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Career paths for in-house: from lawyer to CEO/founder

Hosted by Tom Bangay
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โ€‹What are your career options as an in-house lawyer? In this session we'll talk with three lawyers who stopped practising and became founders of their own businesses. Join us to hear from:

  • โ€‹Julia Salasky: formerly a lawyer at the UN, having started her career at Linklaters, Julia is the CEO and founder of CrowdJustice and Legl.io

  • โ€‹Olivia Ferdi: having been an associate at Allen & Overy, Liv was Principal Legal Counsel at Farfetch before co-founding TRIP (drink-trip.com) in 2019.

  • โ€‹Janvi Patel: formerly an in-house employment counsel, Janvi co-founded the ALSP Halebury with Denise Nurse, selling it to Elevate in 2019.

โ€‹We'll discuss the transition from trusted business adviser to business owner - what skills transfer, what lessons were learned, and what advice can they offer budding legal entrepreneurs? Join us to find out.