Alex Simpson became general counsel for Amazon U.K.’s management team just two months before the UK’s first lockdown. In the first six months on the job he had to deal with managing a new team, panic buying by customers and increasing interest from regulators.
Nine years of senior legal positions at U.K. supermarket chain Asda helped prepare him for the role, but he is conscious that he is still very much learning. Simpson spoke to law.com International about the challenges of his role, how Amazon uses legal technology and how he wants law firms to make better use of technology for clients.
