‘I’ve never seen an underworked legal department’ – The Wicklow brothers taking the pain out of in-house legal drudgery

In 2017, Dan and Alex Fox set up Johnson Hana. Their goal? To disrupt the legal marketplace by taking over the often tedious, labour-intensive work clogging up corporate legal departments

Dan Fox, CEO and co-founder of Johnson Hana, and Alex Fox, CCO and co-founder. Photo: Chris Bellew of Fennell Photography

Sean Pollock

Dan and Alex Fox aren’t afraid of being disruptive – be that in business or the otherwise quiet lobby of a Dublin city hotel.

The brothers behind Johnson Hana, an alternative legal services provider (ALSP) to some of the world’s largest technology companies and Irish State agencies, bounce off each other as they discuss the highlights of taking the business from a small office in Howth to one that has shaken up the Irish legal services sector and raised over €15m.