Our People

I’m a Data & Insights Analyst, working at the intersection of data, technology and the business. My role is about turning data into insights that people can actually use, whether that means understanding performance, investigating why something is happening, improving reporting, or helping teams make better-informed decisions.

A significant part of the role is also understanding the systems and processes behind the data. I enjoy going beyond numbers and asking where did it come from, can we trust it, what is influencing it, and what can we actually do with it?

What was the driving factor that initially attracted you to join an international law firm as a business professional?

I wanted to work in an environment where the scale and complexity of the organisation created interesting problems for data and insights. Considering the moment of rebranding it also has been connected with the opportunity to bring best practices right away.

I was also attracted by the opportunity to work outside a traditional data or technology company. An international law firm has a very different business model. That creates a lot of interesting questions about how data can support the business.

For me, the appeal was less about the legal industry itself and more about the opportunity to bring an analytical perspective into a new and complex environment.

What are the moments or projects that stand out as your defining experiences?

I would describe 2: The first was when I took over plain tables and gradually transformed them into dashboards, then adding short insights lines made people come back with questions – this was a breathtaking moment of seeing the value of my approach; and second, AI helped me to drastically reduce time for reports preparation – it is truly co-creating our data journey now.

How would you describe the culture at Clifford Chance? What aspects of the firm’s culture resonate most with you on a daily basis?

I would describe it as professional, collaborative and very international. There is a strong sense that people are experts in their own areas, but that many of the interesting problems require those different areas to work together.

Working with people from different teams and backgrounds means that there is rarely just one way of looking at a problem.

What does “work-life balance” look like for you at Clifford Chance, and how is the firm supportive in maintaining this balance?

For me, work-life balance means being able to be genuinely focused on work when I’m working, while also having time and mental space outside work.

I value having the flexibility to organise my work around what actually needs to be achieved rather than treating time at a desk as the objective. That makes it easier to manage periods that are particularly busy while maintaining a sustainable routine over the longer term.

What aspects of your role do you find most fulfilling and what keeps you motivated on both challenging and rewarding days?

By going to the technical depth of building it, I've grown from "why did this break" to actually understanding and developing the architecture. This moved me to a higher tier with bigger responsibilities. AI-development adds pressure as well – coding and architecture development became easier, but since everyone is aware of that – expectations grew in reply to that.

Meanwhile, the most fulfilling part is solving problems where the answer isn’t immediately obvious. I enjoy taking incomplete data, conflicting numbers, an unclear question or a process that doesn’t quite work – and gradually turning it into something understandable and useful.

What are some key skills or competencies you have developed during your time at Clifford Chance? How have these contributed to your success here?

Prompts and Agent engineering translated from complementary tasks to daily routine.

In daily tasks I’m more conscious of tracing an issue back through its underlying data, systems and processes and testing whether the evidence actually supports the explanation.

Communication has been another important area. Working with people who have very different levels of technical knowledge has taught me to adapt how I explain things. A technically correct answer isn’t particularly useful if the person receiving it cannot understand what it means or what they should do with it.

What qualities or traits do you most appreciate in your colleagues, and how does this influence the way you work together as a team?

I really appreciate curiosity, openness and reliability. Luckily, most of my colleagues have these qualities. What I appreciate specifically is that many folk are comfortable saying "I don’t know", "I didn't understand, let's reiterate" and finally saying "no, I don’t think so because….", rather than trying to protect themselves by pretending they already have the answer.

How do you continue to develop professionally, and what resources or practices at Clifford Chance have supported this ongoing learning and growth?

Clifford Chance hires experts who trust each other. This trust leads to smooth processes, thus I have time to learn best practices. Yet, the firm is on a digital transformation journey, so my daily routine contains a number of challenges, that sometimes I simply don't know how to address – which brings a second area of learning.

Finally, there is a saying "You have one mouth and two ears – build you collaboration using this proportion". I have a great luck working with top notch professionals who contribute to my development on a daily basis.