8. How to assess urgency when every matter is urgent, with Asal Heydari
This week, we are joined by Asal Heydari, Global Head of Business Acceptance and Conflicts Management at Clyde & Co. Asal has been in law firm risk and compliance since the industry began and has a fa...
28 Feb 202428min
7. Qualifying via CILEX, falling into compliance, and going viral, with Charlotte Murray
In this episode, we spoke to Charlotte Murray, Solicitor in Risk and Compliance at Clarke Willmott. Charlotte told us how she qualified as a solicitor via CILEX after years of unsuccessful training co...
14 Feb 202430min
6. Driving investment and growth in law firms with internal audit, with Mark Penlington
In this episode, we spoke to Mark Penlington, Director of Risk and Internal Audit at Irwin Mitchell. Mark gave us some fascinating insights into what an internal audit function is and why it’s so impo...
31 Jan 202422min
5. The fairness of personal sanctions, and the value of 'I don't know', with Jessie Williams
This week, we spoke to Jessie Williams, Head of Risk & Compliance at Excello Law, about her career in law firm risk and compliance.We covered how compliance departments are perceived within a law firm...
17 Jan 202433min
4. Building a career in compliance without being a qualified solicitor, with Bea Berry
Our guest this week was Bea Berry, Risk & Compliance Advisor at Stevens & Bolton. Bea shared how she fell into risk and compliance, and we discussed whether you need to be qualified to succeed in this...
3 Jan 202423min
3. Enterprise risk, risk appetite, and neurodiversity inclusion in law firms, with James Smither
This week, we spoke to James Smither, Head of Risk Management at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The conversation covered some huge topics such as: what is enterprise risk and why is it important, how...
20 Des 202326min
2. The real world value of compliance, and remembering why we do what we do, with Pekka Dare
We spoke to Pekka Dare, President of the International Compliance Association. In this fascinating conversation, Pekka explained how compliance and commerciality go hand in hand and that doing the rig...
13 Des 202327min
1. Why compliance controls and culture matter, and why they work, with Amy Bell
We had the honour of speaking to Amy Bell, Founder of Teal Compliance. Amy let us in on her compliance framework that works, why it’s vital to have controls in place to check policies and procedures a...
6 Des 202351min
