS, based in Singapore. He is qualified in Canada (Alberta and Ontario), England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands. Daniel previously worked as an in-house counsel at a private equity firm in Hong Kong and as a co...

Send us a text Chris Daw QC - Justice on Trial: Radical Solutions for a System at Breaking Point... This week on our Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna is joined by Chris Daw QC. Chris is one of the UK’s leading barristers, specialising in criminal law, serious fraud, business regulation and professional discipline. Chris was called to the Bar in 1993 and was appointed as Queen’s Coun...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by the amazing Gordon Chung. Gordon is the Founder of the GlobalLawyersConnect a global platform that makes navigating law career paths easier for lawyers across the world. He is a LinkedIn Legal Influencer, he was raised in Hong Kong, moved to Cambridge University to complete his postgraduate Master of Corpora...

Send us a text To kickstart Season 3, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Georgie Twigg MBE. Georgie is an Associate in the sports team at the law firm Bird & Bird in London. Prior to this Georgie had a highly successful hockey sporting career playing as a midfielder for England and Great Britain from 2010 to 2016. In that time, Georgie achieved so much including: A Gold medal at the Rio 2016 Summ...

Send us a text Our Head KC Ambassador Harrison Wilde is beginning a new miniseries featuring aspiring lawyers. To kick off the miniseries, Harry interviews Hadiyah Shah, the winner of our recent essay competition. Hadiyah submitted the best essay on 'How do you think the legal sector will adapt to life after COVID-19?'. You can read Hadiyah's essay entry on the KC website, alongside the other top...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna was joined by Jason Crowell. Jason amongst many things is a multi-award-winning lawyer currently operating as the Managing Partner of his own law firm Peace Crowell. Peace Crowell is a boutique firm specialising in advising developers, contractors, utilities, and government entities on complex projects in the United State...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, 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 w...

Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Jodie Hill, Founder & Managing Director & Employment Solicitor at Thrive Law. Jodie’s work to date has led her to number of nominations for various awards including a nomination for Woman Lawyer of the Year and being shortlisted for Gazette Legal Personality of the Year in 2018 at The Law Society Exce...