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Short Bio

Mark Sherwood-Edwards is a tech-sector lawyer, author of The Sales-Side Lawyer, and founder of Clearview Legal where he is on a mission to rid B2B tech of sloppy, lazy, not-value-for-money lawyering.

Having worked in law firms and then in-house, Mark helps B2B SaaS companies across fintech, proptech and tech turn legal from a cost centre into a competitive advantage. He writes Oh Lawdy!, a weekly newsletter for CEO’s, CRO’s and execs tired of legal being "Sales Prevention”.

Long Bio 

Mark Sherwood-Edwards is on a mission to rid the tech sector of sloppy, lazy, not-value-for-money lawyering the kind that treats legal as a box-ticking exercise instead of a way to actually help a business win.

As one of the UK's leading tech-sector lawyers, Mark works with B2B SaaS companies across fintech, proptech and the wider technology sector. Most lawyers are like taxi drivers: tell them where you want to go, and they'll take you there, charging by the hour regardless of how long it takes. Mark's more likely to ask why you're going there at all and whether there's a faster, cheaper way to get the same result.

That approach comes from his own career. Mark started in private practice before moving in-house, where he saw how much better the outcomes are when legal, commercial and operational teams actually talk to each other rather than legal showing up at the end to say no. It's why his advice is practical and commercial first, legal second.

Through Clearview Legal, Mark helps ambitious technology companies get better at negotiation, sales, procurement, M&A and strategic deals turning legal from a cost centre (or worse, a source of "Sales Prevention") into a genuine competitive advantage.

He's the author of The Sales-Side Lawyer and writes Oh Lawdy!, a weekly newsletter read by board directors and C-suite executives who are tired of legal getting in the way of the deal.

He's known for cutting through jargon fast, and for making conversations about "legal" genuinely fun to listen to which, admittedly, is a low bar, but he clears it comfortably.