Episode Details

Two senior lawyers. One employer. Left on the same day. Built something of their own.

Sarah and Beck didn't rush into this. The conversation about leaving corporate legal started almost as a joke, took years to get serious, and eventually became the only obvious next move. They left on good terms, split roles without having to negotiate them, and built a specialist employment law firm that now handles some of the most sensitive and complex people challenges in the market. What makes their story interesting is the partnership how naturally it functions, how clearly they balance each other, and what they've figured out about building a business together without losing the friendship underneath it.

IN THIS EPISODE

Why two senior in-house lawyers left corporate at the same time specialisation, ambition, and the quiet accumulation of a shared idea The early shock of cash flow not arriving when the work does and learning that billable hours and money in the bank are two very different things How they found their respective roles without ever negotiating them and why that's been their biggest structural asset The feedback that stung: over-servicing clients and giving too much away for free AI in employment law where it helps, where it doesn't, and why a workplace investigation is not a task you hand to a machine The no arsehole rule written into their values and why they'll walk away from a client before compromising the environment they've built