‘You’re never done’ – Simmons’ Hoyland on finding the firm’s identity and what’s next
‘You’re never done. I’ve been at this for 14 years and I’ve still got a long list of things to…
Life During Law
Life During Law – Simon Levine
I didn’t grow up with law in my life. I come from a non-professional background and my parents didn’t go…
Life During Law – Penny Angell
In my second year studying law at university, I fell in love twice. Not only did I meet my future…
Life During Law: Freshfields’ London head Mark Sansom
I nearly drowned in a river in Wales when I was four. It had been raining a lot and the…
Life During Law: Nick Scott
I’m the only one in my immediate family who isn’t a scientist – they’re all biologists and engineers. My grandfather,…
Life During Law: Scott Hopkins
When I was 18 I left Vancouver to play ice hockey in university in Japan. That got me off on…
A&O’s Wim Dejonghe on mergers, money and his plans for life after law
I wanted to go into sports. I was a sailing instructor, close to professional. But then I had knee issues,…
Life During Law: Richard Lever
The Godfather is a great film. Tom Hagen was a bit of an inspiration. There’s that scene where he turns…
Life During Law: Natasha Luther-Jones
When I was 12, I was a competitive swimmer, and I used to swim every morning before school. If you’re…
Life During Law: Sandra Paul
I head up our criminal defence and police investigations team as well as our sexual misconduct in the workplace practice.…
Life During Law: Georgia Dawson
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be when I was growing up. I went through periods of thinking maybe…
Life During Law: Simon Beswick
I’m one of three brothers. My middle brother David has just retired as partner of Eversheds. Ever since we were…
Life During Law: David Patient
My father was a consultant obstetrician, his brother was an accountant, but I was rubbish at science and didn’t like…
Life During Law: Anu Balasubramanian
I come from a family of lawyers. My father was a lawyer and a judge, and my brother followed in…
Life During Law: Samantha Mobley
My family story is not one of generations of lawyers. My great grandfather was a coal miner in Wales. I…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer
I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer
I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
Life During Law: Scott Simpson
We had Skadden’s 30th anniversary party at Kensington Palace. Very cool. I’ve been here most of those 30 years. I…
Life During Law: David Pester
My family background is in market trading, selling goods and services, so perhaps I would have gone into that if…
Life During Law: Segun Osuntokun
I was born in Nigeria as one of five children. My parents were medical doctors. My father was one of…