Africa Legal Podcast - Episode 52 - 'Delivering Alternative Excellence' with Herbert Smith Freehills

Fresh from scooping the title of Alternative Service Provider of the Year at the recently held African Legal Awards, Vanessa Kingsmill and Naseem Ameer-Mia of Herbert Smith Freehills chatted to Africa Legal’s Tom Pearson about their recipe for success. Vanessa heads up the Johannesburg practice of the Alternative Legal Services (ALT) business, leading a team of lawyers and legal analysts who combine legal expertise, process efficiency and cutting-edge technology solutions to provide pioneering legal advice and excellent value to clients. The Johannesburg team works as an integral part of ALT's global network and services clients across a range of industry sectors. Vanessa has over 20 years' experience within the legal sector gained in major international law firms, as a practising Disputes lawyer, HR and L&D professional, Executive Coach and Partnership Secretary. Naseem leads the Alternative Legal Services (ALT) Corporate Johannesburg team and is focused on the service design, operations set up and continuous improvement associated with servicing high volumes of documents, which form part of a commercial transaction. He has previously acted for large financial institutions, FMCG houses, manufacturing and telecoms companies across Europe, Africa and Asia–Pacific in acquisitions, large-scale outsourcing transactions, global rollouts of IT services and regulatory focused projects.