Our People

Kim Simmonds

CEO and Founder

Kim believes in making a difference. It’s a core value of hers. Whether that is helping your business succeed and grow to charitable endeavours around mentoring young adults. Kim believes in change for the good.

Law 365 was built to make a difference to your business, to your way of working with lawyers in the tech space to fundamentally making the experience of working with lawyers more pleasant, easier, and integral to your success. Kim’s main goal is to have happy clients and happy staff. Change is good for everyone especially when change means success.

Julie Alchin

Partner (Commercial)

Julie joined Law 365 from a background of private practice as a highly experienced commercial lawyer. She is dedicated to her clients’ needs and is passionate about providing an exceptional service to her clients.

Julie prides herself on not being a typical lawyer by not only providing plain legal advice but also on being approachable and friendly. She ensures that she fully understand her client’s business and needs so that she can help support them in providing practical, commercially focused solutions.

Lizzie Cook

Senior Associate

Lizzie believes in people and delivers pragmatic, commercially-sound solutions. Her deep experience in both private practice and in-house allows her to combine practical business awareness with significant expertise in commercial law.

Lizzie joined Law 365 having led the in-house Legal Team at a major global retailer, so she knows how important it is to understand her clients’ goals and to give concise, risk-based legal advice to help achieve them. Lizzie is approachable and kind, with the grit and ‘can-do’ attitude to tackle any problem.

Megan O'Hara

Partner (Employment)

Megan is a very experienced employment lawyer who provides clear, reassuring and insightful advice across a wide range of HR and employment law issues.

She is commercially astute and able to swiftly and thoroughly assess the practical needs of clients delivering solution-driven, sensitive advice confidently with a keen eye for mitigating risk. One of her passions is training clients. She is friendly and down to earth. She is often told she is “not a typical lawyer” (although she does love to win an argument)!

Juliet Nutland

Senior Associate

Juliet really enjoys getting to know the businesses and people she works with. She came to Law 365 from a position of Senior In-House Counsel at a rapidly expanding Fintech business.

As well as handling all types of commercial contracts which come across an in-house lawyer’s desk, Juliet has previous experience of contentious contractual and IP matters. She really enjoys working as part of a team: Whether that’s the internal Law 365 team or the client deal team to make things happen!

Elizabeth Tozzi

Associate

Elizabeth has joined Law 365 from private practice with a commercial background. Having also worked in-house, she is committed to understanding the needs of each individual business.

Elizabeth is passionate about learning. She is dedicated to the businesses she works with, and strong client relationships are a top priority. Easy to understand, commercial solutions are at the forefront of her work to make the legal side of business as uncomplicated as possible.

Jonathan Sklar

Associate

Jonathan has joined Law 365 with a broad range of commercial experience, gained both in private practice and working in-house for a leading global media & entertainment company.

Jonathan prides himself on providing outstanding client service and gaining a strong understanding of a business’s operations and the individuals who run them. It is this approach that enables him to develop strong working relationships and deliver pragmatic, straightforward and tailored legal support.

Elliot Burton

Paralegal

Elliot loves a challenge. After a career in hospitality and the entertainment industry, he is turning his creative skills to the next adventure. Elliot joins Law 365 as our dedicated Paralegal.

Ever inquisitive and ready to get stuck into the next project, Elliot is on hand to assist our team of solicitors in all their day-to-day tasks. He is a people person and looks forward to working with clients in this exciting industry.

Luis Otton

Operations Director

Luis joined Law 365 after spending over 20 years in the financial services industry, the majority of that time as a synthetic equity trader. His time there provided him with invaluable insight into the importance of understanding and servicing clients to the highest possible standards.

As Operations Director he is acutely focused on client experience, business transformation, productivity and efficiency. Luis is a true ‘people-person’ and is passionate about building strong relationships with our partners.

Tory Douglass

Head of Client Success

Tory loves success stories. Whether it’s a tale about a courageous mountain climber or an entrepreneur, the juicy bit is always in the journey they took to reach the peak.

At Law 365, she’s helping us to tell our story and, more importantly, mapping the journeys our clients are taking with us – from discovery to success. She believes in combining the old school values she learned in the world of print publishing, with future-focussed channels, tools and technologies to reach and engage with the people we care about.

Ryan Kneller

Marketing Executive

Ryan joins the Law 365 team with broad digital marketing and web experience he's developed through both business and personal projects.

Some websites can be difficult to navigate, with confusing information, and no clear path to finding the information you need. With this in mind Ryan enjoys understanding the motives and analytics behind how you interact with us online, so he can ensure your digital experience is as enjoyable and helpful as talking to one of the team.

Louise Otton

Executive Performance Coach

Louise is our ICF accredited Executive Performance Coach. For more than 15 years she’s worked 1-2-1 with many business leaders and teams across a broad range of industries.

At Law 365, Louise develops high performing individuals and teams. She promotes self-awareness, builds good resilient behaviours, and helps Kim to build a culture where people are happy and thrive. She’s passionate about supporting others to be their best, and in doing so ensures that our client's have an excellent experience.

Yasmin Pannett

Associate

Yasmin has come to Law 365 having worked and trained for a number of years in-house for one of Europe’s leading credit management companies, where she gained a wide variety of commercial legal experience.

Yasmin enjoys developing and strengthening working relationships, both with clients and with her team and believes this is fundamental to delivering a best in class end to end legal service. Yasmin prides herself on being friendly and approachable and is always happy to get stuck in!

Ashleigh Evans

Associate

Ashleigh is Microsoft Azure certified and balances her passion for all things tech and IT with a broad range of commercial experience within the legal industry. Having previously worked in both private practice and in-house, Ashleigh understands the importance of working closely with clients to understand their unique business requirements and implement strategies to mitigate risk.

She prides herself on being proactive, commercially-focused and approachable. Her approach slots in perfectly with our commitment to pragmatic and jargon-free advice.

Jonny Bushby

Associate

Jonny has gained a deep understanding of commercial law both from time spent in private practice and also in the in-house legal team of a large multinational technology company. Jonny knows that lawyers need to understand a lot more than just commercial contracts. Understanding our clients’ businesses, and customer journey from bid through to delivery, allows Jonny to provide excellent client service and to add value.

Jonny is friendly and approachable, and is driven by getting the best deal for clients’ businesses through team work and a can-do attitude. Jonny also believes that your contracts and legal advice should be as straightforward as possible… and is a big fan of removing legalese!

Tim Merritt

Senior Associate

Tim has come from an in-house background in a financial institution for over 15 years. He is business-minded and excels in embedding himself within a client's day-to-day operations in order to develop and implement innovative solutions to legal problems. He feels lawyers should be regarded as 'trusted business partners' on a long and flourishing journey with their clients.

Tim values collaborative communication, building relationships and driving positive change, and believes that empowering individuals is the biggest tool to mentoring confident and successful colleagues. He’s a big fan of giving real-world, pragmatic advice without reams of confusing legalese!

Farhana Choudhury

Associate

Farhana joins Law 365 with extensive experience in the commercial legal world, having worked in multiple private practice and in-house positions. Farhana also completed her commercial and IP training at a well-recognised international law firm.

Farhana loves to gain a strong insight into how our clients operate and prides herself on delivering practical and easy-to-digest solutions. She believes that client satisfaction is the most important part of her role and dedicates her time to ensuring she’s producing excellent results for our clients.

Nia Lucas

Finance Manager

Nia is our Finance Manager. She joined Law 365 from one of the biggest accountancy companies, having provided accounting services to a broad range of clients for over 12 years.

At Law 365, she is focussed on using her finance skills to support the business. Nia is positive, enthusiastic and loves being part of such a successful and growing business.

Tim Merritt

Senior Associate

Vashi Suddul

Associate

Vashi joins Law 365 after training in private practice and really developing her passion in all things commercial! Vashi has a thirst for understanding a client’s business, especially technology clients and particularly Microsoft Partners.

She prides herself on being a friendly, approachable and good communicator -- which allows her to develop strong business relationships and progress deals. It is this approach that allows her to provide clients with commercially-focused and tailored advice (free from legal jargon!) without unnecessary delays.

Nia Lucas

Finance Manager