Richard Flint on lawyers’ wealth of transferrable skills

Lessons I Learned in Law

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law Scott Brown speaks to Richard Flint, founder and Deputy CEO at broadband provider Swish Fibre.

Richard’s career began in private practice where he specialised in oil and gas and energy from waste. In 2017 Richard moved to an in-house role as Head of Legal at Ingenious. Here Richard focussed primarily on renewable energy, but remained at the forefront of deals; working closely with the commercial team and, where necessary, external lawyers.
Richard shares some of the lessons he learned in law including:

· The transferrable skills you have as a lawyer are super valuable – more valuable even than you realise!

· To deliver value for the client, try to remove the noise. Keep it simple. Remove any low-level decisions so your client can focus on the big questions that matter.

· Be in the moment. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by workloads, but giving people time and not being distracted in meetings is so important.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.

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