Inside The Agency: Olivia Sacco

07/27/23 • 13 min

Welcome to the latest instalment in our mini-series, Lessons I Learned in Law X Inside the Agency, where we aim to lift the lid on Heriot Brown In-House Legal Recruitment to give you a better idea of what we do.
We are flipping the script on our usual format and putting our Consultants and team members in the spotlight to share more about the people who make us tick and help us provide fulfilling careers for lawyers. On each episode of Inside the Agency you will get to know more about how recruitment works and we hope we can dispel some of the myths!!
This week we're chatting to Olivia Sacco a Senior Consultant who's experience is in-house focused specialising across the Technology, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, FMCG, and Restaurant sectors.

Olivia shares:

Her career path into her role at Heriot Brown.
The importance of good research.
The common misconceptions about legal recruiters.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.
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Olivia shares:

Her career path into her role at Heriot Brown.
The importance of good research.
The common misconceptions about legal recruiters.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.
Follow Heriot Brown: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram

Previous Episode

Adam Woodhall on how General Counsels can champion sustainability in their organisations

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Scott Brown speaks to Adam Woodhall, founder and CEO of Lawyers for Net Zero - a non-profit that supports GCs and their teams to utilise their position as a corporate leader to enable effective engagement with climate and ESG issues.

Adam shares the three lessons he has learned in law including:

· General Counsel are the most influential individuals in the legal sector. They interface with many colleagues in different roles across the organisation, and choose which law firms to work with.

· General Counsels have gone way beyond the ‘Department of No’!

· This is not theoretical - GCs are working on ESG and advocating for change in their organisations right now! If you, as a GC, are thinking of working in this field then know there are many others similar to you who are already making it happen.

Adam reveals how many GCs are using ESG initiatives as a way of exercising their leadership. GCs often sit on the board of organisations or advise very senior management and are doing so with regards to issues on sustainability.

Adam has worked with over 100 in-house lawyers via Lawyers for Net Zero's ‘Leaders Programme’, including the global GCs from Rolls Royce, WPP, BUPA, Centrica, National Grid and Specsavers. Hear all about the programme which focusses on supporting GCs to generate action via their role through peer-to-peer networking and training. You can find out more about the programme here.

Fancy a giggle? Check out Adam’s sustainable stand up on YouTube where he purports to be Head of Sustainability for the Death Star! Watch it here.

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.

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James Morgan on being adaptable, patient and open to opportunity

In this episode of Lessons I Learned in Law, Scott Brown speaks to James Morgan, Managing Director and the Co-General Counsel for EMEA at Japan’s largest bank MUFG. James is responsible for overseeing all legal issues of MUFG Bank, including litigation and enforcement matters, corporate structure and acquisitions as well as regional corporate governance.

James shares the three lessons he has learned in law including:

· Be adaptable. When changes happen try and embrace them.

· Don’t be siloed. Try and be generalist in your approach to your career and any opportunities that may arise along the way.

· Be patient. A legal career can be a bit like climbing a mountain. You may need to sidestep, or even move down in order to move up. Don’t feel you need to achieve giant strides in a short space of time.

James explains how his Co-general Counsel role came about, and how MUFG have subsequently adopted co-head roles in other departments as a result of the proven gains in flexibility and performance. ‘One plus one equals three’, James says.

James also reveals he’s a dab-hand at Karaoke – something that’s been surprisingly useful recently in his career!

Presented by Scott Brown of Heriot Brown Legal Recruitment.

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