About Concatena

Concatena was soft launched in March 2025 by Gayle McFarlane, after more than 20 years in UK legal private practice, most recently as a partner at Eversheds Sutherland LLP.
Gayle is a passionate and creative communicator, who has always sought to bring the best out of others.
Concatena is still under construction, but will offer:
Training
- Accessible and fun training on:
- the legal issues facing you and your team in the areas of data protection and privacy, technology (including artificial intelligence), and all aspects of commercial law and compliance
- inclusion, with a particular focus on disability and neurodiversity inclusion
- "soft skills" including time management, negotiation, drafting and team management
- IT skills for lawyers - let's change that reputation...
All of our training is tailored to your audience and format (online, train the trainer, face to face, asynchronous)
Coaching
- Coaching for:
- leaders
- managers
- early career lawyers
- business services teams in the legal sector
- neurodivergent professionals
Our coaching can help you reach a specific goal, for example a promotion interview, or for regular accountability touchpoints, particularly useful for anyone with ADHD or other executive functioning challenges.
Commercial and specialist data and technology legal advice
- Commercial, pragmatic and expert legal advice for:
- small and medium businesses who want to get their legal standing on.a firm foot without costing the earth
- technology focussed businesses who want to navigate the complex landscape of providers and market regulation
- any business who needs:
- a little extra commercial support
- to bolster their technology or data expertise on an ad hoc basis
- in house lawyers who would like a sounding board without blowing their budget.
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Please get in touch! Concatena works with individuals and organisations, in the private, public and third sector.