Jake is an entrepreneur, author, qualified lawyer and commercial/creative consultant. After completing his degree and the Legal Practice Course, he trained at City law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, before leaving the City to focus on advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of commercial, employment and fundraising matters. He also runs a variety of small businesses and has accumulated extensive business development, marketing, product development and consulting experience whilst working with high growth enterprises across a broad range of sectors.
Fine Print
Before joining Ignition Law, I trained at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, picking up ample corporate and commercial experience. As well as running my own start-ups, I also consult for a range of tech, food and travel businesses on matters ranging from copywriting and marketing strategies, to investor pitches and business development. In a past life, I worked as a full-time musician, postman, bin man, music teacher, caterer, supermarket trolley boy and builder (although I only lasted 1 day in the latter role).
Writing (from authoring educational books, to copywriting for travel and consumer goods companies); running small businesses (I run a small publishing company called City Career Series and a luxury cake company called Whisk & Drizzle); smelling/tasting/purchasing/collecting/reading about whisky; and playing drum kit (I perform in both a 9-piece funk band called Born 2 Boogie and a rock band called Inklings).
Commercial and Employment
Warwick University: Law & Business BA(Hons)(QD) and BPP University: Legal Practice Course (Distinction)
The Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, run out of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. The scheme was set up to address the disproportionate under-representation in large commercial law firms and other City institutions of black men from less socially mobile backgrounds.
News, Insights & Resources
During the recent session from our ‘General Counsel Know How’ series, head of employment Nicky Cranfield led an interesting discussion on managing performance in the workplace.
During the recent session from our ‘General Counsel Know How’ series, senior employment lawyer Polly Jeanneret led an interesting discussion on the various ways in which businesses can hire individuals.
We are delighted to welcome commercial lawyer Rachel Sallnow to the Ignition Team. She is joining as a Senior Consultant within the Commercial team.