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Gill Austin

Gill Austin
Email:
gillaustin@legaledge.co.uk
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Gill is a solutions-focussed in-house lawyer who knows what growing businesses need to scale faster and more efficiently whilst helping manage risk. Her frontline experience working with busy and dynamic companies on their day-to-day legal matters makes her a highly valuable resource to senior management, sales and procurement teams. Having worked at a senior level within various scaling companies she’s also great at keeping an eye on the future – providing solutions and advice that are tailored to business plans and goals.

Gill is highly experienced in leading and guiding businesses on commercial risk decisions and is passionate about providing legal services that deliver an ROI – working to prioritise, plan and budget for their legal requirements. Gill’s also great at simplifying complex issues and finding practical solutions. She loves problem solving and getting to grips with fast-paced deals, making it as easy as possible to get them done quickly and effectively without over-lawyering them.

Useful to know:

Gill’s fluent in French, enjoys the mountains (and has been to Everest Base Camp) and has pygmy goats.

Worked with:

Gill works regularly with clients such as Insight222, Zenobe, The Modern House, Pyramid Analytics, Diona, Love Language and Wherescape. She has also worked with QVC. Before working with us she worked as in-house Legal Director at Microsoft as well as in well respected law firms Olswang and Bird & Bird.

What Gill's clients say:

Gill's knowledge of our industry and our public sector client base has been invaluable in our customer and partner discussions.

CEO - Diona

Gill's background in software and her understanding of our business has allowed us to act fast across the sales team helping us to get our deals done more efficiently. Her support in helping with a change in license approach to 'subscription model' which has been adopted globally has been instrumental to the growth of our business.

VP & GM EMEA - Wherescape

We are delighted with the support. Gill has been effective and to the point on all discussions.

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For Companies

We’ll set up a cost-effective, efficient legal function for your business. You’ll have an experienced lawyer as your single point of contact who works as part of your operations team.

No duplication and no reinventing the wheel each time. We get to know your business quickly to manage your legal matters effectively and add value. And as your flexible in-house legal function, we can be scaled up or down depending on needs.

We analyse risk and prioritise what’s important, then manage and carry out the day-to-day legal work, all to a set budget. We’ve all worked as in-house lawyers in fast growth companies, so know what you need (and don’t need) to worry about. We’ll work with you to get deals and contracts done and help achieve your business goals.

“The fact that all their lawyers have worked inside businesses means they are commercial, pragmatic and know exactly how to prioritise what’s important.”

COO – Squirro

“We’re very pleased with the work LegalEdge are doing for us. We’re getting quick and decisive responses that are really helping us move forward.”

Finance & Operations Director - Depop

For Legal Teams

We work with small in-house legal teams that need additional support on a flexible basis without adding to headcount.

Whether it’s overflow work, a project or just a much-needed extra pair of hands we can help. We get the job done without supervision, working seamlessly as part of your team or behind the scenes, whatever works best for you. We don’t do endless negotiations on the clock or write long legal memos. We just help prioritise, find solutions and get it done.We understand the challenges and demands of small in-house teams because we’ve been there. We work as an extension to your team, get up to speed on business priorities quickly, and help you keep control of legal workflow and budget.

“The ideal solution for the busy in-house counsel who is unable to add a permanent head as you have the ability to flex support without the need to rely on expensive law firms.”

Vice President & EMEA Managing Counsel – Thomson Reuters

“LegalEdge has provided excellent, commercially focused advice as part of our in-house legal team that has helped us close contracts with our customers and partners.”

CEO - Diona

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