This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna welcomes Laura Brunnen. Laura is the founder and director of ‘The Legal Strategist Limited’ a B2B legal consulting and education business in which she brings expert ‘big business’ legal advice to new and growing businesses. In 2017, Laura became the first woman to lead the winning private equity team of the year at the British Legal Awards and in the same year founded ‘The 1973 Club’, a social network for women in private equity. If this wasn’t impressive enough Laura is a speaker and advocate for gender equality and in her spare time is an avid baker!In this episode, she discusses the following:Her experiences working as a private equity partner at ‘Reed Smith’Her experiences in transitioning to building her own start up ‘The Legal Strategist Limited’What are the advices she can give to anyone thinking of starting their own businessCreating a social network for women in private equity – ‘The 1973 Club’The benefits of having women in leadership positionsFollow Laura at the following platforms: Website, LinkedInOut now on the Legally Speaking Podcast website and all major audio platforms! Sponsored by Clio: Clio is a legal case management software that work in partnership with the Law Society of England and Wales and is an approved supplier of the Law Society of Scotland.Support the show