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Dr Jackie Nagtegaal
Co-Founder & Director
Jackie has spent 20 years rethinking how legal services reach the people and businesses that need them. Before co-founding Lawyerly, she built and led one of Africa's largest alternative legal organisations, growing it to over 300 people and earning recognition across legal service, technology, innovation, and dispute resolution. She holds a PhD, awarded with the Top Achiever distinction, and has been named one of the top five women in legal tech.
As Co-Founder of Lawyerly, Jackie sets the strategic direction. Her work is guided by a single conviction: the law should work for people, not the other way around. Two decades of designing legal models that put commercial reality and client need ahead of legal tradition keep Lawyerly's service practical, human, and valuable for the businesses it works with.
Qualifications
LLB; MPhil (Cum Laude); PhD (Top Achiever Award); Key Regulatory Compliance Certifications
Dr Jackie Nagtegaal
Co-Founder & Director
I've started businesses, so I know what founders are up against. I also know why startups matter. They challenge the status quo, bring new ideas into the economy and push the world forward. That's worth backing. As a legal company built to do things differently ourselves, we recognise our own kind. We know what it takes to build something from nothing, and we want founders to succeed.
The trouble is, the legal system wasn't built for your pace. Traditional firms run on precedent, hourly billing and timelines that don't fit how startups work. So founders either overpay for speed or skip the legal side entirely. We built Lawyerly to remove that choice: fixed fees, a solicitor who understands your business and where you're headed, and foundations that help you move fast rather than hold you back.
