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Official Partner in London – Keltie LLP | Official Partner in Dublin – Boston College’s Global Leadership Institute
LBDC est’d London 2011
Inaugural GENERAL COUNSEL Summit
Dublin
sponsored by
Guest Speaker: Nigel Kemp
General Counsel Citibank Europe Plc
Thursday 6 October | 6.00 PM to 8.00 PM |
Venue: Matheson, 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
ADMISSION FREE
RSVP: colin@lawyersbdc.com
Good afternoon,
I hope you had a great summer.
I am delighted that the LBDC is partnering with Matheson for our Inaugural General Counsel Summit (Dublin). Matheson is “the law firm of choice for international companies and financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland“. Matheson is headquartered in Dublin and also has offices in London, New York and Palo Alto.
We have a wonderful guest speaker for this special event: Nigel Kemp, General Counsel of Citibank Europe Plc. Nigel has spent many years with the Citi Legal Department in London. He has recently been appointed to a newly expanded role based in Dublin, as Citibank Europe Plc General Counsel .
TALK
Nigel will give us a Talk about his career journey and discuss topics such as his new role in Dublin, building up a legal department and leadereship.
Nigel Kemp: Profile
Nigel is a Managing Director and has been with the Citi Legal Department for 20 years.
Nigel has recently been appointed to a newly expanded role, based in Dublin, as Citibank Europe Plc General Counsel .
This encompasses : (1) the creation and development of a Product based Legal Department focusing on custody, funds, and private banking; and (2) senior legal support for the management and governance of Citibank Europe plc and the bank`s interface with both regulators and (EU) legislators.
Nigel has led legal teams covering Transaction Services businesses and has had oversight of Technology Legal functions. More recently Nigel has managed regulatory reform initiatives such as client asset protection, EU funds regulation, the regulation of financial markets and resolution and recovery.
Nigel has been with Citi since 1996 , prior to which he was and banking and restructuring lawyer at Hogan Lovells in London and Hong Kong.
Nigel is a history graduate of King’s College London.
Our Sponsor: Matheson
Matheson’s primary focus is on serving the Irish legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Our clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies. We also advise 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and over half of the world’s 50 largest banks. We are headquartered in Dublin and also have offices in London, New York and Palo Alto. More than 600 people work across our four offices, including 74 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals.
Our thanks to Michael Jackson, Managing Partner of Matheson and Darren Maher, Partner in Matheson’s Insurance and Financial Institutions Group.
DRINKS RECEPTION
Matheson is kindly sponsoring a drinks reception before our Inaugural General Counsel Summit commencing at 6.00 PM. There will also be a drinks reception following Nigel Kemp’s Talk from 7.30 PM to 8.30 PM.
INVITE-ONLY EVENT
This will be a rare opportunity to hear from one of the leading General Counsel in Ireland and the UK.
If you would like to receive an invitation to our invite-only event, please feel free to email me.
colin@lawyersbdc.com
It promises to be a very enjoyable evening.
Have a good evening,
-Colin
E: colin@lawyersbdc.com
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