| Ben White Founder Crafty Counsel Ben founded Crafty Counsel in 2017, after working as a lawyer both at a Magic Circle London law firm and as an In-house counsel. He thought it was odd that In-house cunsel found it so hard to access good learning and development resources… particularly when law firms wanted to talk to them so much (and spent an awful lot of time writing client briefings).
Fully dedicated to Crafty Counsel since July 2018, Ben loves meeting lawyers of all persuasions, and others keen to shake up the business of Law.
Ben worked as an M&A lawyer for Clifford Chance from 2009 to 2016, and as Corporate Counsel for Global Fashion Group from 2016 to 2018. | |
| Clive Davies Senior Counsel Fujitsu Clive is a senior counsel with Fujitsu Services advising on major service contracts with customers especially in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Fujitsu in 2007 Clive was the lead IT and outsourcing partner at D J Freeman for 13 years and Olswang for 4 years. He has also worked in house in the insurance and oil industries. Clive specialises in advising on major project contracts for IT outsourcing having represented customers and suppliers in-house and in private practice for many years. He also advises on electronic commerce and data protection. Clive writes regularly on IT related legal subjects. He is a Fellow and past chair of the Society for Computers and the Law, a Co-Chair of the In House Lawyers Committee of ITechLaw and an editor of Communications Law. | |
| Ian Leedham Head of Legal Euro Car Parts ECP is the UK's largest supplier of car and light commercial vehicle parts, accessories and tools. ECP specialises in providing and delivering vehicle parts, accessories and tools to independent garages and vehicle repair shops as well as to vehicle owners though 335 branches throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Euro Car Parts is part of the LKQ Group, a Fortune 500 US Corporation . During his varied career Ian has worked in private practice, been the first Head of Legal for a large privately owned IT company, headed legal and compliance functions in large electricity, gas and water utilities in the UK and US as well as taking on commercial and consultancy roles in large infrastructure projects and private equity transactions. In his various roles, Ian has undertaken departmental structural changes, legal panel reviews, change management and technological change which have won various legal awards for their ground breaking innovation. Ian is a member of Lexis Nexis Strategic In-House Advisory Board and FT Innovative Lawyers.
Ian speaks regularly on managing legal teams, compliance, innovation and technology in the legal industry which are topics he feels passionately about. | |
| Lucy Glyn Market Development Director In-house LexisNexis Lucy Glyn is the Market Development Director for our in-house community. Lucy worked as a lawyer in private practice for 10 years, specializing in Private Equity and Competition Law, most recently at Linkaters LLP, including a 6-month secondment to the in-house legal team at the Princes Trust. Lucy is responsible for the market strategy and overall product portfolio for LexisNexis' in-house customers, working to capture and analyse deep market insight to deliver tailored products that enable in-house teams to deliver value to their businesses. | |
| Sophie Carter Global General Counsel Christie’s Sophie Carter is Global General
Counsel at Christie’s. She joined Christie’s in 2008 working in London as
General Counsel–Corporate. In 2014, she was promoted to Global Co-Head of
Legal & Risk, taking on sole responsibility for both departments in early
2016. Sophie manages the Global Legal team, and, in addition, both the Global
Risk, Audit and Insurance Team and Global Security Team report in to her. Sophie qualified as a solicitor with Slaughter & May in 1995 before specialising in international project finance at Linklaters. In 2000, she moved in-house working for Enron Europe Limited and then becoming General Counsel for one of the global lines of business at BOC plc. She is a trustee for a UK educational trust. | |
