Most lawyers talk about career progression as if it’s a straight line.
But the reality looks a lot more like a series of pivots, risks, and moments you can’t predict.
And sometimes the bravest move… is stepping away from the thing that once defined you.
This episode is about those moments — and what happens when you follow them.
Today I sit down with Sahar Farooqi (CEO and founder of Legalencia), a well-known face on LinkedIn who spent 15 years as a barrister before moving into legal transformation at Harneys… and eventually launching his own consultancy (Legalencia). He’s one of the few lawyers who has lived every corner of the profession: crime, civil, commercial, in-house, partner, and now founder.
Sahar shares the story behind the boldest decisions of his life including leaving the bar after 15 years to step into a world most lawyers still tiptoe around: transformation.
But this isn’t a conversation about innovation. It’s a conversation about reinvention.
We dig into why junior lawyers are entering the most high-stakes decade the profession has ever seen, how LinkedIn unexpectedly flipped the direction of his career, and the new rules of success in a legal world where talent and technology are now in a race, and only those who adapt will win.
Find more about Sahar here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sahar-farooqi/
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