We are a full-service legal events and content provider with decades’ worth of experience.
Leveraging our expertise and strong relationships with key experts across the globe we create focused communities, content and events that deliver critical knowledge transfer and new business opportunities.

Our aim is to create a community for members to share their thoughts, meet new contacts and to reconnect with existing friends.

Trusted

Who we are is defined by our approach.

With decades’ worth of experience, we are proud of our deep industry knowledge, quality of work & track record of delivery.

Informed

We engage with the industry thought leaders.

Our members, speakers and partners are renowned for their expertise, complementing our own focus on excellence both in delivering technical knowledge and practical insights.

Personal

We are part of the Industry.

We provide a genuine community for our members, both physical and digital. Working in close partnership with the industry we are a key facilitator for personal and firm wide growth.

We are a full-service legal events and content provider with decades’ worth of experience.
Leveraging our expertise and strong relationships with key experts across the globe we create focused communities, content and events that deliver critical knowledge transfer and new business opportunities.

Our aim is to create a community for members to share their thoughts, meet new contacts and to reconnect with existing friends.

Trusted

Who we are is defined by our approach.

With decades’ worth of experience, we are proud of our deep industry knowledge, quality of work & track record of delivery.

Informed

We engage with the industry thought leaders.

Our members, speakers and partners are renowned for their expertise, complementing our own focus on excellence both in delivering technical knowledge and practical insights.

Personal

We are part of the Industry.

We provide a genuine community for our members, both physical and digital. Working in close partnership with the industry we are a key facilitator for personal and firm wide growth.

Join the Community

We value regular interaction and dialogue with our community and members and invite you to join our practice area specific communities. You will benefit from access to a range of different networking events, content and discussion groups.

Events

Next Gen

TL4 Circle

Digital Content

Members Directory

Publications

In-house Support

Event Series

Events

Next Gen

TL4 Circle

Digital Content

Members Directory

Publications

In-house Support

Event Series

Events

2-Day

Large scale summits

1-Day

In-depth conferences

Circle Events

Invite-only curated guest lists events

Virtual Events

Technical & interactive
for 60-120 minutes events

Hosted Events

Managed events on behalf of partners

Managed Events

Bespoke event production, marketing and operations services

The community partnership is an annual partnership that is designed to provide visibility and assist in personal and firm wide growth. By working with you through a number of different channels, ThoughtLeaders4 will support your areas of focus, whether that be jurisdictional or practice-area specific, by driving content and opportunities to enhance visibility in the industry. Benefit from a unique 12-month annual collaboration tailored to boost your market presence that will:

  • Provide visibility to assist in personal and firm wide growth
  • Add a layer of additional marketing and BD to your existing activities
  • Elevate your industry presence over and above your peers

Through our multitude of channels, your firm’s message will reverberate across the legal landscape. You will have the chance to establish yourself as a prominent thought leader, positioning your firm as the go-to in your practice areas. Our communities create a thriving ecosystem, encouraging innovation, and propelling the industry forward.

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Olivia Wojcieszak Marketing Executive


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Stella-Quinn Hernandez Operations Executive

With a background in Entertainment events, Stella-Quinn has worked in luxury hotels, weddings, and festivals abroad. Stella has also graduated from the University of the Creative Arts with a bachelor's in Marketing and the City University of London with a post-grad degree in Interactive Journalism.


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Holly Waterman-McLeod Operations Executive

With a honours degree in Events Management, Holly has a wide range of experience working in the on-site delivery of events. From music festivals to exhibitions, weddings, and concerts, she thrives working in people-centred roles and finds great satisfaction in organising events and the subsequent creation of long-lasting memories.


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Jahnvi Gujjar Strategic Partnership Executive

I previously was working at Gumtree and eBay. I have gained 2 year’s worth of experience and knowledge about Operations. I love learning new things. I self-taught myself Korean. I wouldn’t say I am fluent, but I can read, write, and speak the basics!


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Dan Sullivan Business Development & Partnership Manager

Dan has over a decade of experience of working in the legal sector, working in the Practice Management teams at some of the UK’s leading Barristers’ chambers. During this time, Dan also organised legal networking and educational events in London, that connected legal professionals across different sectors. In addition, Dan was on the Management Committee of the Institute of Barristers’ Clerks, which worked on key initiatives and delivered events that raised the bar for the clerking profession.

Dan also spent 6 years working across South East Asia, France and the UK in organising events and programmes that brought together the Next Generation of Leaders and Entrepreneurs, with Senior Professionals and forward-thinking companies.


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Ben Jobson Business Development & Partnership Manager

Ben joined TL4 in 2024 and brings a wealth of experience in the legal industry, having worked at a number of leading barristers’ chambers as a clerk for the past decade. Ben has worked with leading barristers and law firms in the industry and is now assisting with developing the TL4 Disputes Community by working with clients to increase their profile and visibility.


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Emanuel Marques Project Manager

Emanuel is a project manager with 10 years of experience across a dynamic range of industries - from finance and tech to consumer-facing media and events. Comfortable delivering projects at scale, Emanuel is responsible for managing internal projects and constantly improving processes at TL4 to provide the best service to our community and clients.


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Melody Mok Conference Portfolio Manager

Melody joins as an experienced conference producer, having produced legal and financial events globally for over 6 years. She seeks to bring together communities and help foster the growth of individuals by producing agendas that are engaging and thought-provoking.


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Amelia Gittins Strategic Partnership Executive

Amelia joined ThoughtLeaders4 as a Strategic Partnership Executive, she previously worked for a leading London barristers chambers, assisting with their marketing endeavours, overseeing social and digital media output, the organising of internal and external events and more general marketing administration.


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Amy Barrett Client Services & Office Support Executive

After running her own business for the past 6 years, Amy has started her career in the legal events industry as a Client Services and Office Support Executive, utilising her experience from previous administrative and PA roles.


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Chloe Lomas Operations Manager

After graduating from University of Sussex with a bachelor’s degree in Criminology, Chloe has combined her passion for events and the legal system with kick starting her career in Operations at TL4.


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email Alexander

Alexander Edgal Conference Producer Associate

Alexander is a Conference Producer Associate at ThoughtLeaders4.

Alexander has developed their experience in commercial events across a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, organisational development, and renewable energy. They joined TL4 as an experienced Conference Producer focused on building our communities focused model and expanding on the successes of our growing event portfolio.


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Owen Dilworth Conference Producer Associate

Owen is a Conference Producer Associate at ThoughtLeaders4.

After graduating from the University of Exeter with a First Class Bachelor's degree in International Relations, Owen sought to apply his research skills in an international context. He worked with leading London Expert Network firms to organise consulting calls for key opinion leaders, cultivating interpersonal and organisational skills. After joining the company in October of 2023, he now applies those skills for production of legal conferences. 


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Maximus McCabe-Abel Senior Strategic Partnership Executive

Graduating in 2023 with a Bachelor’s degree in History and a Master’s in Marketing from the University of Durham, Maximus joined ThoughtLeaders4 as a Strategic Partnership Executive.

Maximus previously interned with a leading real estate firm, focusing on business development, marketing, and event production. He is passionate about forging lasting partnerships across the five TL4 communities using a range of in-person and digital channels.

Maximus is interested in cinema, literature, and sport; he is a regular tennis player and former international ski racer. 


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email Sebastian

Sebastian Dzienis Marketing Executive

With a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and experience in the Events industry, Sebastian combines his passion for graphic design with his analytical skillset to develop as a marketing professional. 


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email Phaik

Phaik Ooi Financial Controller

Phaik started her early accountancy career in the audit sector, where she attained her professional qualification as FCCA.  

Phaik has gained vast experience working in various industries including an occupational health company, a marketing agency, a HNW family resources office and an interior design architect firm. 

Phaik has a keen eye for details to ensure our figures add up. 


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Amanda Taylor Projects Director

Amanda has 11+ years of experience in the events industry, having delivered a variety of projects for leading conference companies, financial institutions and agencies. Amanda has a comprehensive range of skills in strategic planning and coordination.


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Seth Fleming Conference Producer Associate

Seth is a Conference Producer Associate at ThoughtLeaders4.

 

Seth focuses on conferences within Divorce and Private Client law. After joining the company in March 2023, he has developed a keen interest in legal conference production and forming connections within the communities. Seth graduated from the University of Sussex with a bachelor's degree in History & Politics with proficiency in Spanish and received an MSc in Marketing from King's College London.


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email Lily

Lily Taylor Senior Marketing Executive

Lily is a Marketing Executive at ThoughtLeaders4. 

 

After graduating from University of Bristol with a Bachelor's degree in English, Lily has kickstarted her career in marketing, combining her passion for both writing and creative design.


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Ben Sullivan Commercial Director

Ben has more than 2 decades of experience as a barristers’ clerk across multiple chambers which includes a prestigious magic circle set. Ben joins us off the back of running his own business.


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Laura Fraser Senior Operations Manager

Laura is an Operations Manager at ThoughtLeaders4 who possess experience within the corporate events sector.

 

Her skills procured during her Event Management degree makes her an integral part to the operations team, who’s duties include managing both national and international events. She combines her interests in design, finance, and marketing to create seamless conferences across TL4's five communities.


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Helen Berwick Commercial Director | Competition

Helen has over 15 years’ of experience in the legal media industry and worked across a variety of publications, events, directories, and a membership group.

Having built relations with leading law firms and professional services clients internationally Helen is now developing the TL4 Competition Community, working with clients to help increase their visibility and grow their business with a focused consultative approach.


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Peter Miles Head of Event Research & Production

Peter is Head of Event Research & Production at ThoughtLeaders4 with 20+ years' experience of event production and community development.

He’s gained that experience working with commercial event businesses, communities and industry associations across a number of sectors, with responsibility for identifying market opportunities, crafting value adding events and growing communities


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Yelda Ismail Senior Marketing Manager

Yelda is responsible for the management of the marketing and communication plans across both print and online platforms, liaising with external marketing departments to ensure the success of the events across all five communities.


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Ewan Brown Senior Operations Manager

Ewan is one of our Operations Managers at ThoughtLeaders4 and plays a key part in delivering our global events portfolio.

 

With an events background, Ewan has organised a range of different events from Gala dinners to sporting events in some of London’s biggest venues.

 

Having lived in France for eight years, it enabled Ewan to become bilingual but also highlighted the need to be aware of the cultural differences and attention to detail needed to produce events.


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email Maddi

Maddi Briggs Senior Strategic Partnership Manager

As the Senior Strategic Partnership Manager at TL4, I am responsible for developing and strengthening relationships with our 60+ partner firms across the five communities. Using an arsenal of different channels, my role focuses on developing and executing projects for strategic growth, as well as producing virtual events, written, digital and event content, including the quarterly magazines across the five communities at ThoughtLeaders4; FIRE, HNW Divorce, Private Client, Disputes and Competition. 

 

I also lead the team on TL4 Circle Events, which are exclusive invite-only meetings for eminent practitioners in our community. Curated by a committee of expert advisors, each Circle guest-list brings together a complimentary mix of jurisdictions, individuals and firms renowned for their focus on excellence in delivering both technical knowledge and practical insights.


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James Baldwin Webb Commercial Director | Private Client

James has 15 years experience in the media industry, the majority of which has been spent within the Private Client events space specifically.

Part of the team that developed a senior community of lawyers and private client practitioners at his previous company, James is now developing the TL4 Private Client community with his colleagues to promote collaboration and conversation within the industry. He focuses on developing opportunities for clients to network and building relationships.


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Paul Barford Founder | Managing Director

Paul is a founder and the Managing Director at ThoughtLeaders4 with responsibility for the overall strategic development of the company.

He has a decade of experience in the legal services industry, in building, launching and developing bespoke communities and putting legal practitioners together across private client, asset recovery, anti-corruption and financial services regulation and compliance.


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email Danushka

Danushka De Alwis Founder | Chief Operating Officer

Danushka is a founder and the Marketing Director at ThoughtLeaders4 with a key focus on international community development. She has seamlessly delivered large scale international asset recovery and contentious insolvency conferences with the utmost efficiency across the world and highly values the friendships and personal relationships that nurturing and developing communities entails. 

Born in Sri Lanka, Danushka has had the privilege of residing in Singapore, Pakistan, Malawi, Kenya, Indonesia and the UK. This international exposure stands her in good stead to meet the challenges of an increasingly globalised world.


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Chris Leese Founder | Chief Commercial Officer

Chris is a Founder and the Commercial Director at ThoughtLeaders4 with a primary aim of delivering value to our partners and clients.

During Chris’s 24 years’ experience, he has held senior roles at international b2b event companies and a leading legal publishing company. Working internationally, he has been responsible for many major event launches for the Asset Recovery and the Anti-Bribery & Corruption communities as well as General Counsel. He is relationship-driven and focuses on delivering value.


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Chris Leese

Founder / Director
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Danushka De Alwis

Founder / Director
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Paul Barford

Founder / Director
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For any general enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at +44 (0) 20 3321 9680

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