The Brief talks to

Justin Crewe

Senior counsel at SSP

On his legal career, moving in-house and setting up his own fitness brands

Lucie Thornton – interim HR director at My Home Move – discusses the firm, the future of the conveyancing sector and what’s next for the business

Steven Webb - company secretary and GC at Premier Farnell plc – on the business, international working and moving in-house

Andrew Chalkley – CEO and partner of Boyes Turner – on his career, being different, mergers, innovation and more

Mike Brown – senior partner at BLM – talks about the firm’s record financial results, its future direction & gender equality in the legal sector

Caroline Stevens – head of resourcing at Squire Patton Boggs – discusses the firm, its resourcing strategy and what law firms can do better when it comes to talent attraction

Sandra Wallace - DLA Piper country managing partner – on her new role, career and the UK’s place in the firm’s global business

Tim Halstead – managing partner of Shulmans – on his career, building the firm and being one of the UK’s longest standing managing partners

Jonathan Bourne – managing director of Damar Training – on why apprenticeships are so vital to the legal sector

Julie Gingell - partner and director of marketing and business development at St Albans and Mayfair based SA Law - on the firm, being one of the UK’s first non-lawyer partners and what guides her professional life

Mark Watts – joint managing partner of Bristows – on juggling fee earning & management, the firm’s revenues & its future

DWF’s James Neale on his Britain’s Got Talent Journey