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LBDC (New York)
Exclusive Event
with
Guest Speaker
Ricardo A. Anzaldua
Executive Vice President & General Counsel
MetLife Inc.
sponsored by
We are delighted to announce that RICARDO A. ANZALDUA will be our guest speaker at the LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club | in New York. Ricardo is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of MetLife Inc.
RICARDO has kindly agreed to give us a Talk about his personal career journey.
LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |London │ Dublin │ Dubai │ Boston │ New York | San Francisco45th Guest Speaker Event |
| When: | Monday, 30 November 2015 |
| Time: | Pre-event networking: 6.00 PM – 6.30 PM. Ricardo A. Anzaldua’s (Executive VP & GC of MetLife, Inc.) Talk will commence at 6.30 PM. Post-event networking: 7.30 PM to 8.30 PM |
| Sponsor: | Hogan Lovells |
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| Venue: | Hogan Lovells, 875 3rd Avenue, New York |
| RSVP | Email:
colin[at]lawyersbdc.com |
Ricardo A. Anzaldua
Biography
Ricardo Anzaldua is executive vice president and general counsel of MetLife, Inc. He was appointed to this position in December 2012. Anzaldua leads the company’s global legal operations, and oversees MetLife’s corporate secretary’s office and corporate ethics and compliance group.
Anzaldua joined MetLife from The Hartford Financial Services Group, where he was senior vice president and associate general counsel. There, he led legal support for the two largest operating divisions (commercial and consumer markets) after a three-year tenure leading the legal teams supporting the corporate secretarial, securities, corporate governance, tax, mergers & acquisitions, technology, bankruptcy and real estate functions.
Prior to joining The Hartford, Anzaldua was a partner with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. He began his legal career with the firm upon graduation from Harvard Law School in 1990.
Before law school, Anzaldua was the publications director and senior editor of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, a University of California think tank focusing on research relating to Mexico and U.S.-Mexican relations, as well as Latin America more generally.
Since 2015, Anzaldua has been a member of the board of directors for the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) and LatinoJustice. He also became a member of the board of directors for Common Ground, a New York City supportive housing developer and manager, in 2014. Since 2007, Anzaldua has also been a member of the board of directors of the Greater Hartford Legal Aid Foundation and currently serves as its president. He is also a trustee and pro-bono general counsel of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, an international nonprofit focused on economic and community development and empowerment in the developing world.
About our Sponsor: Hogan Lovells
Fast Facts
41 offices plus five associated offices around the globe
2,500+ lawyers
800+ partners firmwide
Top 12 law firm by revenue
Strength in a number of sectors, particularly in financial services, energy, and pharmaceuticals
CEO: Stephen J. Immelt
My thanks to both Chris Donoho and Oliver Armas Partners in Hogan Lovells (New York) for sponsoring our LBDC event.
Oliver Armas | Managing Partner of Hogan Lovells (New York)
Oliver Armas is the Office Managing Partner of the New York office of Hogan Lovells and handles complex domestic and international disputes. handles complex domestic and international disputes. He has an active trial practice in U.S. federal and state courts, and routinely represents foreign and domestic clients in arbitrations before the ICC, AAA/ICDR, LCIA, ICSID, and other arbitral tribunals. He also represents foreign product manufacturers in supply chain disputes and products liability litigation and in related regulatory matters. Fluent in Spanish and able to understand Portuguese, Oliver routinely counsels clients on matters involving Latin America. He has acted as a legal expert in certain aspects of U.S. law in foreign proceedings (e.g., Mexico and Peru), and has supervised litigation and conducted FCPA investigations in almost every country in Latin America.
Chris Donoho | Hogan Lovells Partner
Chris Donoho is actively involved in the business of restructuring companies, focusing his practice on the transactional side of restructurings, but also frequently appearing in court on behalf of clients to protect their interests and assert their positions.
His experience covers all aspects of restructuring, including both in court and out of court solutions. Chris spends much of his time protecting the rights of individual or aligned creditors in restructurings (both banks and investment funds), and has spent a considerable portion of his career representing bondholders’ and creditors’ committees. He has also dedicated a significant part of his career to representing debtors, as well as purchasers of assets in Chapter 11 proceedings, either through a Section 363 or a plan acquisition. Many of his matters involve cross-border disputes and multi-jurisdictional proceedings.
RSVP
It would be great to see you if you were interested in joining us at the LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club | in New York on 30 November.
Places will be limited and will be offered on a first-come first-served basis. A waiting list will be in operation once all the places have been allocated.
To RSVP, please email me:
colin@lawyersbdc.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
Colin
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Over the next few months, we will have some wonderful LBDC Talks taking place in:
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London
DUBLIN
Guest Speaker: Gareth Lambe, CEO of Facebook (Ireland)
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LONDON
Guest Speaker | Dan Fitz General Counsel of BT plc
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SAN FRANCISCO
Guest Speaker: Matthew Fawcett, Senior VP and General Counsel of NetApp
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LONDON
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DUBLIN
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NEW YORK
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