The Lawyers’ BD CLUB

(100 + TED-style Talks, GC Summits & The GC Dining Club, established in London in 2011)

Previous guest speakers include:  The Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, The CEO of O2 (UK), The CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi (MENA), The Deputy Global Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, The CEO of the British Council, The CEO of Hogan Lovells, The CEO of Facebook (Ireland), The CEO of IDA Ireland, The CEO of Enterprise Ireland, The CEO of PayPal (EMEA), The Global GC of MetLife, The Global GC of Diageo plc, The Global GC of Diageo plc, The Global GC of NetApp, The Global GC of BT plc, The EMEA GC of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, The GC of Citibank Europe plc, The GC of Manchester United F.C.

Previous law firm sponsors of our Talks / GC Summits: Clifford Chance, Freshfields Brockhaus Derringer, Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith Freehills, CMS, Norton Rose Fulbright,  Arthur Cox, A&L Goodbody, ByrneWallace, William Fry, Matheson, White & Case, Weil, Morgan Lewis, Goodwin Procter, Ropes & Gray, Reed Smith, Pinsent Masons

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The 5th Annual

International Lawyers’ Photography Competition

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Competition Theme:  Travel

Entries now open

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Top Prize:

A fabulous 2 night stay in the luxury boutique hotel (Vivenda Miranda) in the Algarve, Portugal (including dinner x 2 on one evening)

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Email your Photo to:

colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com

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Good evening,

I am delighted to be celebrating our 5th year running the international lawyers’ photography competition.  Over the years, I have received travel photos from lawyers in London, Dublin, Paris, Geneva, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, New York, Washington D.C., San Francisco. The winners of our previous competitions have been announced at receptions generously hosted at two international law firms in London – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS. If you have a travel photo, I’d love to see it.

Colin

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Avnish Shah

Senior Legal Counsel

Louis Dreyfus Company

Singapore

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Thanks to Avnish Shah in Singapore for entering the above photo in our 5th Annual International Lawyers’ Photography Competition.   Avnish said:

Hi Colin,

I would like to submit the attached photo I took in Hue, Vietnam for the 5th Annual International Lawyers’ Photography Competition. The title of the photo is “Street vendor selling different varieties of “Che Hue”, a popular Vietnamese snack, under a bridge in Hue, Vietnam”.

Thank you!

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YOUR PHOTO

So if you are a lawyer (including trainee lawyer) and interested in entering our competition, I’d love to see you travel photo.  My email is:

colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com

I look forward to hearing from you.

Take care,

Colin

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Prize

A fabulous 2 night stay in the luxury boutique hotel, Vivenda Miranda perched on a cliff overlooking the ocean in the Algarve, Portugal.  Dinner for 2 on one evening is also included.  (Flights not included!).

Video:  Vivenda Miranda

I took this video on my iphone of Vivenda Miranda

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SOME PHOTOS entered so far in this

YEAR’S

COMPETITION  …

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Chris Fowler

General Counsel Technology at BT Group plc

London

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Meera Ferguson

Deputy General Counsel

The Adecco Group

London

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Dr. Funke Abimbola MBE

Global General Counsel

Cycle Pharmaceuticals

London

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Professor Ira P. Robbins

American University

Washington College of Law

Washington D.C.

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James Watson

Head of Legal at DNEG

London

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Photo from Molly McQueen

Senior Vice President at Clearwater Capital Partners

Singapore

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Laura Murphy

Vice President, Regulatory

Paysafe

London

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Steven Colgan

Trainee Solicitor

Eugene F. Collins

Dublin

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Andrew Barr

Lawyer

Arthur Cox

Dublin

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Diyu Wu

Lawyer

Arthur Cox

Dublin

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Jennie Quirke

Associate at A&L Goodbody

Dublin

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Some photos

entered in our

previous

competitions

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Photo from Bjarne P.  Tellmann

SVP and General Counsel

Pearson Plc (FTSE 100 company)

New York

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Photo from Regan MacPherson

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Quantum

San Francisco

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Photo from Sylvie Vollet

General Counsel

AirtTies Wireless Networks

Paris

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Photo from Sean Thomas

Group General Counsel

AlphaSights

London

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Photo from Linda NiChualladh

Head of Privacy (Legal) EMEA and Assistant General Counsel

Citi

Dublin

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Photo from Mo Zain Ajaz

Global Head of Legal Operational Excellence

National Grid

London

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Photo from Keavy Ryan

Partner

A&L Goodbody

Dublin

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Photo from Jennifer Halpin

Partner

McCann FitzGerald

Dublin

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Photo from Rebecca Ryan

Partner

Matheson

Dublin

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Photo from Victoria Rowley

Lawyer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

London

 

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George Marshall

Lawyer

Baker McKenzie

London

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Photo from Danielle Carragher

Lawyer

Allen & Overy

London

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Photo from Cara Dowling

Lawyer

Norton Rose Fulbright

London

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Photo from Nikita Thakrar

Lawyer

White & Case

London

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Photo from Richard Taylor

Lawyer

Baker & McKenzie

London

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Photo from Dean Peachey

Lawyer

DLA Piper

London

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Photo from James McKnight

Lawyer

Simmons & Simmons

Dublin

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Photo from Paula Gibbs

Lawyer

Harneys

Hong Kong

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Liz Poon

Consultant Lawyer

London

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Photo from Dr Irena Dajkovic

Founding Partner of DALIR Law Firm

London

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Photo from Nita Upadhye

Lawyer at MNU Immigration Limited

London

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Photo from Benjamin Ross

Partner at Bortstein Legal Group

London

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Photo from Kathy MacDonald

Legal Counsel at RBC

Dublin

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Photo from Jane Murphy

Lawyer at Allied Irish Bank

Dublin

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Photo from Maria Echeverria-Torres

Head of Legal & Compliance, Western Europe at Nokia

Madrid

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Photo from Richard Given

General Counsel at 10x Future Technologies

London

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Photo from Ciaran McGonagle

Assistant General Counsel at ISDA

London

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Photo from Funke Abimbola MBE

Former General Counsel at Roche UK

London

 

Photo from Claire Morel de Westgaver

Lawyer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

London

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Photo from Stacey Nevin

Lawyer at Kingsley Napley

London

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Photo from Nessa Barry

Lawyer at Taylor Vinters

London

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Photo from Kit Carter

Lawyer at Carpmaels & Ransford

London

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Photo from Daniel McDonnell

Legal Counsel at Intesa Sanpaolo

London

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Photo from Chelsey O’Doherty

Lawyer at Matheson

London

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Photo from Laura Murphy

Senior Legal Counsel, Paysafe Group

London

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Photo from Ruth Keating

Barrister at 39 Essex Chambers

London

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Photo from Thomas Garner

Lawyer at Gherson Solicitors

London

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Photo from Rebecca Keating

Barrister at 4 Pump Court

London

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Photo from Mary Smith

Beale & Co

Dublin

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Photo from Aoife Ryan

Corporate Counsel at Teewinot Technologies Ltd

Dublin

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Photo from Amy Weston

Senior Legal Counsel at Citco

Dublin

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Photo from Clemence Dillange

Lawyer at SCP Rocheteau & Uzan-Sarano

Paris

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Photo from Benjamin Goldenberg

Senior IP Counsel

Pernod Ricard

France

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Photo from Shaparak Saleh

Partner Teynier Pic

Paris

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Photo from Sharon Reilly

Partner at Uniolex – Stucchi & Parters

Milan

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Photo from Mário Pinto

Lawyer at the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (ASF)

Lisbon

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Photo from Velislave Hristova

Lawyer in Bulgaria

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Photo from Kay K. W Pang

General Counsel (APAC) at Cloudera

Singapore

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Photo from Tammi Gaw

Founder & Executive Director of Advantage Rule, LLC

Washington DC

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Photo from Desmond C.B. Lyons

Founding Partner Lyons McGovern LLP

New York

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Photo from Brendan Hanvey

Senior Legal Counsel at Sydney Metro

Sydney

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Photo from Nessa Barry

Lawyer at Taylor Vinters

London