My background as a commercial lawyer specialising in technology and IP spans both private practice and in-house roles, including eight years at Arm and three years as Senior Director of Legal at Pragmatic Semiconductor, where I built and led a high-performing legal and IP team. I have always particularly enjoyed training and coaching individuals and teams, both lawyers and non-lawyers, which is now a key part of my consultancy offering.

In terms of training for in-house lawyers, I specialise in providing highly-tailored training, mentoring, and coaching to help junior to mid-level lawyers with technical legal skills, communication and influence skills, operational excellence, and personal development, whether on a 1-1 basis or for small groups. Example subjects are below; I am also able to deliver my Udemy course on “GenAI prompt engineering for legal practice” (see here) in person in a workshop format. I deliver both one-off sessions and I also work with clients on an ongoing basis to ensure that learnings are consolidated and momentum is maintained as part of an ongoing development and support programme.

I also deliver legal and compliance training for non-lawyers, a list of possible training subjects is below on this page.

I deliver sessions in person at your premises or remotely, on a fixed-fee basis that will include pre-session communications and preparation of bespoke materials.

Please contact me and we can arrange to chat through your requirements - there’s no obligation to proceed and any initial chat is entirely free of charge.

I look forward to discussing how my offering could be shaped for your team specifically!!

Examples of training subjects for in-house lawyers include:

Technical legal skills

• Advanced contract drafting

• Issues in IT and technology contracts

• IP rights and IP licensing

• Case law update on recent cases involving contracts or IP licensing

Communication and Influence

• Collaboration and trust-building with business colleagues

• Practical strategies for stakeholder management

• Communicating risks effectively yet pragmatically

• Framing legal advice for non-lawyers and business colleagues

• Building influence and credibility

• Handling conflict and difficult conversations

Operational Excellence

• What makes a high performing legal team?

• Developing a proactive rather than reactive legal function

• The legal team as a driver of ethical considerations and DEI initiatives

• Prioritising competing workstreams

• Using tools (including AI tools) for efficiency

• Continuous improvement and innovation in legal processes

Personal development

• What does ‘career development’ mean for in-house lawyers?

• Writing a development plan

• Achieving and maintaining professional wellbeing and resilience

• Achieving and maintaining ‘work life balance’

• Time management skills and prioritisation of work

• Seeking and giving feedback

• Delegation skills

• Coaching and mentoring for personal development (giving and/or receiving)

• Team management skills

• Leadership skills for mid-level lawyers

• What is ‘strategic thinking’?

Training for non-lawyers

I also deliver training to non-lawyers on the following subjects:

• Legal awareness for leadership teams

  • Preparation for investment rounds.

  • Establishing a legal strategy.

  • Understanding legal risks.

• Understanding supply contracts: key terms and issues.

• Understanding customer contracts: key terms and issues.

• Understanding collaboration agreements: key terms and issues.

• Understanding IP rights and IP licensing.

• Data protection compliance training.

Please get in touch to discuss your requirements!