Ian Greig MBA

Consultant

Contracts nerd | Specialist in B2B consultancy, coaching + creative services | Founder @ New Legal + Ingenuity Club

I help UK and international professionals and SMEs in the tech, knowledge and health space run their businesses like top 1% companies with modern legal docs and compliance, with the help of our financial, tax and growth advisory partners. The goal is simple:

✅ Less stress
✅ More time
✅ More profit


Since 2022, the team at New Legal have been keeping modern professionals, directors, advisors, SMEs and their shareholders safe, compliant and financially sound with simple and robust contracts, contracting processes & compliance solutions, and holistic business advice via partners.

Message me if you’re a professional businessperson who wants to work smarter, scale faster and earn more, all while protecting your assets.

Or join our circle of partners advising high-growth and unique SMEs: via New, we connect exceptional professionals to clients worldwide — a global network powered by our shared infrastructure.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Ciao ciao!

Ian

new-legal.com

Consultant, Director, Founder, Advisor

Ready to Elevate Your Legal Career? 

⚖️ I’m a globally top-ranked legal recruiter, podcaster, speaker, and community builder dedicated to empowering legal professionals to land their dream roles.

My mission? 

To inspire legal minds, transform legal futures, and build a collaborative legal community driven by innovation & kindness. 🤝

🌍 Founder of KC Partners, where we connect top legal talent with leading law firms worldwide. Supporting professionals at every stage of their careers.

🎙️ Host of the Legally Speaking Podcast™ (Top 1%), proudly sponsored by Clio, the $5B+ global leader in legal technology. Redefining legal conversations through exclusive interviews, career insights, and forward-thinking trends.

🎤 Co-Founder of The Great Big Legal Offsite (GBLO), delivering a premier strategy event for SME law firm leaders, with keynote speakers including Dragons’ Den investors.

🎾 Co-Founder of Courtside Conversations, modern professional networking reimagined. Padel first. Conversation second. Podcast third. Bringing the right people together in the right environment so real conversations happen.

I advise & invest in legal & tech ventures including:

⚖️ Lexidesk & Caseguru - helping lawyers convert more leads

📢 NRG Lawyers – Championing Non-Russell Group talent

📈 Hector – Supporting recruiter development through community

Across ventures, I’ve generated millions in sales & driven real-world impact through content, brand, and community. 

Brand Collaborations: LinkedIn | Sky Sports | Netflix | X Factor | BBC | Channel 4 | Business Insider | The Law Society | Law.com | Review Solicitors | Modern Law | The Lawyer | Above The Law | Society of Asian Lawyers & more. 

Recognised LinkedIn: 
🔵 Top Voice 
🧪 Beta Product Tester
📰 News Contributor
🚀 Creator Accelerator Alumni

Book Contributions:
📘 Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data
📕 Practicing With Purpose: Winning in Law & Life📗 Artificial Intelligence in Law: Revolutionizing Your Legal Practice

🎤 Speaker & Moderator: ClioCon | LegalTechTalk | LegalEx | Thomson Reuters | Browne Jacobson FAIRE & more.

I’m also a proud dad & pawrent to Otto, my miniature dachshund. 🐶

At KC Partners, we also offer:

✅ Guest spots on the Legally Speaking Podcast
✅ LinkedIn Lives
✅ CV reviews, personal brand & career coaching
✅ Webinars & community networking

We’re deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring the legal industry is accessible and fair for all. Let’s connect & explore how I can support your legal journey.

📩 Press & speaking enquiries: info@legallyspeakingpodcast.com

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Leaving Dubai tomorrow. ☀️🇦🇪😢

What a trip.

Hosted events.
Recorded podcasts.
Met brilliant people.
Made proper memories.
Community built in real time.

Between the meetings and the mic, I’ve also managed:

Plenty of runs 🏃‍♂️
Lots of brunches 🍴
A serious amount of padel 🎾
And one very random penguin cuddle at Ski Dubai 🐧

Grateful for everyone I met out here. ☺️🙏

I’ll be back, this City is absolutely buzzing and the opportunities here are huge! 🚀

Top Legal Careers & Community Builder 🌍 Helping lawyers land dream jobs 🎙️ Host of Legally Speaking Podcast sponsored by Clio (UK #1) 🏆 Co-Founder GBLO & Courtside Conversations 🧠 Advisor to NRG Lawyers & Lexidesk

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Some podcast conversations feel like you’re just going through the motions.

Others feel like two operators comparing notes, challenging ideas, and learning from each other.

While I was out in Dubai, I had the pleasure of featuring live and in person on The Jurist Podcast. 

Huge credit to Ahmed Elnaggar.

Ahmed is the proud Host of The Jurist, which has grown into the leading legal podcast in the MENA region.

He’s also the President of the Emirates Legal Network, now connecting 600+ lawyers, and he runs his own law firm alongside it all, Elnaggar & Partners. Impressive.

During our conversation, we spoke openly about:

🔴 My background and career journey (including mistakes!)
🔴 Legal tech and AI, and where the real signal is
🔴 Entrepreneurship inside and outside law
🔴 Legal recruitment and market shifts
🔴 Personal branding, and why community compounds over time

There was an immediate connection too.

We’ve both come from legal family backgrounds.

Different paths, similar values, shared respect for reputation, relationships, and doing things properly.

Ahmed is genuinely kind, humble, and brings great energy.

A builder, not a broadcaster.

Exactly the sort of person you want shaping conversations in the region.

I really enjoyed the experience and the quality of the discussion.

Looking forward to sharing the full episode when it’s out very soon!

PS. Spoiler alert Ahmed will be featuring on the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️  Speaking Podcast ™️ in the future :)

What’s your win of the week?

Dubai is doing what Dubai does. 🇦🇪
Energy. Movement. Progress.

5 x 5km runs this week.
And I won my first ever competitive padel match. 🎾🏃‍♂️🏆

Happy Saturday folks ☀️

Courtside Conversations was never about launching another podcast.

It was about changing how modern professionals actually connect.

Whitney Williams and I kept noticing the same thing.

When you take people out of boardrooms, the conversations change.

They slow down. They get way more honest.

Our latest episodes recorded live from our inaugural Courtside Conversations event at Padel Pro in Dubai are now live. Both capture that shift perfectly.

First, I chatted with Kate Burt, Founder of HiveRisk.

Kate has built a compliance business that understands how law firms really operate, not how policy documents assume they do.

We spoke about:

🔴 Why compliance breaks when it ignores human reality
🔴 Letting go of the guilt of trying to do everything
🔴 Operating in your actual zone of genius
🔴 Why the best networking never feels forced

Her philosophy is simple.
Take the work seriously. Stay human.

The second episode features Kirsty Pappin, Founder of Aries Legal Practice Management.

Kirsty has spent years backing small and growing law firms that rarely get the spotlight.

We covered:

🔴 The real resource gap most small firms face
🔴 Why mentorship and community compound over time
🔴 How creative communication drives real change
🔴 Why the legal energy in Dubai feels different

Her message landed. Growth starts with showing up!

Both conversations happened courtside. Not behind desks. Not on panels.

Padel first.
Conversation second.
Podcast third.

Huge thanks once again to HiveRisk and Aries Legal Practice Management for backing Courtside Conversations early! 

🎧 Both episodes are now live exclusively on our YouTube channel: https://lnkd.in/et7rgkXv

#CourtsideConversations #Networking #Events #Padel #Community

Courtside Conversations is live. 🎥🎉

Whitney Williams & I launched it in Dubai to test a simple idea. 🇦🇪

If you change the setting, do people actually talk differently?

It turns out they absolutely do.

Padel first.
Conversation second.
Podcast third.

No panels.
No pitches.
No forced networking.

Our first two podcast episodes are now out live on YouTube. 

Episode one with Clotilde Iaia-Polak, Managing Partner at Yungo Law.

A grounded conversation on:

🎾 Building an inclusive firm in practice, not in theory
🎾 Creating genuine progression for women
🎾 Using AI in a way that improves outcomes, not noise

Episode two with Isabel Bathurst, Founder of Legal Ai - Your Digital Legal Assistant.

We spoke about:

🎾 Why AI adoption in law is unavoidable
🎾 What most lawyers misunderstand about AI
🎾 The downside of living on screens
🎾 Why in-person connection still matters

Courtside Conversations sits at the intersection of sport, work, and media.

It’s not about volume.
It’s about quality.

Thanks to our tournament sponsors for backing the first edition in Dubai.

More episodes are recorded.
More locations are lined up.

🎧 Watch the full episodes via our YouTube channel here: https://lnkd.in/eESfGb2z

If you’re thinking about sponsoring or hosting a future edition, feel free to reach out either myself or Whitney.

#Podcasts #Padel #Events #Networking #Community

Courtside Conversations made the news. 🎾🎥🎉

Whitney Williams and I tested a simple idea in Dubai. 🇦🇪

Change the setting and the conversations change. Modern professional networking, reimagined.

Padel first.
Conversation second.
Podcast third.

We brought the right people together in the right environment and let the conversations do the work.

More to come. 🌍

Full link to the article in the comments 👇

This started with a conversation, not a content plan.

Whitney Williams and I met at The Lawyers Retreat in Ibiza and kept noticing the same thing.

When lawyers are out of boardrooms, the conversations change. They slow down. They get more honest.

We didn’t want to recreate anything.
We wanted to build a new way to network for modern professionals.

That became Courtside Conversations. 🎾🎥🇦🇪

I sat down with Kate Burt and Kirsty Pappin to talk more about where the idea really came from and why the setting matters more than the format.

We covered:

🔴 Why most legal networking feels off
🔴 How environment shapes behaviour
🔴 What The Lawyers Retreat unlocked
🔴 What’s coming next this year (including a few surprises)

Huge thanks to Kirsty and Kate for making the connection and backing the idea early.

And real gratitude to HiveRisk and Aries Legal Practice Management for being early launch sponsors. Community-first partners make all the difference.

Episode 3 is live on YouTube 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNTkcVDR

#CourtsideConversations #Padel #Podcast #Networking #Events

Your career probably isn’t broken. But the way it’s designed might be.

That idea sat at the heart of this week’s Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ newsletter.

In Season 10’s latest episode, I sat down with Niki Avraam to talk about what many lawyers are already feeling but haven’t yet named:

Burnout isn’t a personal failure. It’s often a design flaw.

We unpacked ownership vs control, job crafting, preferred discomfort, and why skills not titles will decide who thrives next.

The newsletter also shares what our alumni guests are building right now, am exciting upcoming webinar from our sponsor Clio, and signals for anyone quietly thinking about their next move.

If your work feels heavier but less meaningful, this one’s for you.

💌 Read the full newsletter below 👇

🏆 UK’s #1 Law Podcast | Top 1% Globally | Sponsored by Clio

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LegalCareers #Lawyers

View newsletter: Legally Speaking News & Views 

Hey Future-Focused Lawyers, 👋 This week’s edition is about something many of you are already feeling but may not yet have named: Your career isn’t br

Open article: Your Job Isn’t Broken. The Way It’s Designed Might Be.  by Robert Hanna • 4 min read

Your Job Isn’t Broken. The Way It’s Designed Might Be.

Most workplaces are not broken. They are outdated.

That was the uncomfortable truth that kept coming up in our latest Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ conversation with Niki Avraam.

We are still designing jobs for a world that no longer exists. Then we act surprised when talented people disengage.

This episode is not theory far from it. It is a practical reset on how work actually gets done.

We covered:

🔴 Why job titles quietly cap performance
🔴 How rigid career paths drain motivation
🔴 What ownership culture really looks like beyond slogans
🔴 Why adaptability now outweighs experience
🔴 How job design directly impacts retention and output
🔴 Why leaders mistake authenticity for staying static

One line from Niki that landed hard:

“People don’t disengage because they don’t care. They disengage because the system doesn’t let them contribute fully.”

Another that every professional should sit with:

“Your skills are not your job title. If you think they are, you are already limiting your future.”

Niki has built employment practices inside law firms, founded her own firm, and now works globally helping organisations redesign how work functions.

That depth shows. This is lived experience, not management speak.

If you lead people, this will challenge how you structure roles.
If you feel capable of more, it will change how you see your value.
If you are mid career and questioning what comes next, this episode matters.

🎥 Watch and listen to Season 10 Episode 2 of the Legally Speaking Podcast on all marjor platforms and ask yourself one honest question:

If your role was redesigned around your strengths, what would finally change?

#FutureOfWork #LegalLeadership #CareerDesign #WorkplaceCulture #LegallySpeakingPodcast

🏆 UK’s #1 Law Podcast | Top 1% Globally | Sponsored by Clio

The biggest leadership challenge right now isn’t innovation.

It’s discernment.

Mark Evans, President of The Law Society, points to a quiet risk.
Legal tech is finally attracting serious attention.
Funding. Headlines. Momentum.

The danger isn’t being left behind.
It’s being distracted.

Progress comes from knowing what actually works and having the discipline to ignore the rest.

🎥 Full Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio available now on all major platforms.

Where do you think legal tech delivers real value today?

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LegalTech #FutureOfLaw #LawFirmLeadership #LegalInnovation

The future of work doesn’t belong to rigid organisations.

It belongs to those that adapt.

Niki Avraam explains why real leadership starts with involvement.

Job design that includes people.
Cultures that back individuals.
Workplaces that value lived experience, not just labels.

Diversity isn’t a slogan.
It’s the raw material of strong teams.

🎥 Full Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio out now here and on all major platforms 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQiVVzzh

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #FutureOfWork #InclusiveLeadership #WorkplaceCulture #LeadershipDevelopment

Most legal careers follow a script.

Niki Avraam didn’t.

Entrepreneurial roots.
Early leadership.
A refusal to practise law in a way that depleted people.

Now a global workplace strategist and Head of Europe at WORKWELL, Niki shares how law, leadership and culture intersect.

This episode isn’t about staying comfortable.
It’s about building work that actually works.

🎥 Full Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio available on all major podcast platforms.

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LegalCareers #WomenInLeadership #FutureOfLaw #CareerJourneys

Just hosted a brilliant LinkedIn Live with Ivan Tryskyba (Founder of Lexidesk.ai) and Billie Tarascio (Founder of Modern Law + CMO & Investor at Lexidesk).

The theme was simple:
Most law firms don’t have a “lead problem”.

They have an intake problem.

And it creates revenue leakage every single week.

We got into the real questions law firm leaders should be asking right now:

Why voice AI is suddenly a serious advantage in legal
What actually happens when firms reply too late to enquiries
How Lexidesk turns a call into a qualified case + booked client
Which firms are winning most with AI intake (and why)
Billie’s decision to invest in Lexidesk after Modern Law became their first US customer
The Q1 roadmap, the wins so far, and what’s coming next

If you missed it live, the big takeaway is this:

Speed matters.
But consistency matters more.
And the firms that systemise intake will outgrow the firms that rely on “best effort”.

If you want the Lexidesk demo + workflow we discussed, comment INTAKE and I’ll send it across.

Compliance isn’t theoretical when a ship is about to load cargo.

David Savage explains how risk is managed in real time when decisions cannot wait.

Good advice doesn’t just explain rules. It helps people act.

🎥 David ranked in our top 10 most listened to guests of Season 9. Check out his full Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio episode here or wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKW_p_VM

Intake is one of those things law firms know matters, but it’s still where most opportunities quietly get lost.

Someone enquires.
It takes too long to respond.
The details are incomplete.
Your team’s already stretched.
And the lead disappears.

So I’m genuinely excited to share this.

Lexidesk.ai now integrates directly with Clio Grow.

As an advisor and investor in Lexidesk, and with Clio sponsoring the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️, it’s pretty cool to see this come together from every angle.

What changes for firms?

Your leads can be captured automatically and pushed straight into your Clio Grow Triage Inbox with far richer information than you typically get upfront.

No extra dashboards.
No messy workarounds.
No “we’ll pick this up tomorrow” gaps.

And the big one, intake doesn’t stop at 5pm.
It keeps running after hours, on weekends, and when the volume spikes.

If your firm uses Clio Grow (or you’re considering it), Lexidesk can plug directly into your intake workflow with minimal disruption.

Want to see it in action?

Comment “DEMO” and I’ll share the details.

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Discomfort isn’t the enemy.

Avoiding it is.

Niki Avraam reframes discomfort as a muscle.

One that builds resilience, adaptability and innovation.

Progress doesn’t come from playing safe.

It comes from testing, learning and stretching in environments where people feel supported.

That’s where breakthroughs happen.

🎥 Full Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio out now on all major platforms.

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LeadershipMindset #ResilienceAtWork #InnovationCulture #PersonalGrowth

Most lawyers are told to “develop business” without ever being shown how.

Deborah Brightman Farone has spent decades inside the world’s leading law firms watching this play out.

What she’s learned is simple, and uncomfortable.

Rainmakers aren’t created through charisma or confidence.

They’re built through curiosity, consistency, and relationships that compound over years.

In our latest episode of the Legally Speaking Podcast ™️ sponsored by Clio, Deborah shares why:

🔴 Business development starts far earlier than most lawyers realise
🔴 Authenticity outperforms any one-size-fits-all strategy
🔴 Access, not ability, is often the real differentiator
🔴 Trust is built long before work is won

This conversation isn’t about tactics. It’s about how sustainable careers are actually built.

🎥 Full Legally Speaking Podcast episode out now on all major platforms.

#LegallySpeakingPodcast #LegalCareers #BusinessDevelopment #LawFirmLife #ProfessionalGrowth

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In this session, you’ll learn how Clio Work helps you:

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