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Lawyers are ‘people first; then lawyers’. The O Shaped Lawyer programme sees lawyers of the future practicing in a more human-centric and emotionally intelligent way, elevating the delivery of legal services beyond technical excellence. The mindset of an O Shaped Lawyer takes a more rounded approach to the role of a lawyer enabling you to provide your customers with a better service in a more diverse, inclusive and healthier environment.

Facilitated by key members of the O Shaped Lawyer working group (several of whom are senior in-house lawyers), this practical webinar will take you through the ‘Five Os framework’ to help equip you with the tools to develop the right mindset, behaviours and actions on your journey towards becoming an O Shaped Lawyer of the future:

1. Be optimistic – adopt an optimistic mindset to help become a valued business partner, and not be seen as a risk averse business blocker.
2. Make and take opportunities – make and take opportunities looking outside of the traditional spheres of lawyer influence.
3. Be original – be creative and innovative in your approach to problem solving, looking forward, not backward.
4. Be open – adopt a growth mindset through which you are always open to new ideas and perspectives.
5. Take ownership – focus on taking accountability for business-driven outcomes beyond pure technical legal advice.

Dan Kayne – Founder of O Shaped

From 2016 to 2022 Dan was General Counsel (Regions) at Network Rail leading a team of 20 lawyers. In that time, Dan embedded his ‘people first’ approach to leadership, contributing to his team having the highest engagement scores across the company. In 2019, Dan founded O Shaped, driven by a desire to improve the legal profession for those who use it, are entering it and buy services from it.

Natalie Salunke – General Counsel at LikeZero

Natalie is a member of The O Shaped Lawyer committee and is the Head of Legal for RVU - a group of online companies that work to empower consumers by helping them compare home services and financial products.

Prior to her role at RVU, Natalie carried out similar roles for Fleetcor, a global provider of specialised payment products and services to commercial fleets, major oil companies and petroleum marketers; the US’s largest car rental company, Enterprise Rent-A-Car; for US-listed cloud software provider, NetSuite (now part of Oracle), and was Group Head of Legal and Company Secretary of Venda, a UK-based eCommerce SaaS provider. In these roles she has been responsible for all company legal matters including adopting an advisory role in relation to the group’s shareholders, board of directors and executive management. Her three year tenure at Venda subsequently culminated in her leading the successful sale of the business to NetSuite. Natalie became Head of Legal at Venda at the age of 27. Before then, she worked in Travelex’s legal team based in London.