Sam Ross, is a general counsel to tech scale-ups who has recently had a year in private practice running an outsourced legal subscription service to multiple scale-ups at Stephenson Law. He was previously WorldRemit’s first legal hire, building up their legal function and then moved to ComplyAdvantage to be their first GC. He will shortly be joining Remote.com as GC.

Below, he discusses with Corporate Counsel Advance practical steps to improve the GC-law firm relationship and shares his key takeaways to ensure increased collaboration. He also candidly outlines the lessons learnt from his time in private practice, including discussing the behaviors and challenges GC’s themselves create.