People

Jamie White

Founder

I'm a founder of Overture and I work with leadership teams on commercial strategy, identity and reputation projects. Over the past decade, I have delivered groundbreaking strategy and performance programmes for some of the world’s leading international law firms and helped brand, launch and develop a range of high-performing niche legal practices. My background is in identity and reputation for corporate and professional services businesses, from consulting practices and international banks to private equity, insurance firms and fund managers. I’ve also worked in-house at board level with a number of leading technology and media lawyers, and I’m fascinated by the future of legal services.

Oliver Scott

Founder

I'm a founder of Overture and I advise on identity, reputation and performance across all of Overture’s legal clients, always with a keen eye on tangible results and demonstrable commercial returns. Over the years I’ve worked with a wide range of professional services businesses in an internal and external role - and sometimes both. I particularly enjoy working with barristers chambers, which has included spending time with some of the UK’s top sets.

Jayne Fairley

Director

I work with clients to broaden and develop their strategic communications, backed by my experience in corporate communications, media relations, social media and brand strategy gained largely in publishing and financial services. I love working with clients to build their brands through programmes that get the best results possible for their requirements.

Paul Martenstyn

Chief Commercial Officer

I am Overture London’s Chief Commercial Officer, where I lead on driving our business services and commercial programmes forward with leading firms, chambers and practitioners. I bring over 25 years of experience at the London Bar, and spent over a decade in a senior clerking position at the magic circle set, Fountain Court, where I developed domestic and international client relationships with the world’s most prestigious litigators and arbitrators. I was also responsible for the implementation of one of the most innovative business and marketing strategies at the London Bar. More recently I held the post of Managing Director at Vannin Capital, one the leading litigation finance companies. I have extensive experience at International board level, and was the Chair of the African advisory board for Save the Children.

Robert Soar

Executive Creative Director

I lead the creative team at Overture London. I strive to create the best creative expression and balance it with highly disciplined application. I have a wealth of design experience and expertise creating and developing brand expressions for some of the world’s leading legal and professional services firms.

James Dose

Digital Director

I head up the digital team at Overture London, working across multiple channels including web, media and digital marketing. I have a decade of studio experience including work for legal services, spanning websites and applications, film and broadcast television, marketing and product design. I have developed Overture’s project management methodologies for digital delivery, tuned specifically for private practitioners in law.

Ben Rigby

Principal Consultant

Ben Rigby has over fifteen years’ experience working as a legal journalist and copywriter and is a Principal Consultant at Overture London He is a media consultant for Arbitra International, the fast-growing membership support service dedicated to supporting arbitrators, mediators, dispute boards and neutrals, and has acted as a copywriter for leading barristers’ chambers and major commercial law firms. He is a former editor-in-chief of Commercial Dispute Resolution magazine (CDR) and former editor of African Law & Business and Costs Lawyer magazines, having previously worked as a staff reporter on Legal Business and In-House Lawyer magazines. He was Bar Editor of the Legal 500 UK from 2006 to 2009. He has written regularly for Global Legal Post, Briefing, Managing Partner, Solicitors’ Journal, the Law Society Gazette, The Lawyer, Legal Week, IBA In-House Perspective, IBA Global Insight, Africa Legal, and Tax Journal among others. Ben is a non-practicing solicitor, who has worked in private practice, the Law Society of England & Wales and in government. He is a past president of the European Young Bar Association and past chairman of the London Young Solicitors Group, and was a trustee of the Law Society’s Charity for twelve years. He is a member of Clare College, Cambridge’s Alumni Council (1989), and has been a volunteer vaccination marshal with Essex Partnership University NHS Trust since April 2020.

Fiona Gardner

Brand Engagement Consultant

I work with clients to develop their strategic internal and external communications across various regions and in different languages. I gained my experience in corporate communications, media relations, social media and brand strategy largely in EU public affairs organisations in Brussels and professional services firms here in the UK. Strategy development and thought leadership content production are my real strong points.

Jodi Young

Consultant

I've worked for law firms for over 12 years, undertaking a wide variety of projects and roles, with a focus on client engagement, communications and business transformation. My experience leading the functions for bids, marketing, PR and digital at a major international law firm for over eight years gave me invaluable insights and the chance to work with some of the best in the business. Previously, I worked in the TMT and insurance sectors. I’m a natural problem solver and process improver, focused on delivering great business development and marketing outcomes.

Join In

We help professional services firms with their identities and reputations. As simple as that may sound, it demands a really broad range of people to make it work. From commercial leaders with years of board-level in-house experience to fresh graduates with a desire to strike out in the world of strategic thinking. As you can imagine, there are few typical characteristics but we’re always interested in talking to people with backgrounds in legal services.

Atypical characteristics may include introversion, autonomy, determinism and contemplation, which all have their place in formulating big ideas. After all, not every challenge can be solved with teamwork, role-play, can-do energy, flexibility and an enduring smile, regardless of how many job specifications you may have read. You need balance. Sound like your kind of thing? The next step’s easy – email your CV to work@overture.london and we’ll be right back.