About us

Since 2006 Legal Support Network (LSN) has been building a community for people in law firm management throughout the UK.

LSN brings the legal business services community together online through our website, our events, publications and social media channels. To support our online activities, LSN hosts a number of networking events annually across the UK, which provide the community a tangible platform to meet, establish and collaborate with peers. LSN also produces Briefing, a monthly digital magazine aimed at delivering thought-leadership content to the community in PDF format. In 2011, LSN introduced a conference arm to the business, with a view to delivering delegate conferences, seminars and workshops.

Who works in a firm like this?

David Sparkes
Founder/Managing Director

David Sparkes has worked in the legal industry since 1992. He started out at Thomas Eggar Verrall Bowles, later moving to HCL Hanne & Co. In 1997 he joined Adept Recruitment, a legal recruitment consultancy.

In 2006 he set up legalsupportnetwork. The rest, as they say, is history...

David's icebreaker:
Golf, cycling, Chile and triathlon

Contact David:
020 8322 7790
07958 655 288
davids@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

Sarah Cox
Head of client services

Sarah Cox spent six years working for TFB (now TikitTFB), eventually managing the company's marketing department. Sarah joined LSN in 2009. She's responsible for keeping all LSN's clients happy, managing networking events and making sure everything client-related runs like clockwork.

Sarah's icebreaker:
Exploring the sights of London, running and horoscopes. Trainee domestic goddess.

Contact Sarah:
020 8322 7790
sarahc@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

Rupert Collins-White
Head of content and community

Rupert Collins-White has been in legal publishing since 2005. He spent nearly five years at the Law Society Gazette, rising to features and commissioning editor, and de facto head of web. Rupert trained post-grad in journalism and has worked for IT Week, PC Advisor and SC Magazine, among others.

Rupert's icebreaker:
Can tend a small vineyard, if required; skiing; I studied Star Trek at university. No, really, I did.

Contact Rupert:
020 8322 7789
07824 645 406
rupertw@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

Sam Irvine
Head of events

Sam Irvine has 10 years' experience in research and production of successful, commercial B2B events, and spent six years as senior conference producer and content manager at Ark Group. Sam is responsible for LSN's conferences and delegate events, including the new Operational Leaders In Legal strand.

Sam’s icebreaker:
London’s restaurants; studying maps, seriously; unique wildlife holidays.

Contact Sam:
020 8322 7792
sami@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk

James Callard
Head of corporate partnerships

James Callard has over 10 years’ experience in recruitment marketing. He's worked for boutique recruitment business Witan Jardine and, more recently, Ambition. James is responsible for the recruitment arm of LSN - building partnerships with law firms and other legal service providers, recruitment consultancies and suppliers to the legal market to support their hiring strategies.

James's icebreaker:
I love triathlon, golf, cricket, football… basically most sports and, of course, rhubarb.

Contact James:
020 8322 7789
jamesc@legalsupportnetwork.co.uk