LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |
London │ Dublin │ Paris | Dubai │ Boston │ New York | San Francisco
50+ public TALKS | Exclusive Private & Invitation-Only Events for General Counsel
Official Partner in London – Keltie LLP | Official Partner in Dublin – Boston College’s Global Leadership Institute
LBDC est’d London 2011
sponsors & hosts
Marie O’Connor
PwC Partner & Recent Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish-US Council
in conversation with
Dr. Robert Mauro
Director of Boston College’s Global Leadership Institute
Tuesday 30 August 2016 | 8.00 AM to 9.00 AM |
Venue: William Fry | 2 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2
ADMISSION FREE
RSVP: colin@lawyersbdc.com
Dublin News:
We are delighted to announce that leading Irish law firm William Fry will sponsor and host our special Fireside Chat at their fabulous offices overlooking Grand Canal.
William Fry’s Dublin office is located in the so-called “Silicon Docks” area in Dublin – as the HQ for Google, Facebook, Twitter etc are all in the vicinity). William Fry also has offices in, London, New York, Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

Key contacts: Bryan Bourke (Managing Partner) and Shane O’Donnell (Head of Corporate).
The Aer Lingus College Football Classic
Boston College v Georgia Tech
Aviva Stadium | 3 September 2016
American College Football will return to Ireland with the Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Boston College and Georgia Tech at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 3rd September. It is expected that 25,000 fans will travel from the US and Europe to take in the College Football event experience.
To celebrate and coincide with Boston College being in this Football Classic we are organizing a unique LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club | event:
–a conversation between Marie O’Connor
and
Dr. Robert Mauro (Bob)
It promises to be a fascinating chat between Marie and Bob. It will touch on topics including Marie’s career journey, leadership, the 30% Club, her work in forging business connections between the US and Ireland.
William Fry
Leading law firm William Fry has over 320 legal and tax professionals and over 450 staff. Our client-focused service combines technical excellence with commercial awareness and a practical, constructive approach to business issues. We advise leading domestic and international corporations, financial institutions and government organisations. We regularly act on complex, multi-jurisdictional transactions and commercial disputes. Strong client relationships and high quality advice are the hallmarks of our business.
We are ranked by international directories, clients and market commentators alike as being a leader in our main areas of work: Corporate & M&A, Banking & Finance, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Asset Management & Investment Funds, Real Estate, Insurance, Tax, Projects & Construction, Employment & Benefits and Technology.
William Fry has offices in Dublin, London, New York, Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
RSVP
If you would like me to add your name to our guest list, please email me:
colin@lawyersbdc.com
I look forward to hearing from you and hopefully seeing you in Dublin on 30 August.
-Colin
Marie O’Connor
PwC Ireland
Marie has been a partner at PwC in Ireland for 30 years. She was the first female partner of Craig Gardner/Price Waterhouse, Ireland, admitted in 1986. She has specialized in audit and business advisory services to the financial services industry. She has displayed unparalleled skills in bringing people together to further the interests of the investment funds industry in Ireland.
Marie O’Connor has been appointed to the boards of several high-profile State organizations by the Irish Government over the last thirty years. These have included directorships at the Dublin Airport Authority, IDA Ireland and Irish Life.
She has also been a board member of the Ireland-U.S. Council for many years. Marie leads the 30% Club of Ireland – which is a group of Chairs and CEOs committed to better gender balance at all levels of their organisations through voluntary actions. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, a DIT alumunus and is also qualified as a Barrister and has four adult children.
Dr. Robert Mauro
Founding Director | Boston College’s Global Leadership Institute
Dr. Robert M. Mauro is the founding director of the Global Leadership Institute at Boston College. He is also the director of the Irish Institute at Boston College.
As director of the GLI, Dr. Mauro is responsible for delivering certificate programs for executives at Boston College in Chestnut Hill and GLI offices in Dublin and Dubai.
Before coming to Boston College Dr. Mauro completed his PhD (The Practice of Ideology, 2009) in Political Science and undertook a post-doctoral research fellowship in the Institute for British-Irish Studies (IBIS) at University College Dublin (UCD). Dr. Mauro has extensive experience in university administration and a deep interest in entrepreneurial practices, which he has deployed over the first year of the GLI’s operations. During the past five years as director of the Irish Institute, Dr. Mauro designed and implemented professional education programs for developing and senior leaders in Ireland and Northern Ireland. These programs hosted over 600 participants from fields as diverse as business and innovation, policy, science and technology, and bureaucracy.
In addition to his work at Boston College, Dr. Mauro is active in ensuring that Boston College is well connected to the community. He is past-President of Irish Network Boston, a Director of the Wild Geese Network of Irish Scientists, a board advisor to both The Frederick Douglass- Daniel O’Connell Project the Gaelic Players Association New England. Dr. Mauro received a “Top 40 Under 40” in Irish-America award in 2013; and in 2015 was named to the Top 100 Irish Academics list.
Boston College’s
Global Leadership Institute
The Global Leadership Institute at Boston College offers dynamic programming for professionals looking to expand their areas of expertise and meet other like-minded individuals.
Through our custom designed and open enrollment programming, the Global Leadership Institute empowers you to reflect on your career, connect with influential leaders in the field, enhance your skills, and learn cutting edge techniques.
More information – please click here
LONDON
our
INAUGURAL SUMMIT
-celebrating the LBDC’s 5th Anniversary-
I am very excited about our INAUGURAL SUMMIT on 2 November 2016.
If you would like to receive more details about our special event, please get in touch. It would be great to hear from you.
Email: colin@lawyersbdc.com
We will have some wonderful General Counsel guest speakers including:
Our Previous New York Event
with guest speaker
Ricardo A. Anzaldua
Executive Vice President & General Counsel of MetLife Inc.

You may be interested to know that at our previous LBDC event in New York (30 November 2015), our guest speaker was the inspirational Ricardo A. Anzaldua – The Executive Vice President & General Counsel of MetLife Inc. Our event was sponsored and hosted by Hogan Lovells. Some photos from our special event are on the link below:
Photos from our LBDC event in New York with the GC of MetLife Inc.
London | Tuesday 19 April 2016
Fireside Chat with Bjarne P. Tellmann
Global Head of Legal for Pearson plc

We celebrated our 50th LBDC Talk in London on Tuesday 19 April 2016, 6.00 to 8.00 PM.
Fireside Chat
We had a very special event to mark this 50th milestone; a fireside chat with Bjarne P. Tellmann, the Senior VP and General Counsel of Pearson plc. The topic for our conversation was:
“Leading Legal Teams In an Age of Innovation and Disruption.”
As some of you may know last October, we had a wonderful fireside chat in New York with Bjarne P. Tellmann (sponsored and hosted by Morgan Lewis).

LBDC | Lawyers’ Business Development Club |
London │Paris | Dublin | New York | Boston | San Francisco | Dubai
50 Guest Speaker Talks | Est’d London 2011
Previous Guest Speakers include:
The Chairman of Goldman Sachs International | The Deputy Worldwide Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi | The CEO of Facebook (Ireland) | The CEO of PayPal (MENA) | The CEO of Hogan Lovells | The CEO of O2 / Telefonica |
Official Partner in London – Keltie LLP | Official Partner in Dublin – Boston College’s Global Leadership Institute
Est’d London 2011