Business
In the latest installment of Ropes & Gray’s alumni podcast series, Alumni @ RopesTalk, health care partner John Chesley interviews Alon Rotem, chief legal officer at thredUP, and Brianna Humphreville, associate general counsel at thredUP. Alon and Brianna met as summer associates at Ropes & Gray in 2006. While their careers took different paths after leaving Ropes & Gray—which they discuss in the podcast—they reunited at thredUP, an online consignment and thrift store. They talk about what it’s like to be lawyers at a tech company that’s environmentally focused, and share their experience of taking thredUP public during the pandemic. Looking back at their time at Ropes & Gray, they reflect on the cultural similarities between Ropes & Gray and thredUP. Finally, they give some advice for outside counsel looking to work with thredUP.