
Koi Sports CIC Grassroots Podcast; Vanessa Challess of Tiger Law & Hope 4 (aka Reach My Street)
Produced and Recorded by Tony Rice.
Koi Sports Elite Champion Pro member “Vanessa Challess” of Tiger Law, and “Chris Lomas” of Hope 4 (aka Reach My Street), speak with Koi Sports CIC about their respective organisations and their commitment to delivering positive social change.

How to Grow an Innovative & Inclusive Law Firm in 2021
Topics discussed include:
- Her unique transnational upbringing, and the story behind Tiger Law’s inception
- The legal and operational need-to-knows of starting your own firm in 2021
- How she grew the business, and how they’ve pivoted to cope with COVID-19 linked disruption
- Why the firm has embraced legal technology but has not embraced the billable hour!

99 Challenges – Prevention is better than cure
Legal essentials for growing businesses
Vanessa was delighted to be featured on the 99 Challenges podcast with Anywhere Consulting. The episode focuses on the legal matters that every business owner should attend. We dive deep into the first steps you should focus on as a just-starting business. We discuss when to expand your legal options and hire an internal solicitor or an external law office. We also discuss the main missteps you can make if you don’t treat legal matters as a preventive measure.

You Want To Do What?
`”We chat with Vanessa Challess about founding her own law firm with the goal of doing everything as differently from the traditional law firms as she could. We chat about how to get into the industry, as well as changes that are being brought in to open up the industry to a wider audience, offering different routes to qualification, such as Cylex and periods of qualifying experience. We also talk about the day to day life of a lawyer, the positives, negatives and salary expectations within the industry. If your thinking about getting into law this is a must listen, Vanessa gives loads of great advice about how to stand out and get started in the industry. A real pleasure to chat with Vanessa.”
ROUTES INTO LAW
Tiger Law does things differently. We are a new breed of law firm driving change and inclusivity in the legal profession.
We don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion, we practise it everyday.
Routes Into Law is a series by Stefanie Smith. Stefanie and guests explore various routes into law and celebrate unconventional journeys to break the myth that lawyers have to be a certain type of person.
The Routes Into Law series explores various routes into law and celebrates unconventional journeys to break the myth that lawyers have to be a certain type of person.
Remote Law Life - Episode 2 with Vanessa Challess
Remote Law Life is a mini-series of interviews with legal professionals who are bossing remote working. If we’re serious about building back better, we need to embrace new models of leadership that empower people rather than limit them. It’s good for us, it’s good for our teams, it’s good for our families, it’s good for our societies, it’s good for our planet and it’s good for business.
In episode 2, Daisy is joined by the one and only Tiger Queen, Vanessa Challess. Vanessa founded Tiger Law from her home in 2017. Since then, she has lead a mixed team of remote, office-based and hybrid workers. Vanessa is a feminist lawyer who advocates for equality in life and law. She is also a champion for Neurodiversity in Law.
Routes Into Law
Stefanie Smith is joined by Phil Steventon, paralegal at Tiger Law, to discuss his unconventional route into law.
Check out our “Routes Into Law” series here Routes Into Law