Ian Greig MBA

Consultant

Director

New Legal

Co-Founder

The HoLT

Member

Various ventures

Director, Consultant, Founder, Advisor

New Legal Group

Founder

Brick & Sterling

Treea

Freelance Management Consultant

Tiger Law UK

Trainee Solicitor

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Hi, I'm Ian – musician, surfer, contracts nerd, 8x founder, and advisor.

From Cape Town, based near Portsmouth after 10+ years in London, 3 in Cambridge and 1 in Wiltshire.

Always up for a chat/brainstorm.

DM me any time. 

Ian

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Consultant, Director, Founder, Advisor

KC Partners

⚖️ We're not your average legal recruitment firm. We're more than that. 

We know that finding the right legal opportunity can be a challenge. But don't worry, we're here to help. 

We are legal talent solutions and content creation firm focused on community. 

We have unrivalled access to the best legal opportunities and highest calibre legal professionals in the market globally. We specialise in Newly Qualified Lawyers, Associates, Senior Associates, Legal Directors & Counsels & Legal Technology recruitment. 

So whether you're looking for a new job or just want some advice, we can help. 

We even have a market-leading 99% retention rate of lawyers placed with our law firm clients. 

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✅ 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

✅ 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 & 𝐕𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 

✅ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬 & 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬  

✅ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠  

✅ 𝐂𝐕 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 

✅ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 

✅ 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 

✅ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐬  

✅ 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬, 𝐕𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡)

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✅ 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐲 

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Founder & Managing Director

🎙️ Inspiring Legal Minds, Transforming Legal Futures.

With the aim to inspire, educate and entertain, our Legally Speaking Podcast sponsored by Clio is the ultimate way of learning more about the exciting world of legal.

Think of our show like a law library, but with better snacks! 

We are ranked in the top 1% of all shows globally. We are highly ranked on Apple Careers & Business Podcasts (with a 5-star rating). We have been ranked #1 Law Podcast, #1 Top 100 Careers & #1 Top 100 Indie Careers show on Goodpods. 

So, whether you’re a lawyer, aspiring lawyer, involved in the legal industry or just curious to know more about the world of law this podcast is for you. 

We've featured individuals ranging for Presidents of The Law Society to those who have starred on Sky Sports, Netflix and the BBC, as well as Amazon best-selling authors. In addition, we've welcomed guests who are among LinkedIn's biggest names (they've previously been profiled by influential titles such as Time and Forbes). 

We enthusiastically welcome individuals pushing for positive change in the sector, often featuring leaders in legal tech, AI in law, mental health and the diversity, equity and inclusion movements. 

This show is not just an extension of the job, it's about understanding the perspectives of the individuals behind the work. Often light-hearted and occasionally hard-hitting, the podcast has people at its heart.

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LinkedIn

I was chosen from thousands of applicants to join LinkedIn's exclusive accelerator program for creators. A heartfelt thank you to LinkedIn for recognising me as one of the inaugural legal creators from the UK to participate in this extraordinary program. It was an invaluable opportunity to learn numerous content creation strategies, tips, and hacks!

Linkedin Creator Accelerator Program

Bramwith Consulting

Promoted to Director in 2014, oversaw the Global Procurement & Supply Division.

Recruitment Director

SThree

Trained with the firm. Received multiple promotions under the stewardship of some of the most high profile recruiters of this generation.

Recruitment Consultant

Ready to elevate your career in the legal industry? ⚖️

I’m a globally top-ranked legal recruiter, podcaster, speaker, and community builder dedicated to empowering legal professionals to secure dream roles. My mission? To foster a collaborative, thriving legal community built on kindness and innovation. 🌎🤝

Here's a Snapshot of What I Do: 👇

📍 Founder of KC Partners: We partner with prestigious law firms worldwide to provide unparalleled access to top legal roles globally. We’re here to support your entire career journey, not just your next job.

🎙️ Host of the Top 1% Ranked Legally Speaking Podcast: Sponsored by Clio, the $3 billion legal tech unicorn, we’re redefining legal conversations. This is the ultimate destination for all things legal, from career tips to inspiring stories of industry leaders and emerging trends.

🧠 Co-Founder of The Great Big Legal Offsite (GBLO): A premier law firm leadership strategy event tailored for SME law firm teams.

⚖️ Board Advisor for Caseguru: An AI-driven platform that simplifies connecting clients with the right lawyers.

👨‍💼 Board Advisor for NRG Lawyers: A charity creating opportunities for Non-Russell Group students, working to level the playing field in legal education.

🎉 Achievements: Featured as an Influential Leader by The Silicon Leaders & Inspiring Leader by CIO Times.

📈 Investor in Hector: A community learning platform that supports recruitment consultant development.

🤖 Strategic Advisor to AIR: The world’s first AI-powered social audio platform, redefining user experiences in broadcasting.

💰 Generated over 7 figures in sales across multiple sectors.

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Robert Hanna

Celebrated Laura’s 40th yesterday with a full day surrounded by family and friends who travelled from all over the country to be there.

We started with a great meal at a lovely venue, moved on to drinks in our local town for the Christmas lights switch on, and ended with the kind of conversations that remind you how quickly time moves and how much you’ve shared along the way. Plenty of laughs, stories and memories, topped off, of course, with karaoke where confidence levels were far higher than talent levels. 

Here’s to the next chapter ahead.

LEGAL COMMUNITY BUILDER 👉 I Empower LAWYERS to Land Dream JOBS 📹 Host of Legally Speaking Podcast sponsored by Clio - UK #1 Legal Careers Show🎙Co-Founder GBLO 💪 LinkedIn Top Voice 🏆 Advisor NRG Lawyers & Lexidesk.ai

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Happy 40th Birthday to the actual CEO of the Hanna household. 🥳

This photo was taken nearly 10 years ago on our wedding day, with our anniversary coming up on 18th December. Laura still looks exactly the same. I’m still trying to work out how I’ve somehow aged faster than our daughter.

Hope you have the best weekend celebrating with friends and family, and thank you for everything you do behind the scenes. You’ve backed every one of my entrepreneurial antics without blinking and you’re the most incredible mother to our daughter.

Enjoy the weekend celebrations. You deserve it.

A few photos from Dana Denis-Smith OBE’s, Next 100 Years: Women In Law Inspirational Women in Law Awards. 

Dana continues to set the standard for championing women in the profession and creating platforms that genuinely move the industry forward.

Great to see so many inspiring leaders recognised; and exciting to see her next event, an In Conversation evening with Lady Hale at Shoosmiths London, marking the release of With the Law on Our Side.

🌍 I have never seen momentum like this in legal tech...

Last week Clio announced a US$1 billion acquisition of vLex and a US$500 million Series G round led by NEA, valuing the company at US$5 billion.

Days later, they opened their brand new EMEA HQ in Dublin.

And the person who helped make so much of this global growth possible is the truly wonderful, Sarah Murphy.

When I sat down with Sarah, General Manager for International at Clio, live from Boston at #ClioCon a few weeks back, I felt something very real.

A blend of leadership, humility, excitement and pure belief in the mission.

Sarah has played a pivotal role over her 4 years in helping scale Clio across the UK, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and APAC. She has built teams, cultures and communities across borders. She has helped Clio move from an international company to a truly global one.

Here are some great insights Sarah shared with me during our chat:

🔴 Global growth needs global empathy
Sarah talked about Clio operating in more than 130 countries and why the only way to serve the world is to understand the world. Local nuance. Local culture. Local needs.

🔴 Mission is the anchor
Clio’s mission to transform the legal experience for all is not a slogan. Sarah showed how it drives decisions across EMEA, from product strategy to customer conversations to hiring.

🔴 Leadership is built, not inherited
Her own rapid career progression at Clio is no accident. It comes from curiosity, humility, hunger and the confidence to lead multicultural teams through hyper growth.

🔴 Client experience is now the global differentiator
AI is freeing lawyers to be more human in their work. Client experience is where firms will win. And Sarah is leading this shift internationally.

🔴 Community is Clio’s superpower
Bar associations. Partners. Local leaders. Educators. Customers.
Sarah has spent years building deep, long term relationships in every market. That is why Clio’s international footprint is so strong.

One moment from our conversation really stayed with me.
When she said she was most proud of the new Dublin HQ opening, because it represents the teams who built it, the customers who trusted them and the belief in what is coming next.

You could feel the real purpose in it.

This is someone who radiates passion, kindness and clarity.
A true radiator of energy.
And a huge part of why Clio is now one of the most influential companies in global legal tech.

🎧 Episode 11 of Clio Con Clips 2025 is now live on all major podcast platforms as part of the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, sponsored by Clio.

If you care about global leadership, scaling cultures and building mission-led growth across continents, this one is a must watch!

#LegalTech #FutureOfLaw #Leadership #LegallySpeakingPodcast

The biggest risk in law right now isn’t AI. It’s staying still.

Returning to speak at the Future of Law Summit with Goodlawyer feels different this year.

The pace of change is no longer something we talk about. It’s something we live.

AI. New business models. Culture shifts. A completely new definition of what a legal career can be.

This summit brings together the people shaping that shift. Leaders who aren’t waiting for permission. Builders who are pushing the profession into its next chapter.

I’ll be joining the panel: Ditch the Ladder, Build the Life

A session focused on how careers in law are being rewritten. How lawyers are building flexible careers shaped by branding, digital platforms, and new models of work. How you create impact on your own terms.

Looking forward to be speaking alongside

🔴 Laura Frederick, CEO, How to Contract 
🔴 Brittany Leonard, GC, Executive, and Advisor
🔴 Chad Aboud, CCO, Goodlawyer

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Ideas that challenge comfortable thinking.
Honest conversations about what needs to change.
Practical insights you can apply right away.

A community committed to building a better profession.

Free to attend. CPD accredited. Designed for legal professionals who want substance, not noise.

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The countdown is on Courtside Conversations is coming 🎾🎥

Where padel meets podcasting and the legal world connects differently.

The first event serves up in Dubai this January at one of the city’s premier padel venues, bringing lawyers, founders, and innovators together to talk business, play hard, and build real community.

No suits, no sales, just great people, great conversations, and good energy.

A huge thank you to our early launch Courtside Conversations sponsors for supporting the vision:

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You’ve helped turn this idea into a movement.

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Let’s make legal networking fun again! 

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Clio just hit a $5B valuation. 🚀

When I spoke with Michelle Dunlea, VP of Product Management at Clio, live from Boston at #ClioCon, it became even clearer why.

Real innovation at Clio doesn’t start with code. It starts with curiosity.

Imagine walking into a customer’s office just to watch how they work.

No pitch. No sell. Just observe.

That’s where empathy becomes innovation.

Michelle shared how her team does exactly that; listening, learning and understanding how lawyers actually work before designing anything new.

It’s empathy in action. And it’s why Clio continues to build tools that feel effortless, human and impactful.

That same focus on innovation and purpose is what makes Clio’s latest milestone so inspiring, a US$1 billion acquisition of vLex and a US$500 million Series G round led by NEA, valuing Clio at US$5 billion!

Moments like that are a reminder of what happens when technology meets true customer understanding.

Here are a few takeaways that really stood out:

🔴 Innovation starts with empathy, not code
🔴 AI works best when it disappears into the background
🔴 The “triad” of product, design and engineering keeps creativity balanced with execution
🔴 The best products come from understanding the why behind every customer ask

Michelle summed it up perfectly:

💬 “You have to understand the why behind every customer ask.”

That’s how great technology is built, by seeing people first, then solving problems.

🎧 Episode 8 of Clio Con Clips 2025 is now live on all major podcast platforms as part of the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, sponsored by Clio.

If you care about innovation, empathy and the future of legal tech, this one’s a must-listen!

#ProductLeadership #AIinLaw #LegalTech #LegallySpeakingPodcast

What if the real risk with AI isn’t using it but failing to govern it?

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, I sat down with Emerald De Leeuw-Goggin, Global Head of AI Governance and Privacy at Logitech, to explore how ethics, law and technology collide in the age of artificial intelligence. 

Emerald is one of Europe’s most respected voices on responsible innovation. Named European Young Innovator of the Year and Privacy Executive of the Year 2023, she’s redefining how global companies build trust through transparency and values.

🎧 In this episode you’ll learn:

🔴 How to build ethical and scalable AI governance frameworks
🔴 Why AI governance is a mindset, not a department
🔴 The five principles every organisation needs for responsible innovation

Also in this week’s newsletter:

🚀 Clio, our proud sponsor, now valued at $5 billion, leading the Legal Tech Revolution
🎥 ClioCon Clips 2025, 8 episodes in with lots of Boston highlights 
🎾 Courtside Conversations Dubai countdown officially on - 57 days until launch
🌟 Alumni shoutouts featuring legal innovators making global waves

📩 Read the full newsletter with all the updates, shoutouts & join the movement redefining law 👇

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When AJ said, “Law firms shouldn’t have to act like lenders,” it instantly reframed how I think about access to justice.

Because he’s right. They shouldn’t.

I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with A.J. Axelrod, Vice President of Payments and Financial Services at Clio, live from Boston at #ClioCon, where we talked about something that goes beyond technology, how financial innovation can remove one of the biggest barriers in law: affordability.

AJ and his team are behind Clio Pay Later and Clio Capital, helping firms get paid faster while giving clients flexible ways to pay for the help they need.

This is more than fintech. It’s a movement to make legal access fair, transparent and human.

Here are a few takeaways that stood out from our conversation: 

🔴 Why simplifying payments builds client trust and improves retention
🔴 How fintech and legal tech are converging to make legal services accessible for all
🔴 The role of compliance and transparency in earning lasting confidence
🔴 Why the best financial experiences are the ones that disappear; simple, seamless, human

AJ summed it up perfectly:

 💬 “The best financial tools are the ones you don’t even notice. They just work.”

That’s the goal. When technology quietly empowers people to get the legal help they deserve.

🎧 Episode 9 of Clio Con Clips 2025 is now live on all major podcast platforms as part of the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, sponsored by Clio.

If you care about innovation, access to justice and the future of legal finance, take 14 minutes for this one. It’s well worth it. 👊

PS. AJ looks way cooler in the red jacket than me let's be honest! 😂

#LegalTech #FinTech #AccessToJustice #LegallySpeakingPodcast

What if the next big legal risk isn’t in the courtroom but inside a virtual world?

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, I sat down with Jacqueline Watts - emerging technologies lawyer, for one of the most important conversations we’ve had all year.

From immersive tech to AI, Web3 and the metaverse, Jackie breaks down the shifts that will redefine how lawyers advise, protect and future-proof clients.

Alongside Jackie’s episode, this week’s newsletter includes:

🎥 New ClioCon Clips 2025 minisodes recorded live from Boston
🌟 Alumni shoutouts featuring legal leaders making major moves
🎾 A Courtside Conversations Dubai launch countdown (50 days to go!)
💼 New & exciting legal roles for private practice lawyers
🐾 A classic Otto moment

📩 Read the full newsletter with all the updates, shoutouts & join the movement redefining law 👇

🏆 UK’s No.1 Law Show | 🌍 Top 1% Globally | 🎙️ Proudly Sponsored by Clio

Hey Legal Innovators 👋 This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, proudly sponsored by Clio, we're diving into one of the most important conversat

Open article: 🚨 Top Emerging Tech Lawyer Jacqueline Watts Reveals the Metaverse Shift Set to Blindside Most Lawyers 🚨 by Robert Hanna • 11 min read

🚨 Top Emerging Tech Lawyer Jacqueline Watts Reveals the Metaverse Shift Set to Blindside Most Lawyers 🚨

What if the biggest legal revolution of our lifetime is happening right now and most lawyers don’t even see it?

This week’s Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ episode might be one of the most important conversations I have ever had!

I sat down with Jacqueline Watts - emerging technologies lawyer, one of the UK’s leading voices, to explore how immersive worlds, AI, Web3 and virtual environments are already reshaping the expectations placed on lawyers.

If you want to stay relevant in the years ahead, this episode is a must.

Why this conversation matters:

🔴 Lawyers are already advising clients whose entire business exists inside virtual worlds.
🔴 Platforms such as Roblox and Decentraland are creating legal questions with no precedent.
🔴 Digital twins, AI, immersive tech and Web3 are converging faster than regulation can keep up.
🔴 The metaverse isn’t “dead.” It is rebranding into immersive tech, spatial computing and virtual worlds with early foundations of interoperability.
🔴 Real world legal issues still exist in these spaces. They are simply more complex. Divorce, inheritance, fraud, IP and consumer rights are all evolving at speed.
🔴 With regulation still catching up, contracts are becoming the primary way to protect clients.
🔴 Virtual assets are already appearing in disputes, deals and estate planning. Lawyers need to understand how to classify them and how they transfer.
🔴 Founders building AI and Web3 products do not fit into traditional procurement frameworks. Lawyers must adapt the way they support these businesses.

Why Jacqueline brings serious credibility:

She combines deep legal experience with a forward thinking understanding of technology and the realities of emerging digital environments.

She is a solicitor with more than twelve years in corporate and emerging tech work.
She is Head of Corporate Commercial Law at Allin1 Advisory.
She is the author of Law in the Metaverse and Navigating the Industrial Metaverse.
She is Vice Chair of the IEEE Spatial Computing for Metaverse Initiative.
She sits on Innovate UK’s Immersive Tech Ethics Group.
She advises startups, scaleups and multinationals working across AI, VR, robotics, blockchain and decentralised platforms.
She works on these issues every day and it shows.

Two quotes that really stood out:

“We are pioneering a new frontier and drawing the lines of how justice should operate in virtual worlds.”

“People will still turn to real life courts because centuries of safety sit behind them but lawyers must understand the world their clients now live in.”

A final question to think about:

If someone can trade, build assets, suffer harm or form meaningful relationships inside a virtual world, who decides the rules? Courts? Regulators? Tech platforms? Or something completely new?

This episode will give you a clear view of what is coming next for the legal profession.

🎧 Listen now on the Legally Speaking Podcast, sponsored by Clio.  

#Metaverse #FutureOfLaw #LegallySpeakingPodcast

What if the best way to understand a Supreme Court is to play it, explore it, and step inside its stories?

Our next Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ Live, sponsored by Clio, features Nicolas Monet; lawyer, journalist, and the creative force behind Supreme Court Experience.

Nicolas and his team at the University of Ottawa have built Jurivision.ca, one of the most innovative legal education platforms in years, blending documentary storytelling, interactive learning, and even a video game to bring the Supreme Court of Canada to life.

Here’s what we’re covered:

🔴 How immersive storytelling can demystify the justice system
🔴 Why collaboration between lawyers and creators is essential for public legal education
🔴 What citizens who’ve lived Supreme Court cases really want the profession to understand
🔴 The role technology plays in rebuilding public trust in democratic institutions
🔴 How interactive media can help young people engage with law in meaningful ways

Two standout takeaways from Nicolas:

When people see themselves in the justice system, trust grows and learning becomes real.
Law isn’t just doctrine. It’s stories, lives, and decisions that shape communities for generations.

🎥 If you’re passionate about legal education, access to justice, or the future of how we teach law this is a must watch!

👇 Catch the replay via the link in the comments below 👇 

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LegalEducation #AccessToJustice #LegalTech #Lawyers

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