Lessons I Learned in Law
Scott Brown is a 'recovering lawyer'. Following years working in international law firms, Scott now runs Heriot Brown, a Legal Recruitment business. His extensive discussions with people across the legal profession have given him insight into what makes lawyers tick. Now, Scott shares those insights with you - to help you in your career. On each episode Scott invites guests to leave their egos at their door, share their professional successes and challenges, as well as the lessons they've learned in law. Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment. Follow Heriot Brown:Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram
Episodes
112 episodes
Lean Into Your USP: Dean Nash at Banco Santander on Momentum, Leadership and Legal Transformation
Dean Nash, Global Chief Operating Officer for Legal at Banco Santander, joins Scott Brown to share practical leadership lessons from operating at scale within one of the world’s largest legal functions.In this episode of Lessons I Le...
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Season 9
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Episode 3
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39:13
🎙️ Insight Over Information: Justine Campbell at National Grid on Context, Integrity and Leading at Scale
Justine Campbell, Chief Legal Officer at National Grid, joins Scott Brown to share grounded leadership insights from operating at the centre of a complex, global energy business.In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Justi...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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46:46
Beyond the Title: Kevin Massie on Earning Your Seat at the Table as GC of a FTSE 30
Season 9 of Lessons I Learned in Law opens with a candid and wide-ranging conversation with Kevin Massie, Chief Legal, Risk, Governance and Compliance Officer at Imperial Brands PLC, a FTSE 30 business with 25,000+ employ...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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44:37
We are LIVE! With Jim Reid, CLO at Fortis Inc.
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues!This week, Scott is joined by Jim Reid, Chief Legal Officer at Fortis, the $35bn North American utilities group headquartered in Newfoundland, Canada. Jim’s career shi...
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Season 8
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Episode 11
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53:03
Stephanie Lopes, Chief Legal Officer at Volt.io on Courage, Clarity & Stepping Into Leadership
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Stephanie Lopes, Chief Legal Officer at Volt.io, ...
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Season 8
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Episode 10
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46:47
General Counsel and Executive Team Member at Fugro, Katja Fenton on Leadership, Integrity, Allyship & Stepping Into the C-Suite
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Katja Fenton, General Counsel and Executive Team Member ...
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Season 8
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Episode 9
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48:29
🎙️ Build, Don’t Brew: Andy Cooke on Product Thinking, Influence & Culture at Perk
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Andy Cooke, Chief Legal Officer at Perk, the glob...
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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51:38
Perception, Empathy & AI: Carolyn Herzog on Leadership and Legal Innovation at Elastic
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Carolyn Herzog, Chief Legal Officer and Board Secretary ...
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Season 8
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Episode 7
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44:17
🎙️ Courage, Culture & Humanity: Emily Barker on Leading Global Legal at Arcadis
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Emily Barker, Global General Counsel and Executive Commi...
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Season 8
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Episode 6
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52:00
Defining Legal’s Value: James Sullivan on Leadership, Risk and Reinvention in the Crypto Era
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by James Sullivan, an experienced General Counsel and busin...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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41:34
🎙️ From General Counsel to Managing Director: Jonathan Cope on Reinvention and Leadership at RSA Group
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Jonathan Cope, Managing Director of the Specialty Lin...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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43:00
🎙️ Belief, Balance & Boldness: Portia Thornhill on Leadership and AI at Elixirr
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal-AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott is joined by Portia Thornhill, General Counsel and Partner at Elix...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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46:04
🎙️ Be Bold, Build Your Network: Frankie Williams on Leading Legal in AI at DeepL
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law continues in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal AI platform built for in-house teams.This week, Scott Brown is joined by Frankie Williams, Chief Legal...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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39:08
Multiple Truths Can Be True: Emilie Mathieu on Leading at Checkout.com
Season 8 of Lessons I Learned in Law kicks off in partnership with Wordsmith AI, the legal AI platform built for in-house teams.Emilie Mathieu, General Counsel at Checkout.com, joins Scott Brown to share her journey from ...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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38:12
Over-Communicate and Find a Way: Doug McClure on Legal Leadership in Defence at Northrop Grumman
Doug McClure, Senior Counsel at Northrop Grumman, shares lessons learned from more than two decades of in-house practice across heavy industry, infrastructure, and now one of the world’s largest aerospace and defence contractors.Doug ref...
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Season 7
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Episode 14
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30:43
🎙️ Make Your Boss Look Good: Nick Havers on Leadership, Curiosity and Visibility at Lockton
Nick Havers, General Counsel for Europe and now also Managing Principal at Lockton, the world’s largest privately owned insurance brokers, shares three sharp, experience-driven lessons shaped across more than a decade in the insurance broking s...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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46:07
Focus on the stuff that matter: Law is Only Interesting to Lawyers: Pola Karolczyk on Communication, Courage and Career Shifts
Pola Karolczyk, General Counsel and Chief People Officer at Cowboy, joins Scott to share her dynamic legal journey: from competition law in Poland and US law firms, to regulatory work at Apple, and now building the legal and peopl...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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40:13
🎙️ Everything is Figureoutable: Tara Haig on Saying Yes, Showing Up, and Scaling as GC at Multiverse
Tara Haig, General Counsel at Multiverse, joins Scott to reflect on a legal career driven by curiosity, courage, and instinct. From saying yes to opening a New York office two years post-qualification to leading legal, privacy, and governance f...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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39:16
🎙️ Eat Your Own Dog Food: Shelley McKinley on AI, Ambiguity, and Owning the Grey Areas
Shelley McKinley, Chief Legal Officer at GitHub and Vice President at Microsoft, joins Scott to share career-defining lessons from two decades at the sharp edge of tech, innovation, and regulation. Now leading GitHub’s global legal,...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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45:59
🎙️ Forget the Patriarchy and Other Lessons in Leadership – Sam Plant, CLO at Müller UK*
Sam Plant, Chief Legal Officer at Müller UK & Ireland, brings a refreshing mix of humility, insight and honesty to this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law. From risk-taking in legal advice to speaking up about gender inequality, S...
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1:03:55
🎙️ Be Liquid, Fill Gaps: David Flavell on Global Experience and Strategic Influence at PepsiCo
David Flavell, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at PepsiCo, shares practical, hard-earned insights from a legal career that has spanned the globe—from Melbourne to Shanghai, Dubai to New York—culminating in one of the most senior legal r...
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1:06:09
🎙️ Trust Your Gut: Jorrit de Haan on Building Legal from Scratch at Mollie
Jorrit de Haan, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Mollie, joins Scott to share the honest highs and hidden challenges of building an in-house legal function from the ground up.Jorrit stepped into his first GC role at Mollie in 2...
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43:33
🎙️ Healthy Laziness & Win-Win Lawyering: Roel Staes on 22 Years at FedEx
Roel Staes, until recently General Counsel International at FedEx, joins Scott to reflect on a 22-year in-house legal career that scaled from Benelux counsel to overseeing a 500-strong international legal, regulatory, security, and government a...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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54:13
🎙️ No Jobs for Life: Emma Moloney on Crisis Leadership, Career Pivots, and Speaking Human
Emma Moloney, experienced General Counsel and in-house leader across media and tech, joins Scott to reflect on a career that has spanned continents, contracts, and crises. From early GC roles at National Geographic Channel and News UK, to launc...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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47:15
From M&A to Merlot: Jane Hyde on Embracing Career Detours and Speaking Human
Jane Hyde, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary at RWS Group PLC, shares a refreshingly non-linear legal career that took her from City law to investment banking, via a sabbatical in wine tasting — all the way to the executive team of a ...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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49:04
