The Non-Billable Podcast
The Non-Billable Podcast takes UK legal professionals beyond the billable hour, bringing you interviews with top lawyers, law firm leaders, industry experts and legal tech innovators to uncover actionable insights on the business of law, career growth and the future of the industry.
Hosted by Oliver Attinger, a former finance lawyer at a leading City law firm with in-house experience at an investment bank - now asking the questions he wished he had when he was practising.
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Latest Episode
'Some firms won't survive': Simmons senior partner Julian Taylor on the legal AI reckoning, NQ pay wars and the US firm challenge (12.08.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Why investors are eyeing law firms: Burford Capital’s Travis Lenkner on how external capital is changing the market and why Burford prefers minority stakes 05.08.2025
- The $100m legal AI startup transforming in-house teams: Wordsmith CEO Ross McNairn on turning legal into a revenue driver 29.07.2025
- Private equity is circling the legal industry: Rosenblatt rescue dealmaker Adil Taha on law firm deals, PE strategy and the exit problem 22.07.2025
- How top firms compete for talent: City headhunter Ed Parker on the high-stakes game of elite lateral partner hiring 15.07.2025
- The boutique that beat the Magic Circle: How Quinn Emanuel built the most successful litigation practice in London 01.07.2025
- Running legal at a hypergrowth tech company: Figma's international legal head Jonathan Keen on AI, expansion and EU red tape 24.06.2025
- How ex-Freshfields lawyer Richard Mabey built Juro into one of Europe’s top legal tech startups: unlearning lawyering, agentic AI in legal and the future of junior lawyers 17.06.2025
- Inside Perkins Coie’s London play: City veteran Ian Bagshaw on launching a US firm in a crowded market, attracting the best talent, and the rise of private capital 10.06.2025
- How A&O Shearman's legal tech incubator helps keep it ahead in the innovation game - with Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Fuse 27.05.2025
- The City lawyer behind Garfield AI: the UK’s first AI law firm 20.05.2025
- Inside Addleshaw Goddard’s legal tech strategy: innovation head Kerry Westland on managing a 70-person team, the explosive rise of AG’s internal AI tool, and what the future of law looks like 13.05.2025
- General counsel at a Premier League football club: Fulham FC’s Peter Limbert on multimillion-pound transfers, sell-ons and staying calm in football’s chaos 06.05.2025
- The lawyer behind the biggest class action in British legal history: Tom Goodhead on building Pogust Goodhead and its $550m bet to take on the global litigation elite 29.04.2025
- How I built Definely: ex-Freshfields lawyer Nnamdi Emelifeonwu on building one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies 08.04.2025
- How to win the commercial law game: ex-RPC boss Jonathan Watmough on leadership, strategy and why most lawyers miss the point 01.04.2025
- What lawyers really want from AI: ex-Freshfields lawyer turned legal tech leader on what we’re getting wrong 25.03.2025
- The City law partner who hit breaking point and is now leading the fight against burnout in the legal industry 18.03.2025
- How AI is reshaping Big Law - and why firms can’t afford to wait, with ex-Ashurst digital chief 11.03.2025
- '$20 million is the new benchmark in London’: the City’s top headhunter on the law firm partner hiring frenzy, why firms are paying millions and how the rules of partnership are changing 04.03.2025
- The A&O trainee who built (and sold) a legal tech startup as a side project during his training contract 24.02.2025
