Recently, Prosperity Law’s very own Simon Gerrard joined the team at Realm Recruit in their weekly podcast series Refreshing Chats with Commercial Lawyers.
Each week, on the brand-new podcast series legal recruitment specialists, Duane Cormell and Rebecca Blundell, welcome a different commercial lawyer to join the conversation; to share their path into the legal profession, tell more about their day-to-day job and their career successes so far.
Realm Recruit specialise in legal recruitment and base their approach on strong values, treating lawyers like people, not candidates. And treating law firms like valued partners, not just transactional customers.
Simon Gerrard, Partner and Head of Insolvency at Prosperity Law joined the Prosperity team in September 2019 to head up the insolvency team and in September 2020 was promoted to Partner. Simon’s previous experience is very strong having worked at leading international law firms, in the UK and Australia, acting for a varied client base ranging from Insolvency Practitioners, directors, professional sports clubs and individuals.
Simon joined Duane and Rebecca on Refreshing Chats with Commercial Lawyers to talk about his journey to partnership, his previous life as a lawyer in Australia and Chester the dog.
Highlights of Simon’s chat with the Realm Recruit team include;
- When asked if Simon could enact any law what would it be, Simon opted to prevent any further lockdowns.
- Simon’s biggest takeaway from the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic, is that a more relaxed and flexible approach to business is possible without the sacrifice of professionalism or loss of productivity. He goes on to tell how well the Prosperity Law team have worked together through the pandemic, how as a team they have gained momentum and together they have shifted the business’ approach to flexible working.
- He tells how as a company Prosperity Law have weekly team catch-ups without a set agenda, in a bid to maintain the cultural benefits of working alongside your colleagues and importantly development of junior staff by allowing sound boarding and sharing of ongoing work.
- Learn more about Simon’s history, where he learned and the great law professionals that he got to learn from before making the brave decision to apply for a new job in Australia.
- Duane and Simon discuss how there has been a shift in the law industry away from the traditional approach to building your career when finishing university. How a more conventional, bullish and perhaps risky approach can bring a lot of reward.
To listen to Simon’s full interview, head to the podcast website here or search for Refreshing Chats with Commercial Lawyers on your preferred podcast provider.
