The Flex Legal blog

10 September 2026, LONDON: Flex Legal, the award-winning alternative legal services provider, is welcoming Rachel Murphy as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Murphy joins from Consilio, where she held the role of managing director at Lawyers on Demand for five years.   Kate Gaskell, former CEO, will return to her previous position as chief operating officer (COO), to work closely alongside Murphy, as the company gears up for its next growth phase.  

Discover how AI is transforming legal teams in 2026. This playbook explores engineering value, safety, and talent in the age of automated law, addressing challenges from ethics and junior training to ROI and recruitment with innovative solutions.

Dan Kayne is Founder of the O Shaped Lawyer, and a GC at Network Rail. In this episode of the podcast, he talks with Louise Anderson about how and why he wants to make the legal industry more human-centric.

Flex Legal has officially been ranked in the prestigious Chambers and Partners NewLaw Guide 2026. To be recognised by Chambers is always an honour, but this year’s rankings represent a massive milestone for us. Not only have we retained our global standing, but we have also secured a top-tier placement in Europe. Here is a closer look at what we achieved and what it means for the future of Flex Legal.

Discover what the future holds for General Counsel in our latest Flex Legal report. Based on insights from 180+ legal professionals, this free report explores the essential skills GCs need, from AI literacy to strategic leadership, to thrive in a fast-changing legal landscape.

We were introduced to RSG Consulting in 2017 when they were seeking paralegals to help them writing for the FT Innovative Lawyer Awards. Since then, we've provided them with a dozen talented paralegals, and they're immensely happy with us. Read more about this relationship here!

Discover what the future holds for General Counsel in our latest Flex Legal report. Based on insights from 180+ legal professionals, this free report explores the essential skills GCs need, from AI literacy to strategic leadership, to thrive in a fast-changing legal landscape.

Discover what the future holds for General Counsel in our latest Flex Legal report. Based on insights from 180+ legal professionals, this free report explores the essential skills GCs need, from AI literacy to strategic leadership, to thrive in a fast-changing legal landscape.

We were pleased to welcome an excellent panel of speakers to join last week’s GC call in collaboration with LexisNexis and Crafty Counsel, including Dinesh Jadav, Director of Legal Operations at Royal Mail; Manu Kanwar, Co-founder of LexSolutions; and Madeleine Graham, Head of Product Design at LexisNexis. The discussion continued to build on the theme of legal innovation within the in-house community, with the panel sharing excellent insights from their own experiences.