
Counsel Culture: The Business of Law Podcast
Counsel Culture is your weekly digest of the biggest news stories in the UK Legal Market, brought to you by Byfield.
Episodes
92 episodes
Guy Beringer KC on the IBE Report and Ethical Challenges in the Legal Sector – Part 2
This week we share part two of Olivia's discussion with special guest Guy Beringer CBE, KC (Hon), former Senior Partner at Allen & Overy and Chair of the Task Force on Business Ethics and the Legal Profession. Byfield Founder Gus Sellitto a...
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Season 1
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Episode 92
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18:54

Guy Beringer KC on the IBE Report and Ethical Challenges in the Legal Sector – Part 1
This week on Counsel Culture, Olivia is joined by special guest Guy Beringer CBE, KC (Hon), former Senior Partner at Allen & Overy and Chair of the Task Force on Business Ethics and the Legal Profession. Byfield Founder, Gus Sellit...
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Season 1
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Episode 91
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34:09

Trump’s Impact, Rising Revenues & Regulatory Battles
This week, Olivia welcomes Joint Managing Director Michael Evans for a discussion on how law firms are responding to Trump’s impact on the legal industry, the revenue growth of Orrick and Simpson Thacher, the Legal Services Board’s criticism of...
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Season 1
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Episode 90
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26:45

Trump’s Executive Order & Linklaters’ Gender Progress
This week, Olivia is joined by Joint Managing Director Ben Girdlestone to discuss the latest updates on Trump’s ongoing battle with big law, including his recent executive order against WilmerHale. They also cover the news that Linklaters is on...
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Season 1
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Episode 89
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22:36

Trump vs. Paul Weiss, Diversity Cuts & Financial Wins
This week Olivia is joined by Michael Evans, Joint Managing Director at Byfield, to discuss Trump targeting Paul Weiss, firms cutting diversity wording, HSF being fined for sanctions breaches and K&E revenues. To read the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 88
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37:49

Trump’s Order Blocked, US Firms Expanding & a CV Controversy
Counsel Culture is excited to introduce its new host, Olivia Adam! Olivia, a Senior Account Executive, has been with Byfield for six months and previously worked as a journalist at the International Financial Law Review.I...
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Season 1
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Episode 87
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22:03

Law Firm Financial Results, Trump Tariffs and US Change in ED&I Policies
This week Meg is joined by Joint Managing Director Michael Evans to discuss the first US firm financial results, as well as Freshfields' LLP accounts, and best practice in releasing the financials.
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Season 1
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Episode 86
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27:06

The Billable Hour’s Grip, Partner Pay Divides & Legal Reactions to DeepSeek’s Rise
This week, Meg is joined by Joint managing Director Michael Evans to discuss how the billable hour is still dominant in the legal world, law firm partner pay segmentation, Post Office prosecutions, Prigozhin's lawyers facing no regulatory actio...
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Season 1
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Episode 85
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35:52

Navigating Change: Post-Trump Dynamics in US, UK, and EU Regulatory, Cultural, and Business Landscapes
Meg is joined by Joint Managing Director Ben Girdlestone to discuss how regulatory, cultural, and business frameworks in the US, UK, and EU will evolve after Trump's inauguration.
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Season 1
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Episode 84
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23:02

Financials Season Kick-Off, Internal Pay Wars, Preparing for a Second Trump Term
Meg returns for the second episode of Counsel Culture this year. Joined by Joint Managing Director Michael Evans, they discuss listed firms publishing positive results despite ongoing market volatility, what Quinn Emanuel's results might mean f...
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Season 1
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Episode 83
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34:08

KPMG Law's Move into the US, Rising Rates and PE Investments into Law
This week Meg is joined by Byfield Associate Director, Beth Durkin. They discuss KPMG Law targeting an alternative business licence in the US, the increase in law firm rates, Private Equity’s Calculated push into law firms and how the last year...
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30:26

Climate Protests, Partner Retention, and US Firm Dynamics
This week Meg is joined by Joint Managing Directors Ben Girdlestone and Michael Evans. They discuss why climate protestors are targeting A&O Shearman,lateral partner retention, US firms dragging their feet on training contracts and how ...
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Season 1
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Episode 81
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40:38

Disputes & Investigations Monthly: Diving into the Market Impact of the PACCAR Decision and Key Insights on Litigation Funding with Sean McGuiness
In this episode, Meg and Dina are joined by Sean McGuiness, Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel at Omni Bridgeway. They discuss how the PACCAR decision is impacting the market and what to expect from this government in the legislation tack...
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Season 1
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Episode 80
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24:05

HSF-Kramer Merger, Climate Protests and the US Election Impact
In the episode, Meg is joined by Byfield Joint Managing Director, Ben Girdlestone, to discuss the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer merger, the climate protests outside law firms, the US election and a couple of law firm culture stories recently p...
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Season 1
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Episode 79
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25:30

FOMO in Law Firm Mergers, Trainee Salaries, and High-Profile Legal Cases
In this episode, Michael and Ben dive into some of the biggest news stories in the UK Legal Market. They explore whether law firm leaders are experiencing FOMO (fear of missing out) amidst the wave of mergers sweeping the sector. The conversati...
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26:15

Counsel Culture – Law Firm Challenges and Ethics in Litigation with Simon Davis
Meg welcomes Simon Davis, former Law Society of England and Wales President and former commercial litigation Partner at Clifford Chance, on the podcast this week to discuss the ever-changing landscape in the legal industry and all of the challe...
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37:59

Counsel Culture - How brand and tough decisions impact your culture
Rose Walker from Bloomberg Tax is back on Counsel Culture this week to discuss how mergers, rebrands and restructurings may impact culture in law firms.Leaning on the latest Freshfields rebrand and the Johannesburg office closure and eq...
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31:00

Disputes & Investigations Monthly: Upcoming BHP Liability Hearing and Managing Reputations throughout ESG Litigation
Counsel Culture is back with another instalment of Disputes & Investigations Monthly!In this episode, Meg is joined by Founder Gus Sellitto and Senior Consultant Dina Hudson to discuss the upcoming liability trial in the BHP Mariana ...
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Season 1
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Episode 75
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29:02

Live from IBA 2024: Insights from Mexico City
In this episode Meg and Michael Evans, Joint Managing Director at Byfield, discuss his highlights at the IBA including: his session on whether firms should speak up or remain neutral on major geopolitical/societal issues and the fact that the M...
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Season 1
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Episode 74
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33:06

Navigating Law Firm Expansion, the Talent War and Future Predictions with David Patient
In today’s episode, Meg is joined by David Patient, Senior Adviser at Travers Smith, for a conversation on law firm expansion in the Middle East, the talent war and David's key lessons for law firm leaders. He also shares his predictions on how...
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Season 1
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Episode 73
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31:00

Paul Weiss' London Growth, Movements at A&O Shearman with James Booth and Edin Imsirovic, Financial News
After a summer hiatus, Counsel Culture is finally back!We’re kicking off with an exciting new episode featuring James Booth and Edin Imsirovic from Financial News.Together with Meg, they discuss Paul Weiss' impressive growth one y...
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Season 1
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Episode 72
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30:44

K&E's Partner Departures Policy and the Industry's Misuse of Diverse Talent
This week Meg is joined by Joint Managing Director Ben Girdlestone to discuss the return of deals, Kirkland & Ellis Partner moves and diverse lawyers being used as “window dressing” in client pitches.
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Season 1
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Episode 71
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19:48

Focus on Financials, Infrastructure and Socio-Economic Diversity
This week, Meg is joined by Associate Director Liam McCafferty to discuss how the legal industry (and others) can use the Labour Cabinet as an example for increasing socio-economic diversity, what an increase in UK-focused infrastructure ...
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Season 1
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Episode 70
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32:26

Counsel Culture - Elections, Financials and the Global Elite
The latest episode of Counsel Culture is now live!This week, Meg is joined by Michael to discuss the UK and French elections' impact on the market, UK law firms' financial results so far and what constitutes the global elite within the l...
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29:36

Counsel Culture - Elections, Glencore and the Post Office Inquiry
The latest episode of Counsel Culture is now live!This week, Meg is joined by Gus and Dina for their monthly disputes & investigations episode. This time they discuss the latest updates in the Post Office Inquiry and the class action...
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