RISING STARS: GCS OF TOMORROW

The Skyscanner legal team has been a prominent supporter of local talent, running monthly drop-in clinics for companies affiliated with Edinburgh-basedtech incubator CodeBase .Building these relationships has in turn allowed GC Carolyn Jameson to bring new skills and approaches to the legal team. Last year, Anoop Joshi joined Skyscanner from Brodies. A former software developer at CodeBase, Joshi’s intellectual property and IT law expertise is combined with practical experience of a variety of coding languages. ‘Finding a lawyer with that background is a godsend,’ says Jameson. ‘Matching those skills with commercial nous really sets [Joshi] apart.’ Joshi has taken on a broad role at Skyscanner and is currently helping Jameson to implement a GDPR compliance strategy across the business. ‘Everyone who works with him realises at once how smart he is,’ adds Jameson. ‘He is a wise head on young shoulders but is also very sparky and dynamic. I would describe him as a model in-house lawyer in the tech sector.’