#TalkToMayo
London's soon to be number 1 legal industry podcast, hosted by London's 17th best legal recruiter (self appointed) Chris Mayo. Chris speaks with interesting, inspiring, and often entertaining guests from in and around the legal industry.
Episodes
28 episodes
# 22 Geraint Lloyd-Taylor - Legal500 - Advertising & Marketing Law: 'Next Generation Partner'.
My chat with Geraint Loyd-Taylor, a Legal500 - Advertising & Marketing Law: 'Next Generation Partner', takes us on a journey through his legal career, and also into the world of advertising law. We talk about:- Training contracts;
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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56:19
# 21 Laura Brunnen - "The Legal Strategist" Part 2
Laura Brunnen spent 20+ years in the City as a “ticked all the boxes and then some” top corporate lawyer. She has first hand experience from some of the biggest names in Corporate Law including Slaughter and May, and Kirkland & Ellis....
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40:29
# 21 Laura Brunnen - "The Legal Strategist" Part 1
Laura Brunnen spent 20+ years in the City as a “ticked all the boxes and then some” top corporate lawyer. She has first hand experience from some of the biggest names in Corporate Law including Slaughter and May, and Kirkland & Ellis....
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50:13
#20 Lauren Murrell - Founder BySarah London
Leaving biglaw and founding a cosmetics brand with your sister is a story worthy of a legal caeers podcast, but what Lauren had to survive in order to get there makes her journey all the more incredible.Lauren's story makes you realise ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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45:38
#19 Oliver Bretz - Competition Lawyer, Founder of Euclid Law
One of the most candid interviews you'll hear from a Partner, and Law firm founder on the reality of Legal Practice in Biglaw. The episode charts the story of a Biglaw Partner who truly loves his work, but when it got in the way of his marriage...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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45:00
#18 Molly O'Donnell
Molly O'Donnell is an Adviser at Fortress Wealth Partnership Ltd. She has a niche in the legal sector advising lawyers on how to manage their finances better. Molly and I discuss what lawyers are doing wrong with their financial planning and ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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45:07
#17 Alistair "AJ" Campbell - Sports Lawer at Level
AJ is a sports Lawyer at Newlaw boutique Level (specialists in sports and media), we get into his story of leaving behind the world of Biglaw to follow his sports law dreams.
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:05:10
#16 Philip Flynn - Founder PF Solicitors, Legal Design, Consulting, Entrepreneurialism, Disrupting the market
Philip Flynn is a legal entreprenuer and one of the first lawyers to start an alternative legal service business in the Republic of Ireland. Philip shares his take on legal entrepreneurialism , his story and journey from Private Pr...
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38:59
# 15 Alex Hamilton - Leaving Biglaw, Setting up Radiant Law, Lean Thinking, autodidactism, why Law firm content is boring, recommended reading
Alex Hamilton (Twitter @alexhamiltonrad) is the CEO of Radiant Law a Newlaw firm that he set up alongside others after his career in Biglaw (ex Partner at Latham & Watkins). Inspired by Lean thinking principles, the writing of ...
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45:16
# 14 - Gareth Farrelly, International Footballer to Lawyer
Interview with Gareth Farrelly charting his journey from professional football to law.
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46:23
#13 - Mayo on the market (short)
Short solo episode, sharing the word on the street in the legal market and the topics that lawyers are talking about right now!
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12:47
# 12 - Adam Rasul - Crime and Sports Lawyer
Adam is a Solicitor-Advocate with extensive experience of criminal and sports law spanning over fifteen years (the last seven running his own exclusively private practice) including periods with some of the largest international law firms in th...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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49:21
# 11 Benjamin White - Crafty Counsel (Founder)
Benjamin White is the founder of Crafty Counsel https://craftycounsel.co.uk/ a digital media platform and legal community. Prior to founding the business Benjamin worked as a lawyer in the fashion industry and as a Corporate Lawyer at Clifford ...
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37:25
#10 Electra Japonas - Lawyer, Entrepreneur & CEO of the Law Boutique
Electra Japonas shares the story of her journey from Lawyer at the European Space Agency, through various major corporations, culminating in taking the big risk of starting up her own business.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:19
#9 Alex Conroy, BigLaw Partner Turned High Performance Coach
Alex Conroy coaches people (particularly women) to become more confident, and more sucessful. Before that she climbed the legal career ladder becoming a Partner at Elite US Law firms Kirkland & Ellis, and Fried Frank. But despite "making it...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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46:44
#8 John Haggis, Lawyer & Legal Entrepreneur (owner of Kepler Wolf)
John is Founding Partner at Kepler Wolf, an independent law firm for independent thinkers. We use our legal and business expertise to help liberate our clients in the innovation and technology sectors.John is a highly-experienced lawyer...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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54:10
#7 Yasmin Daswani - Lawyer & International Cricketer
Yasmin Daswani is an Associate at Fladgate in their dispute resolution team, and has a side hustle as an International Cricketer, opening the batting for Hong Kong.We talk about her childhood in Hong Kong, and how her mother got her int...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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55:49
# 6 Roshni Thakrar - Lawyer and Podcaster
Roshni Thakrar is a Pensions Lawyer, and the Host of the Prim Rose Light podcast. Roshni and I swap notes on our experiences, guests, and learning moments from 2020.
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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58:27
# 5 Charlène Gisèle Bourliout - Primal Health Coach - Biohacker- Corporate Wellness - Yin Yoga and Meditation facilitator - Paleo Diet Specialist
Charlène returns to the podcast to introduce us to the world of Bio-Hacking. We also discuss why Charlène is bucking the trend of many in the wellness space who advocate for plant based diets. Charlène discusses her experiences of plant based e...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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58:54
# 4 Khurram Shamsee - Head of London Employment @ DAC Beachcroft
2:26 – Khurram introduces himself and describes his journey into law09:00 – What got him into Employment law13:00 – Social Mobility and diversity17:30 – Decision to leave Baker & McKenzie21:10 – What it’s like to...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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44:46
#3 Montse Ferrer - From Magic Circle to fighting War Crime
0:00 Montse Introduces herself4:15 Getting into Human Rights5:45 Harvard and Career Change7:10 Making the decision to leave Biglaw10:11 Transferable legal skills15:30 What Montse would have done differently18:00 Do you l...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:11
# Sarah Atkinson - CEO of the Social Mobility Foundation
0:00 – Chris and Sarah discuss the charity Ultra Marathon 3:20 – The Social Mobility Foundation, and what they do6:00 – Why Social mobility makes people more empathetic9:30 – The Barriers to Social Mobility in the UK
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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49:35
#1 Jayne Welsh - Career Coach, Therapist
Podcast Time Stamps:0:00 - Jayne introduces herself and the PCP (professional career partnership)4:50 - The idiosyncrasies of a legal career6:20 - Leaving the firm/the law8:07 - What happens after Partnership?...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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58:49
# 5 Jake Filson - Employment Lawyer (legal tech, employment law, recruitment, kombucha)
1:10 - Beers open, minimising the damage of alcohol3:00 - Recruitment 7:30 - Recruiters behaving badly, roll on friday14:30 - Yiddish, and Judaism16:50 - Leaving law17:30 - Pro bono employment work21:50 - Legal tech...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:05:55