“The whole event was such a credit to you Colin, so professionally executed and everyone there was cooing about how your events are the best ones they go to. I don’t think you realize how unique and how valued your events are in comparison to the usual run of the mill seminars and talks by law firms and industry bodies.”
[Comment received from one of our General Counsel guest speakers on 24 May 2018]
“Congrats Colin Carroll, you pulled off an incredible array of spectacular speakers.”
[CEO guest at our GC Summit]
PHOTOS
from our
2nd Annual General Counsel Summit
London | Wednesday, 23 May 2018 | CMS, Cannon St, London
Headline Sponsors:
Matheson & CMS
International Divorce & Family Law Sponsor:
Rita Lowe Head of Banking & Finance at CMS welcomes guests at the 2nd Annual General Counsel Summit hosted at the offices of CMS in London
Colin Carroll MD of the Lawyers’ BD CLUB welcoming our guests and kicking off our 2nd Annual General Counsel Summit at the offices of CMS in London
TED style Talk from Funke Abimbola MBE General Counsel of Roche UK
TED style Talk from Orla Muldoon Chief Counsel EIMEA at Archer Daniels Midland
Rising Stars
Lisa Mawell, Informa plc
Prash Mehta, BT
Shane O’Driscoll, Apptio Inc
Karen Stapleton, Network Rail
Peter O’Keefe, AirWair International
Our Rising Stars panel discussion was moderated by Eanna Mellett corporate partner in Matheson’s London office
Fireside Chat with Richard Given General Counsel of 10x Banking
Fireside Chat with Sajid Hussein General Counsel (EMEA) of Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Fireside Chat with Patricia Christias General Counsel Microsoft (UK)
TED style Talk from Tim Grayson MD at Goldman Sachs
Fireside Chat with Caroline Kenny Associate General Counsel at Facebook
Fireside Chat with Clare Wardle General Counsel of Coca Cola European Partners plc
TED style Talk from Andrew Magowan General Counsel of ASOS
Helena Donohoe, Managing Partner of Donohoe & Co our international divorce & family law sponsor
Guests chatting at our General Counsel Summit
HEADLINE SPONSORS
Éanna Mellett, Corporate Partner at Matheson
Éanna is a partner in the Corporate Department at Matheson and is resident counsel in the firm’s London office. He advises on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate reorganisations. Éanna has advised the Irish State and many leading Irish and international companies, institutions and private equity houses.
About Matheson
Headquartered in Dublin with offices in London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, more than 650 people work across Matheson’s five offices, including 85 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals. Matheson concentrates on serving the Irish legal needs of internationally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Matheson’s clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies and over half of the world’s 50 largest banks. Matheson has worked closely with some of the world’s largest tech multinationals and high-profile start-ups advising 7 of the top 10 global technology brands.
Awards and Endorsements
- Matheson was named Ireland’s Legal Adviser of the Year in the Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2017.
- Matheson was ranked Ireland’s Most Innovative Law Firm in the 2017 Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards. In addition, the firm was ranked in the FT’s Top 20 Most Innovative Law Firms in Europe.
- Matheson won seven Finance Dublin Deals of the Year 2017 relating to M&A, Equity Capital Markets, Loans and Financing and International Financial Services.
- Matheson was named International Firm in the Americas by International Tax Review 2017 and also won European Financial Services Tax Deal of the Year.
- Matheson was named UCITS Law Firm of the Year by the Hedge Fund Journal 2017
- Matheson won ILO Client Choice Awards in the categories of Corporate, Banking and IT and Internet Law in Ireland.
HEADLINE SPONSORS
Rita Lowe
Head of the Banking & Finance Team, CMS
Rita Lowe is the Head of the Banking & Finance Team.
Rita has a wide and varied practice which includes advising stakeholders (such as banks, private equity, funds and pension trustees) on general issues with respect to stressed/distressed entities, advising directors, administrators/liquidators and also purchasers of distressed businesses as well as investors in distressed businesses.
Rita has acted on a number of market leading assignments, including the administration of King & Wood Mallesons LLP, Dewey & Le Boeuf LLP and Halliwells LLP: the largest European, U.S, and UK firms (respectively) to go into an administration process.
CMS
Ranked as the world’s 6th largest law firm by lawyer headcount and 6th largest in the UK by revenue, CMS can work for you in 42 countries from 74 offices worldwide. Globally 4,500 lawyers offer business-focused advice tailored to our clients’ needs, whether in your local market or across multiple jurisdictions.
With the coming together of CMS, Nabarro and Olswang on 1 May 2017, we have created a new future-facing firm, one that is well equipped to help our clients face the future with confidence.
This means putting our clients’ interests and priorities at the very heart of everything we do. And, in a world of ever-accelerating change, that demands unwavering sector focus combined with quality practice specialism.
International Divorce & Family Law Sponsor:
Profile of Helena Donohoe
Managing Partner of Donohoe & Co
Helena Donohoe is the founder and managing partner of Donohoe & Co.
Helena specialises in all aspects of private family law, particularly cases with an international element. She has dealt with cases involving competing jurisdictions across the world, including Monaco, Thailand, Cyprus, Spain, France, UAE, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
She obtained her law degree from the London School of Economics and passed the Legal Practice Course with Distinction. She trained with a “City” firm and worked for a wide range of practices before setting up her own boutique family law firm in March 2010.
She is admitted as a solicitor in Ireland in addition to practicing in England and Wales. She is particularly adept at advising in cases with complex company and trust structures, often located in various offshore jurisdictions, and prides herself on giving sound commercial advice in a family setting, with a compassionate approach.
She is an active member of Resolution, a nationwide professional network of specialist family lawyers. She is a member of the International Bar Association. She is a trained collaborative lawyer and a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
In her spare time Helena tries her best to grow fruit and vegetables in her London garden and likes to escape to her native Ireland as often as work permits.
Contact: Colin Carroll
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