About.

LexGO was founded by Paula Pepin, a well-known and respected legal executive with extensive experience in scaling companies going through hyper-growth. With a dual education in law and business, Paula believes that legal departments should never be an obstacle to common sense. She has an innate passion for growing companies, helping them set their frameworks and achieving their short, medium and long-term goals. In creating LexGO, her vision was to create a consulting boutique that had a unique set of approaches and tools allowing companies at various stages of growth to unlock their potential.

Paula Pepin

Founder

I am a lawyer, yes, but first and foremost I am business person who was an executive for several hyper-growth companies over the last 20 years. I created LexGO because I have been through hyper-growth and know what is needed in order to scale a company. When it comes to legal services, I also firmly believe the traditional legal industry needs to be disrupted. In the era of the gig economy, the arrival of new and innovative legal service providers and the rapid advancement of technologies, legal departments have to re-think the way they provide and scale their services. Having been a GC myself, I know how days are filled with meetings and emergencies and how difficult it is to find time to dedicate to strategic work. If you choose to partner with LexGO, we will help you become strategic. Working in the background, our commitment will be to create valuable and tangible deliverables which will make you shine in front of your leadership team.

LexGO's Consultants

Nicola-Jane McNeill
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Nicola-Jane McNeill is a 25-year in-house legal veteran, having honed her skills with companies in a broad range of industries and growth stages, from a multinational parking operations and technology leader to a local creative services firm pivoting into resort property sales. Whether she is pioneering a department from the ground up or retooling an existing one, Nicola-Jane enjoys operationalizing legal requirements and risk management concerns for stakeholders at all levels with an eye to pragmatism, efficiency and empowerment. A former GC and Corporate Secretary who continues to provide fractional services, she is no stranger to organizational change or disruption in its many forms, and is an enthusiastic champion of the value that corporate counsel bring to the organizational table.​

Jenn Smyth-Whelly
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Jenn is an executive leader, who has led strategic change within tech companies of varying sizes and stages of growth.  She held leadership positions across the business including Strategy & Operations, IT/Data, Professional Services, Product Management and Human Resources.  She is an expert at figuring how the pieces come together to make a business tick.  

She is recognized as someone who builds high-performing teams and winning strategies through alignment and dialogue. Her unique experience allows her to deliver high-value assets that elevate your legal team within the business.

​What Clients Say About Us.

Paula has a remarkable understanding of the Enterprise B2B Sales industry. Her practical advice allowed Bananatag to implement some key process efficiencies that allowed our Enterprise sales deals to close faster and with less friction. Any growing B2B company would highly benefit from hiring LexGO to streamline their client-facing negotiations. ​
Nika Pidskalny, General Counsel at Bananatag

Paula’s approach to building and running an effective in-house legal team is exemplary and has guided my own legal operations strategy in my current role. Paula successfully navigates legal planning and budgeting and is a master manager of legal resourcing, including external counsel performance and spend. She is committed to understanding the core of a business, digging through noise, and translating business needs into legal requirements, with the aim to both protect and grow a company. Paula is a true leader, coach, and invaluable resource. 
Marissa Zook, VP & General Counsel at Canalyst
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