Our team has a real passion for change in the legal industry. We've all experienced frustrations with traditional models and wanted to be part of something game-changing. It's exciting to have such a dedicated and inspiring team
Titus Rahiri CEO & FounderTitus Rahiri.
CEO & Founder
Titus is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in private practice and as a general counsel across Europe and Asia-Pacific. He has led legal teams in NZX, FTSE and NASDAQ listed companies as well as high growth and 'unicorn' businesses on a range of matters including general corporate and commercial, business advisory and strategic risk and compliance. Titus has experience in technology, digital and e-commerce across various industries and has a keen interest in the legal transformation space and the business of law.
Past work: Powa Technologies, Expedia Inc., British Sky Broadcasting, King & Wood Mallesons, Mercury, Russell McVeagh
Education:
- Executive MBA, Cass Business School, London UK
- LLB, BSocSc (International Politics), University of Waikato, New Zealand
Natasha Norton.
General Manager, North Asia & Growth
A recognised leader, Natasha is an experienced senior executive with 20 years experience in technology & management consulting; focusing on innovation (new ways of working), strategy and emerging tech. Natasha works with customers to understand their challenges and partners with them to drive value and quality outcomes.
Joining KorumLegal in 2021, Natasha is looking forward to growing our footprint in North Asia and driving growth globally for the company. With significant experience in managing the operational function & strategic direction of growing organisations, she has a keen ability to identify opportunities in the market that require focus and empowering the people she works with to be better and do better every day.
Past work: MTR, Accuteque, Telstra, Ernst & Young, PwC, AXA, Merill Lynch & ANZ
Education: Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Melbourne Business School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology & Australian National University
Rob Shakespeare.
General Manager, SEA
Rob is an English qualified senior corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience across European and Asian markets.
Rob joined KorumLegal in May 2019 having previously worked as a corporate lawyer in the London team of a US law firm before moving to Singapore in 2016 to help develop their mainstream corporate and commercial practice for the Asia-Pacific region. He has supported global corporate clients with M&A, investments, joint ventures and other business expansion strategies.
Rob’s client experience includes secondments, public and private corporates, family offices, entrepreneurs and investment funds across a variety of industries and sectors, in particular financial services, technology and consumer goods & services.
Past work: Squire Patton Boggs
Education: LLB (Hons), University of Bristol, UK and University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Danh Nguyen.
General Manager, EMEA
Danh is an experienced senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years of global commercial practice experience across banking, financial services, payments and technology sectors. He has worked in global listed companies and in private practice on a wide range of matters including general corporate and commercial, financial services regulatory, AML/CTF, remittances and payments, business advisory and strategic risk and compliance. He also has extensive general management, leadership and business development experience.
Danh is also experienced in leading large transformation initiatives, using Lean Management principles, tools and practices to drive organisational, operational and cultural change, including Legal Process Management.
Past work: The Western Union Company, Westpac Banking Corporation, Lexmark International, Baker & McKenzie, Australian Broadcasting Authority, Blake Dawson Waldron
Education: LLB (Honours), BA (Mass Communications), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Estefania Altuve.
Head of Customer Solutions, SEA
Estefania is a business development and marketing specialist with an international background in talent acquisition for in-house legal teams in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her experience has focused on growing and developing relationships with both customers and lawyers across a range of industries and sectors including with MNCs, financial institutions, SMEs and startups.
Past work: Robert Walters, British American Tobacco
Languages: Spanish
Education: BBA in Marketing, Universidad José Antonio Páez, Venezuela
Matt Roberts.
Head of Customer Solutions & Operations, North Asia
Matt has spent his career to date working within the legal space. Initially, London based, working for a specialist boutique recruitment firm as Head of Legal, before relocating to Hong Kong in order to set up the firm’s first Asia office and further establish their presence in the APAC region. Now, as part of our HQ function, Matt utilises his extensive EMEA and APAC legal market knowledge to help build the KorumLegal brand, strengthen our existing customer and consultant relationships and promote KorumLegal’s capabilities to the market.
Past work: WSR Recruitment
Education: BSc (Geography), Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Sarah Leighton.
Customer Solutions Manager EMEA
Sarah is an accomplished sales and marketing professional with almost 10 years experience in legal services business development and recruitment. She started her career in London but has also worked in Asia for 4 years. She ventured into the 'NewLaw' space in 2016 and brings with her an international skill set of developing relationships at the highest level.
Past work: Navistar Legal, Sheffield Haworth, Commodity Search Partners, Michael Page.
Education: MA (Politics) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Janice Leung.
Consultant Solutions Manager
Janice is a talent acquisition and development specialist with extensive regional experience gained from global investment banks and financial institutions. Her experience has focused on talent recruitment, branding, attraction as well as talent and relationship management. She looks forward to building and nurturing the legal consultant community at KorumLegal.
Satinder Sohal.
Growth Marketing Executive
Satinder joined KorumLegal as a law graduate intern in 2018 and then took up the role as a growth marketing executive. She is excited to explore non-traditional legal opportunities and innovation in the legal space. She has a keen interest in NewLaw and LegalTech and how it is changing the legal industry. She has also enjoyed her return to Hong Kong which has enabled her to improve her Cantonese!
Languages: Punjabi, Hindi, Cantonese (intermediate)
Education: LLB (Hons), Coventry University, United Kingdom
Helena Hu.
Rutvi Thakkar.
Finance & Operations Manager
Rutvi is a finance specialist with over 8 years experience in India and Hong Kong. She joined the KorumLegal team after working with several MNCs and SMEs, where she decided that the legal scale-up space was where she wanted to be. Rutvi brings a depth of knowledge to her role at KorumLegal, having completed her MBA specialising in Finance and Project Management in 2011. Apart from work, she likes travelling and she has recently taken up baking!
Education:
- MBA (Finance & Project Management), Charusat University, India
- Executive Company Secretary, ICSI, India
Matt Molloy.
Titus Rahiri
CEO & Founder
Titus Rahiri.
CEO & Founder
Titus is a senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years’ experience in private practice and as a general counsel across Europe and Asia-Pacific. He has led legal teams in NZX, FTSE and NASDAQ listed companies as well as high growth and 'unicorn' businesses on a range of matters including general corporate and commercial, business advisory and strategic risk and compliance. Titus has experience in technology, digital and e-commerce across various industries and has a keen interest in the legal transformation space and the business of law.
Past work: Powa Technologies, Expedia Inc., British Sky Broadcasting, King & Wood Mallesons, Mercury, Russell McVeagh
Education:
- Executive MBA, Cass Business School, London UK
- LLB, BSocSc (International Politics), University of Waikato, New Zealand
Natasha Norton
General Manager, North Asia & Growth
Natasha Norton.
General Manager, North Asia & Growth
A recognised leader, Natasha is an experienced senior executive with 20 years experience in technology & management consulting; focusing on innovation (new ways of working), strategy and emerging tech. Natasha works with customers to understand their challenges and partners with them to drive value and quality outcomes.
Joining KorumLegal in 2021, Natasha is looking forward to growing our footprint in North Asia and driving growth globally for the company. With significant experience in managing the operational function & strategic direction of growing organisations, she has a keen ability to identify opportunities in the market that require focus and empowering the people she works with to be better and do better every day.
Past work: MTR, Accuteque, Telstra, Ernst & Young, PwC, AXA, Merill Lynch & ANZ
Education: Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Melbourne Business School, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology & Australian National University
Rob Shakespeare
General Manager, SEA
Rob Shakespeare.
General Manager, SEA
Rob is an English qualified senior corporate and commercial lawyer with extensive experience across European and Asian markets.
Rob joined KorumLegal in May 2019 having previously worked as a corporate lawyer in the London team of a US law firm before moving to Singapore in 2016 to help develop their mainstream corporate and commercial practice for the Asia-Pacific region. He has supported global corporate clients with M&A, investments, joint ventures and other business expansion strategies.
Rob’s client experience includes secondments, public and private corporates, family offices, entrepreneurs and investment funds across a variety of industries and sectors, in particular financial services, technology and consumer goods & services.
Past work: Squire Patton Boggs
Education: LLB (Hons), University of Bristol, UK and University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Danh Nguyen
General Manager, EMEA
Danh Nguyen.
General Manager, EMEA
Danh is an experienced senior corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years of global commercial practice experience across banking, financial services, payments and technology sectors. He has worked in global listed companies and in private practice on a wide range of matters including general corporate and commercial, financial services regulatory, AML/CTF, remittances and payments, business advisory and strategic risk and compliance. He also has extensive general management, leadership and business development experience.
Danh is also experienced in leading large transformation initiatives, using Lean Management principles, tools and practices to drive organisational, operational and cultural change, including Legal Process Management.
Past work: The Western Union Company, Westpac Banking Corporation, Lexmark International, Baker & McKenzie, Australian Broadcasting Authority, Blake Dawson Waldron
Education: LLB (Honours), BA (Mass Communications), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Estefania Altuve
Head of Customer Solutions, SEA
Estefania Altuve.
Head of Customer Solutions, SEA
Estefania is a business development and marketing specialist with an international background in talent acquisition for in-house legal teams in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her experience has focused on growing and developing relationships with both customers and lawyers across a range of industries and sectors including with MNCs, financial institutions, SMEs and startups.
Past work: Robert Walters, British American Tobacco
Languages: Spanish
Education: BBA in Marketing, Universidad José Antonio Páez, Venezuela
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Matt Roberts
Head of Customer Solutions & Operations, North Asia
Matt Roberts.
Head of Customer Solutions & Operations, North Asia
Matt has spent his career to date working within the legal space. Initially, London based, working for a specialist boutique recruitment firm as Head of Legal, before relocating to Hong Kong in order to set up the firm’s first Asia office and further establish their presence in the APAC region. Now, as part of our HQ function, Matt utilises his extensive EMEA and APAC legal market knowledge to help build the KorumLegal brand, strengthen our existing customer and consultant relationships and promote KorumLegal’s capabilities to the market.
Past work: WSR Recruitment
Education: BSc (Geography), Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
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Sarah Leighton
Customer Solutions Manager, EMEA
Sarah Leighton.
Customer Solutions Manager EMEA
Sarah is an accomplished sales and marketing professional with almost 10 years experience in legal services business development and recruitment. She started her career in London but has also worked in Asia for 4 years. She ventured into the 'NewLaw' space in 2016 and brings with her an international skill set of developing relationships at the highest level.
Past work: Navistar Legal, Sheffield Haworth, Commodity Search Partners, Michael Page.
Education: MA (Politics) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Janice Leung
Consultant Solutions Manager
Janice Leung.
Consultant Solutions Manager
Janice is a talent acquisition and development specialist with extensive regional experience gained from global investment banks and financial institutions. Her experience has focused on talent recruitment, branding, attraction as well as talent and relationship management. She looks forward to building and nurturing the legal consultant community at KorumLegal.
Satinder Sohal
Growth Marketing Executive
Satinder Sohal.
Growth Marketing Executive
Satinder joined KorumLegal as a law graduate intern in 2018 and then took up the role as a growth marketing executive. She is excited to explore non-traditional legal opportunities and innovation in the legal space. She has a keen interest in NewLaw and LegalTech and how it is changing the legal industry. She has also enjoyed her return to Hong Kong which has enabled her to improve her Cantonese!
Languages: Punjabi, Hindi, Cantonese (intermediate)
Education: LLB (Hons), Coventry University, United Kingdom
Helena Hu
Senior Consultant, APAC
Helena Hu.
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Rutvi Thakkar
Finance & Operations Manager
Rutvi Thakkar.
Finance & Operations Manager
Rutvi is a finance specialist with over 8 years experience in India and Hong Kong. She joined the KorumLegal team after working with several MNCs and SMEs, where she decided that the legal scale-up space was where she wanted to be. Rutvi brings a depth of knowledge to her role at KorumLegal, having completed her MBA specialising in Finance and Project Management in 2011. Apart from work, she likes travelling and she has recently taken up baking!
Education:
- MBA (Finance & Project Management), Charusat University, India
- Executive Company Secretary, ICSI, India
Matt Molloy
Tech Consultant