Good afternoon,
For many years, I ran the GC Private-Dining Club alongside the Lawyers’ BD Club. These were invite-only dinners and roundtable discussions exclusively for General Counsel. These GC dinners took place primarily in London but also in Dublin and New York. The feedback from our GC guests was always really positive (see some of their very nice words below!).
I used to love running these dinners but haven’t organized a GC dinner in Dublin for a few years.
So I’m absolutely delighted to announce that our next exclusive invite-only GC dinner takes place in Dublin on Wednesday 5th March 2025. I look forward to welcoming our guests to what I hope will be a very enjoyable evening with a lively debate and discussion!
General Counsel & their thoughts on our previous GC dinners
“Dear Colin, thank you so much for a splendid evening. It was a perfect venue-delicious food and drink –and delightful company. Margaret was superb-stimulating a very interesting debate. Thank you so much for bringing together such an interesting group and thanks to Julie-Ann for enabling it to happen.
“Dear Colin, many thanks to you especially for organising this excellent dinner in distinguished company and for inviting me. It was a fantastic evening and Margaret indeed gave a very interesting presentation and led a good follow-up discussion. Thank you also to Julie-Ann for making this all possible. Please never hesitate to get in touch if I can be of any help in the future with regards to anything related to the [ ] legal market. Colin, let’s get together soon to catch up properly?”
“Thank you Colin for arranging another great event today which I very much enjoyed. I was just sorry that I couldn’t contribute more to the debate given the parlous state of my vocal chords! I will look forward to seeing you at the next one….! Thanks also to Julie Ann for sponsoring.”
“Great session – insightful topics delivered by even more interesting characters. I could well have spent longer as there was clearly further ground to cover/develop. How you manage to consistently attract speakers of such depth and breadth is impressive – are you sure you should not be the one speaking on “Networking”?! Look forward to seeing you Thursday morning.”
“Colin – thanks again for putting this together. Good company, good food and stimulating conversation – what more could you wish for?”
“Colin, thank you very much for your hospitality on Wednesday. I had a very enjoyable and useful evening. It was nice to meet some GC’s from other organisations. I found the speaker very interesting with good sensible advice we can all use to good effect. Best wishes”
“Colin, a big thank you for organising last night’s GC event. A lively discussion, interesting people, great venue, great food – what’s not to like! See you soon.”
“Colin, apologies that it has taken until now for me to email you – it has been ridiculously busy. Nevertheless, I should have been in contact with you sooner to let you know what an enjoyable evening I had at your GC dinner. You were a fantastic host, [ ] discussion was thought-provoking, the other guests were very engaging and the venue was exceptional. It also provided [ ] and I with an excellent opportunity to catch up and we managed to squeeze a few pints in after the dinner. “
“Colin, you did it again! That was a great dinner last night – a fantastic setting, an energising and challenging speaker, a great group of people and outsanding food. Above all it was fun and thought provoking, always a great combination. Thanks again for the invitation and I was really pleased I could make it this time. It was great to see you again and I will make sure I don’t leave it so long before we meet up again.”
“Dear Colin, thanks again for the wonderful organisation and the invitation. I had a very enjoyable evening chatting to you and other guests and everyone I spoke to seems to have had a brilliant time! We also found [ ] talk very helpful and well balanced. I promised to keep in touch with [ ] to help him to navigate…. [ ] , me and [ ] also talked about a girls lunch sometime. We will certainly keep you posted as you were the connector of these all! Enjoy the beautiful sunny day!”
“Colin just a quick note from me to thank you and Julie-Ann very much for a most enjoyable evening on Wednesday. I thought it was excellent. Look forward to seeing you again at some point in the future. Best wishes.”**
“Hi Colin, many thanks for the invitation to last week’s GC event. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and thought your choices of venue and speaker were terrific, as usual. Speak soon.“
“Hi Colin, I enjoyed the meal, the speakers and the discussion – a great combination! And also a big thank you to Julie-Ann for sponsoring the event – great location!”
“Colin, thanks again for another brilliant event. Terrific venue and food, and great speakers! Enjoy St Patrick’s Day, and I look forward to catching up again soon.”
“Colin, really enjoyed the event. Excellent venue, two really interesting speakers and good conversation before, during and afterwards. Enjoy the rest of St P’s day and see you on Thursday!”
Future events
If you would like to be kept informed about what’s going on the Lawyers’ BD Club and the GC Dining Club, I’d love to hear from you.
My email is:
colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com
Have a great weekend,
Colin
The Lawyers’ Business Development CLUB 