I am delighted to announce that Keith Ruddock will be our guest speaker at our General Counsel Gathering on Tuesday, 6 September 2022. Keith was a superb keynote speaker at one of our previous General Counsel events in London held at the stunning City of London venue, Innholders' Hall. This will be a small intimate... Continue Reading →

The General Counsel Dining-Club Wednesday 26 January, 2022 (11 am to 12 noon) By Invitation Only Photo: Lawyers attending The Lawyers' BD Club keynote speaker event in London when our guest speaker was Peter Sutherland, The Chairman of Goldman Sachs International Hello Happy New Year. I hope you had a great Christmas break. Celebrating 10... Continue Reading →

Closing Date: Thursday 30 September 2021 Theme: Travel To enter your photo, please feel free to email me: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com Photo Credit: Ed Saunders, Lawyer at Mayer Brown in London. Ed won 2nd prize in last year's competition. Good evening, Colin here from the Lawyers' BD Club. I hope you are keeping well. Just to remind... Continue Reading →

Closing Date: Thursday 30 September 2021 Theme: Travel To enter your photo, please feel free to email me: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com Greenwich Village, New York Hello, Just to let you know entries will close on 30 September for our 6th Annual International Lawyers' Photography Competition. The theme is travel. To enter the competition: You need to be... Continue Reading →

Wednesday 29 September, 2021 Good afternoon, I hope you are keeping well. I'm delighted to be a hosting a Virtual Roundtable for The General Counsel Dining-Club on Wednesday 29 September 2021. We will be joined by 12 - 14 General Counsel based in Dublin and London. Places have been allocated for this event but if... Continue Reading →

Good morning, I hope you are well. I am excited about convening New York based General Counsel + Partners in Law Firms for the next in our international series of Virtual Roundtables. Date & Time: Next Wednesday, 5 May at 11 a.m. Our previous Virtual Roundtables have taken place in London and Dublin. Our Middle... Continue Reading →

Entries Now OPEN To enter your travel photo, please feel free to email me: colin.carroll@empowermentinternational.com Hello, I hope you are keeping well. The 6th Annual International Lawyers' Photography Competition I'm very excited to be running out international photography competition again this year. Like previous years, the theme is travel. Given that we haven't been able... Continue Reading →

I am excited to announce that we are organising a series of exclusive invite-only Roundtables for Law Firm Partners in cities around the world. Dubai and Abu Dhabi Our next Roundtable will be for Law Firm Partners based in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Date: 14 April 2021 Time: 11 AM (local time in Dubai) Guest... Continue Reading →

Good afternoon, I hope you are well. Hard to believe but the Lawyers' BD Club is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and I'm excited about our 1st event of 2021. We will be hosting our Lawyers' BD Club invitation-only virtual roundtable for law firm partners based in London. Date: Thursday 25 February 2021. Time:... Continue Reading →

Interview with Christine O'Donovan Chair of Mason Hayes & Curran LLP *** Career Journey & Lessons Learned *** " Take your time to learn your skills, dream big and be ambitious. A career in law is a marathon and not a sprint. " *** Where does the story start?  Could you please tell us about... Continue Reading →