Giles Thompson on challenging the status quo

Fringe Legal - A podcast by Abhijat Saraswat

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Giles Thompson is the Head of Growth @ Avvoka 📈, former lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis and Herbert Smith Freehills ⚖️, Agriculturalist & Foodie 🚜, and tech investor & entrepreneur 🚀 Giles left practice a year ago to join the world of legal technology, and during this conversation we discuss: - How the culture has shifted from his days in practice vs what he hears today - The challenge of collaboration and different approaches firms are taking - Pertinent skills/thoughts for future and newly qualified lawyers, and when to challenge the status quo We covered a number of other topics as well such as the importance of mentors, the increasing levels of interest in innovation-type functions and more.

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