LBDC (New York): Bjarne Tellmann, Pearson

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LBDC (New York) Exclusive Event

Fireside Chat

with

Bjarne P. Tellmann

Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Pearson Plc

“Leading Legal Teams In an Age of Innovation and Disruption.”

When:	Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Time:	6.00 PM to 6.30 PM – pre-event networking6.30 PM to 7.30 PM – Fireside Chat with Bjarne P. Tellmann (Senior VP & GC of Pearson, Plc)7.30 PM to 8.30 PM – Post-event networking

Sponsor:	Morgan Lewis

Venue:

Morgan Lewis, 101 Park Avenue, New York

RSVP:

colin[at]lawyersbdc.com

Bjarne P. Tellmann

Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Pearson PLC

Bjarne P. Tellmann is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Pearson PLC, the world’s leading education publishing business. A FTSE 40 company, Pearson is active in over 80 countries with interests that include The Financial Times and Penguin Random House. At Pearson, Mr. Tellmann leads a global legal team of more than 200 people across five continents. He previously served in various capacities at The Coca-Cola Company, including as Associate General Counsel, General Counsel Asia-Pacific and General Counsel Japan. Prior to that, he was Deputy General Counsel of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company, S.A., one of the world’s largest independent Coke bottling groups, with 550 million consumers in 28 countries spanning Russia, Eurasia, Europe and Africa. Mr. Tellmann has also held legal positions at Kimberly-Clark and at the law firms of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and White & Case LLP in various locations in Europe and the United States. The Lawyer magazine recently named Mr. Tellmann as one of its “Hot 100” lawyers for 2015 and the Pearson legal team have been shortlisted for the Lawyer Awards “2015 Technology Media Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year” (to be decided at the awards ceremony in London on June 23, 2015).

Originally from Oslo, Norway, Mr. Tellmann is a member of the New York and Georgia Bars and is a qualified Solicitor in England and Wales. He holds a Juris Doctor with Honors from The University of Chicago, a M.Sc. (Econ.) from The London School of Economics and a PG Dip. (with Merit) in European Competition Law from King’s College, University of London. He received his B.A., Summa cum Laude from Boston University.

Interview with Bjarne P. Tellmann

You may be interested to read the terrific interview Bjarne gave to The Lawyer (26 May 2015):

Interview with Bjarne P Tellmann (Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Pearson plc).

About our Sponsor: Morgan Lewis

At Morgan Lewis, we work in collaboration. We work around the clock and around the world—always ready, always on—to respond to the needs of our clients and craft powerful solutions for them. From our 28 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, we work with clients ranging from established, global Fortune 100 companies to enterprising startups.

We provide comprehensive litigation, corporate, finance, restructuring, employment and benefits, and intellectual property services in all major industries, helping clients address and anticipate challenges across vast and rapidly changing landscapes. And we approach every representation with an equal commitment to first understanding, and then efficiently and effectively advancing, the interests of our clients and arriving at the best results.

Our team encompasses more than 2,000 legal professionals, including lawyers, patent agents, employee benefits advisers, regulatory scientists, and other specialists. If a client has a question, we’ll immediately find the person in our global network with the answer. If there’s a shift in the legal landscape, we’re on top of it, and our clients will be too.

We focus on both immediate and long-term goals with our clients, harnessing our resources from strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America and in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. You’ll find us everywhere from New York to Dubai, San Francisco to Beijing, and London to Washington.

Founded in 1873, we stand on the shoulders of more than 140 years of achievement, but we never rest on our reputation.”

Charles E. Engros, Jr.: Morgan Lewis, Global Leader of Corporate & Business Transactions Practice

Our thanks to Charles Engros for sponsoring and hosting our exclusive LBDC (New York) event.

Charles Engros counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, financings, and other transactions. The global leader of the firm’s corporate and business transactions practice, Charlie advises many non-US companies on acquisitions, financings, and securities law compliance in the United States and other cross-border matters.

Recognized by Chambers and The Legal 500 for his service to clients, Charlie often writes and speaks about financings and foreign investment in the United States, as well as trends in the M&A legal arena and the media industry. While he focuses to a large extent on serving media, technology, and information services industry clients, he also represents consumer products and industrial companies, and securities industry professionals.

RSVP

Places will be limited at our exclusive LBDC event in New York. If you would like to RSVP please email:

colin[at]lawyersbdc.com

I look forward to hearing from you.

Colin

Photos: LBDC (London) Previous Event

We were delighted that Patrick Stewart, the Head of Legal or General Counsel of Manchester United was our last guest speaker at the LBDC (London). Patrick gave us a fascinating Talk about his personal career journey.

Some photos from our event below: