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Consultant Legal Counsel

Philip Flynn


Philip Flynn
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Philip is a dual-qualified commercial lawyer (Ireland / England and Wales) who is experienced at designing, building and managing in-house legal functions. He’s brilliant at rolling his sleeves up to get deals and contracts done quickly and efficiently as well as being able to take a ‘helicopter view’ of business problems to advise on strategy and legal budget management. He has a lot of experience in tech working with SaaS, software and hardware companies and in AI and fintech.  He’s also worked with a wide array of companies importing / distributing products across the UK and EU and has extensive experience in the automotive sector.

Philip’s in-house experience, ranging from a small well-funded start-up to two of the world’s largest companies, means he can advise from both a legal and commercial perspective to help analyse risk and prioritise what’s important. He’s passionate about working closely with management teams to help reimagine how legal is perceived and to show that legal can support growth and shouldn’t be considered a ‘blockage’. He strongly believes legal should assist product development and is on a mission to work with fast growth businesses to show how efficient legal can make a real difference from ensuring contracts work for the products / services so it’s easier to do business to working with sales teams to drive business revenue.

Useful to know:

Philip is an avid tennis enthusiast, and plays any chance he gets. He’s also known to tinkle the keys of a piano when he has a moment. He has a Diploma in Employment Law and volunteers at FLAC (a human rights organisation) at their employment law clinics in Dublin.

Worked with:

Philip was a Senior Legal Consultant at Accenture, Sole Legal Counsel at Volkswagen Group and Volkswagen Financial Services, as well as being Legal Counsel at Paddy Power Betfair and Head of Legal at the health and tech company Beloas Teoranta. He trained at O’Sullivan & Associates and worked at Sheehan and Company and Darach Connolly before moving to his in-house counsel roles.

What do our clients think?

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.”

“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.”

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.”

“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.”