LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |
London │ Dublin │ Dubai │ Boston │ New York | San Francisco
Previous guest speakers include:
| The Chairman of Goldman Sachs International | The Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi | The CEO of PayPal (MENA) | The CEO of Hogan Lovells | The CEO of O2 / Telefonica | The CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi (MENA) | The CEO of PwC (Ireland) | The CEO of Bank of Ireland (UK) | The CEO of Sunderland FC | The CEO of the Law Society of England & Wales | The GC of the Intercontinental Hotels Group | The GC of The Weir Group plc | The GC of Manchester United FC | The Irish Ambassador to Great Britain |
Upcoming guest speakers
New York | The GC of MetLife Inc |
Dublin | The CEO of Facebook (Ireland) |
London | The GC of BT plc
Exciting News: LBDC to launch in San Francisco
Good afternoon,
We are very excited to announce that the LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club | will be launching in San Francisco in January 2016. The Club will then have six international chapters:
London
Dublin
New York
Boston
Dubai
San Francisco
Guest Speaker: Matthew Fawcett

Our wonderful guest speaker for our inaugural event will be Matthew Fawcett, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of NetApp.
Talk
Matthew has very kindly agreed to give us a Talk about his personal career journey. More details to follow.
LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |London │ Dublin │ Dubai │ Boston │ New York | San Francisco |46th Guest Speaker Event |
When: | Thursday, 21 January 2016 |
Time: | 9.00 AM to 9.30 AM | Pre-Event Networking
9.30 AM to 10.30 AM | TALK from MATT FAWCETT, General Counsel |
Cost: | FREE |
RSVP: | Email: colin[at]lawyersbdc.com |
Venue | San Fran (TBC – offices of a downtown law firm) |
Matt Fawcett: Profile
Matthew Fawcett is NetApp’s senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary. Matt leads the worldwide legal team. Under his leadership, NetApp’s legal team has been recognized for many achievements, including the Best Legal Department of 2014 (Best Legal Departments 2014, Corporate Counsel, June 1, 2014), one of the most innovative departments (The 2013 IC-10: Inside the Legal Profession’s Top Innovators, Inside Counsel Magazine, August 30, 2013), and as a top GC (America’s 50 Outstanding General Counsel, The National Law Journal, March 31, 2014).
Matthew has advised leading technology companies on a variety of issues, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, and litigation.
Matthew Fawcett: Forbes
Matthew is a frequent contributor to Forbes. You may be interested to read some of his blog posts (links below).
- The Collaborative, Transparent Lawyer
- What’s The Best Advice You’ve Had? (Here Are My Top 9)
- How Your General Counsel Sees Business Blind Spots
Join us in San Francisco
It would be great to hear from you, if you would be interested in joining us in San Francisco.
My email is:
colin [ at ] lawyersbdc.com
Have a good day.
-Colin
Upcoming Talks
You may be interested to know about some of our exciting upcoming LBDC Talks in New York and Dublin.
New York
Guest Speaker: Ricardo A. Anzaldua, Executive Vice President & General Counsel of MetLife Inc.

More details: Ricardo Anzaldua guest speaker at the LBDC
DUBLIN
Guest Speaker: Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA IRELAND

More details: Martin Shanahan guest speaker at the LBDC
Guest Speaker: Louise Phelan, Vice President of Global Operations for Europe, MENA, PayPal

More details: Louise Phelan guest speaker at the LBDC
LBDC: London │ Dublin │ Dubai │ Boston │ New York
You may also be interested in seeing the names (and photos) of our previous LBDC guest speakers.
LONDON: Previous LBDC Guest Speakers
DUBLIN: Previous LBDC Guest Speakers
NEW YORK: Previous LBDC Guest Speakers
BOSTON: Previous LBDC Guest Speaker
DUBAI: Previous LBDC Guest Speaker
London | Dublin | Boston | Dubai | New York | San Francisco
It would be great to see you at one of our LBDC events in London | Dublin | Boston | Dubai | New York | San Francisco.
For more info, please email me on:
colin[at]lawyersbdc.com
I look forward to hearing from you
-Colin
Colin Carroll
CEO
LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |
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