Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel
I actually started practising law in California, way back in the dark ages. I moved over here for two years,…
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Perspectives: Clare Murray, CM Murray
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
‘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
Why did you decide to become a lawyer and – why tax? I studied physics at university because I thought…
Life During Law: Jeroen Ouwehand
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
I acquired through reading an interest in justice and the role law could play. One book I read in my…
Life During Law: Diala Minott
My mum is Syrian and my father’s Iraqi. I was raised in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. I was influenced by…
Deals perspectives: Samantha Thompson
I saw a seagull trying to drink a glass of red wine the other day. I was at the House…
Deals perspectives: Sylvia Andriessen
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
I wanted a career that appealed to my academic side but was also practical; set in real life. Law appealed…