General Counsel 2017 | The Economist | 2 November 2017 | Jumeirah Carlton Tower, 1 Cadogan Pl, Knightsbridge, - London

The Economist Events’ General Counsel is a top-level event that sets out to find compelling solutions to meet changing expectations, and respond to mounting demands and emerging responsibilities experienced by in-house legal specialists.

Expert interviewees and panellists will explore the shifting landscape of the legal profession in order to gain a better understanding of evolving dynamics within organisations and teams. Sessions will investigate how strategic input is increasingly being sought from in-house counsel and what impact this has on service in- and out-sourcing trends.

Network with more than 100 general counsel and senior business lawyers from leading organisations. Hear from your peers through a series of panel debates and presentations.

2017 Speakers:

Prini Pithouse
General counsel, Visa Europe

David Sheldon
General counsel EMEA, Credit Agricole

Stuart Levey
Chief legal officer, HSBC

Funke Abimbola
General counsel, head of financial compliance, Roche UK

Siobhán Moriarty
General counsel, Diageo

Ricardo Cortés-Monroy
Senior vice president, chief legal officer, ‎Nestlé

Brian Marien
Co-founder, Positive Group

Michael Ellis
Group general counsel, company secretary and chief compliance officer, Abercrombie & Kent

Christine Armstrong
Co-founder, Jericho Chambers

Samantha Hardaway
Vice president EMEA, cloud legal, Oracle

Emily Foges
Chief executive officer, Luminance

Philip Bramwell
Group general counsel, BAE Systems

Stephen Wilkinson
Managing Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

Trevor David Horwitz
Partner, fraud, investigation and dispute services, EY UK

Thomas Brown
Director and head of legal UK and Ireland, PayPal UK

Maria Varsellona
Chief Legal Officer, Nokia

Tina Marron-Partridge
Vice president and executive partner, IBM Global Business Services

Janvi Patel
Executive chairwoman and founder, Halebury

James Snook
Director, Office for Cyber-security, UK Government

Maaike de Bie
General counsel, Royal Mail

Claire Wardle
General counsel and company secretary, Coca Cola European Partners

Nicholas Eldred
Consultant General Counsel, NE Consulting Services

Joanne Averiss
Senior vice president, general counsel, Europe and Sub Sahara Africa, Pepsico

Robin Chalmers
Controller of corporate legal, regulatory trading and governance, Channel 4

Justin Castillo
Head of legal, BT Americas

David Lewis
Associate general counsel, director of legal, EMEA, Snap Inc.

2017 Sponsors:

PLATINUM:
• Globality

GOLD:
• Herbert Smith Freehills

SILVER:
• EY

APP:
• Thomson Reuters

SPONSORS:
• Gowling WLG
• Mind Crest

EXHIBITOR SPONSORS:
• Neota Logic
• Fortress