WOMEN IN BUSINESS LAW:Building the Talent Pipeline

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18 June, 2015 | Etc Venues – St. Pauls

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The group provides year round development opportunities. It wasdeveloped with the following aims:

• To share best practice• To provide networking opportunities for women lawyers

Benefits of joining the group include:

• Invitation to the networking drinks, November 2015• Access to quarterly live and online panel sessions with expert

leaders• Articles commissioned by IFLR, posted on an online platform,

including:o Leadership series - bi-monthly interviews with senior women

lawyerso Best practice series - bi-monthly articles around innovative

talent management initiatives from our groups gold and silvermembers

Membership is free to in-house counsel. For more information go towww.iflr.com/WIBLGroup or email lauren.kerr@euromoneyny.com.

8.30 Registration and breakfast

9.00 Chair’s introduction and opening remarksDanielle Myles, editor, IFLR

9.10 The importance of building your network andbusiness development• Best practice for women’s networks in in-house and private

practice settings• Considerations in forming new women’s networks• Re-energising existing women’s networks• How to build your network: formally and informally • Using your network throughout your career• Practical tips on business development activity• Honing your business development skills

Eve Mulconry, partner, Arthur Cox (chair)Elisa Kerr, director, legal, BarclaysJacqueline Steven, director and associate general counsel,Bank of America Merrill LynchClare Richards, executive director & senior counsel, Goldman Sachs

10.00 Coffee break

10.20 Mentoring, sponsorship and coaching• How to find informal mentoring opportunities• Finding the right mentor within your organisation• Accessing external mentoring programmes• Ensuring your sponsor works well for you• Executive coaching: how to meet the next challenge in your

career

Agnès Dunogué, partner, Shearman & Sterling (chair)Marie-Anne Birken, general counsel, EBRDJulia Pearce, managing director, head of investment banking legal, Europe, Jefferies InternationalAntonia Lester, COO of the Leveraged Finance & Sponsors Group EMEA, Credit Suisse

11.10 The role of leadership in negotiating the pathto partnership or the board• Attributes of a strong leader• Bringing together a cohesive team• Adapting your leadership styles for successful outcomes• Making strategic career decisions• Developing your commercial sense• Formal and informal board targets: will this impact the

gender ratio and senior levels?• Alternatives to the board or partnership

Bonella Ramsay, partner, DLA Piper (chair)Diana Brightmore-Armour, UK CEO, ANZ; non-executivedirector, Berkeley Group HoldingsSheelagh Duffield, group general counsel & company secretary,The Miller GroupRebecca Hilsenrath, chief legal officer, Equality and HumanRights CommissionColin Kemp, managing director, telephone banking, LloydsBanking Group

Women in Business Law Forum 2015June 18 | Etc.venues St Paul’s

12.00 Lunch and networking

13.00 Breakout sessionsClient relationships Judy Ginsberg, director of clients &industries & Emma Parr, of counsel, White & CaseDeveloping confidence & personal impact Liz Rivers, women’sleadership coach & former litigator, EvershedsSponsorship Helen Hancock, partner & Ania Rontaler,partner, Simmons & Simmons

14.30 Coffee break

15.00 Workshop feedback – recommendations forchangeThe facilitators of the breakout sessions will provide feedback tothe audience

15.30 The road to general counselMaking it to the top of the legal ladder varies for each person.For many it begins in private practice. Some stay in oneorganisation. Others move between industries or between in-house and private practice roles. Hear the personal stories ofour panellists. How they met obstacles along the way andultimately how they succeeded.

Emmie Jones, partner, Macfarlanes (chair)Alison Kay, group general counsel & company secretary, National GridKirsty Cooper, office of the chairman, group general counsel & company secretary, AvivaLiz Walker, general counsel, BT Global Services

16.20 Close of seminar

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