The Lawyer
Name: Mei Lian Organisation: Paul Hastings Role: Partner, co-chair of London office Based: London Trained at: Linklaters Year qualified: 2000 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Being called “the most stupid trainee from the London office”. It really taught me a lot about resilience, and also, looking back, I learnt that it’s […]
Name: Derek Tong Organisation: Linklaters Role: Partner Based: London Trained at: Linklaters Year qualified: 2009 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? In September 2008, I joined the Linklaters derivatives and structured products team as a third seat trainee. This was at the exact time that Lehman Brothers went into administration (in relation […]
Name: Ilan Sherr Organisation: Aiscension / DLA Piper Role: Executive Director Based: London Trained at: SJ Berwin (as it was then called) Year qualified: 2004 (when NASA landed its Spirit Rover on Mars, and the Treaty for the Constitution of Europe was signed) What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Nearly dying in […]
Name: Sally Hulston Firm: Lewis Silkin Based: Manchester Role: Partner Trained at: Eversheds Year qualified: 2003 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? I have a few that are all sort of related! I started my training contract on 10 September 2001 and the world came to an abrupt halt the following day. […]
Name: Jason Beer KC Organisation: 5 Essex Chambers Role: Head of Chambers Trained at: 5 Essex Chambers Year qualified: 1992 What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? It was the first two weeks of my second-six pupillage. I was sent along to take a note on behalf of the police service at a high-profile inquest for those two […]
Name: Russell Wells Organisation: Clifford Chance Role: Partner Based: London Trained at: Clifford Chance Year qualified: 1990 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? This would have been when I was a trainee in Hong Kong in 1990. We had been contacted by Donald Trump’s lawyers who wanted us to take action to […]
“You might think you’re thinking your own thoughts. You’re not. You’re thinking your culture’s thoughts.” Jiddu Krishnamurti We need to talk about our culture’s thoughts. These have been called different things: the dominant world view; our metanarrative; the hegemonic paradigm. Whatever the terminology, it comes down to the prevailing way of thinking, the story we […]
Name: Marwa Elborai Organisation: Allen & Overy Role: Partner Based: London Trained at: NY law qualified. I summered at and started my career at Shearman & Sterling Year qualified: 2006 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? I vividly remember going to Sydney from New York for a documentary diligence trip for a […]
Sarah Walker-Smith proposes a manifesto for business the next government of the United Kingdom should adopt.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are three individual concepts which must be looked at in combination for their true impact in the workplace to emerge. A workplace where there is representation, but opportunities are only given to certain groups and only the perspectives of certain groups are valued or carry authority, may be a diverse workplace, […]
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In the UK, as elsewhere, the environment is in a parlous state. Deeply concerning adverse environmental trends continue. Urgent action is needed to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. Businesses often want to do the right thing and NGOs are active in the sector. Even so, the environment often lacks a ‘voice’, with few economic […]