WIPL.UK / Women, Influence & Power in Law UK 2019 | ALM Real Estate Media Group | 19 November 2019 | etc.venues County Hall, Riverside Building, Belvedere Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 7PB, UK

Women, Influence & Power in Law UK (WIPL UK) offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with senior female in-house lawyers and private practice lawyers on leadership and legal issues.

Supported by The Law Society of England and Wales, WIPL UK is a three-day conference kicking off with the exclusive Executive Leadership Forum, followed by the broader WIPL UK Conference. The conference programme is built with the support of an advisory board comprised of high ranking women, General Counsel or direct reports to the General Counsel.

2019 Speakers

Natasha Aziz
General Counsel (IP, Brand and Customer), The Body Shop

Helen Barraclough
Associate General Counsel - Global Commercial, Smith & Nephew

Sarah Barrett-Vane
Freelance Legal Operations Consultant and Former Head of Legal Operations, Royal Mail

Laura Battley
General Counsel and Company Secretary, New Look

Clare Belcher
Head of legal, Travelex

Susan Bell
Senior Attorney, Axiom Law

Mitzi Berberi
VP, Deputy General Counsel, FOX Networks Group

Sarah Binder
General Counsel, Pizza Hut UK & Europe (Yum! Brands)

Christina Blacklaws
Independent Consultant (Former President, The Law Society of England and Wales), Blacklaws Consulting

Joanne Blazey
Data Privacy Director, Envista Holdings Corporation

Tamara Box
Managing Partner - Europe & Middle East, Reed Smith

I. Stephanie Boyce
Deputy Vice President, The Law Society of England and Wales

Kathryn Britten
Managing Director, AlixPartners

Kate Burns
General Counsel and Company Secretary, Notonthehighstreet

Lisa Burton
Owner, Legal Digital Workspace

Ula Cartwright-Finch
Managing Associate, Linklaters

Kasey Chapelle
Data Protection Officer, GoCardless

Katie Cosgrove
General Counsel, Nested.com

Vanessa Cowling
General Counsel, VentureFounders

Josie Cox
Journalist and Communications

Christiane Dahlbender
Associate General Counsel Compliance EMEA & Global Sales, Mars Incorporated

Ruth Daniels
Former General Counsel and Company Secretary, Global

Claire Debney
Co-Founder and Principal, The MOSAIC Collective

Stephanie Dillon
Co-Founder, Reignite Academy

Belinda Doshi
Head of Legal, Data Protection & IP, Lloyds Banking Group

Clara Eisenberg
Head of Legal, The Dune Group

Susie Flook
Former Group General Counsel, The Body Shop

The Rt. Hon. Dame Elizabeth Gloster DBE, PC
One Essex Court

Lucie Grant
Senior Director and Regional Senior Corporate Counsel UK & Ireland, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Dana Grey
Director of Legal, Compliance & Ethics, Pension Protection Fund

Samantha Hammonds
General Counsel, Premiership Rugby

Ailsa Harding
Associate General Counsel, Centrica

Ellen Hastings-Jones
General Counsel, Pepper Money

Helen Hayes
Legal Director - Northern & Eastern Europe, Uber

Elaine Hutton
Associate General Counsel, JUUL Labs

Leigh Kirkpatrick
Managing Legal Counsel, Outsourcing, Technology & IP, RBS

Helen Lamprell
Corporate and External Affairs Director, Vodafone Group

Chrissie Lightfoot
CEO and Founder, EntrepreneurLawyer and Robot Lawyer LISA

Yukiko Lorenzo
Senior Managing Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection, Mastercard

Amy McConnell
Head of Legal Operations, Vodafone Business

Catherine McGregor
CEO, CM Research

Daniella McGuigan
Partner, Ogletree Deakins International

Georgina McManus
General Counsel, Manolo Blahnik

Tamzin Muir
Senior Trainee and Consultant, The Potential Project

Rachel Murphy
Head of Client Solutions, UK, LOD (Lawyers On Demand)

Joanna Nayler
Group General Counsel, Just

Heather Nevitt
Editor-in-Chief, Corporate Counsel, Inside Counsel & Global Leaders in Law, ALM

Dr Heike Ottemann-Toyza
General Counsel, Generali

Lara Oyesanya
Legal Director, Klarna

Catherine Palmer
Freed of London

Maria Passemard
Head of Legal Operations, John Lewis Partnership

Rupa Patel
General Counsel, Awaze

Swati Paul
General Counsel, London Luton Airport

Ruth Pearson
General Counsel, LendInvest

Monique Pettigrew
Head of Legal, Brookfield Financial

Katie Power
General Counsel, Crabtree & Evelyn

Sarah Pozner
Global Data Protection Officer, ITV

Jules Quinn
Partner, King & Spalding

Ali Rathod-Papier
Vice President, Group Financial Crime Legal, Barclays

M.E. Reidy
Interim UK General Manager, Axiom

Kathleen Russ
Senior Partner, Travers Smith

Natalie Salunke
European General Counsel, Fleetcor

Emma Sharpe
Legal Strategy (Co-Founder and Principal at The MOSAIC Collective), Takeda

Catie Sheret
General Counsel, Cambridge University Press

Vix Sherliker
General Counsel, Mvision Private Equity Advisors

Catherine Sherwin
Senior Managing Director, AlixPartners

Emily Smith-Reid
Deputy General Counsel, HSBC

Deborah Spragg
Head of Legal UK, ELIS

Nikki Squire
Executive Coach and Trainer

Helen Stanwell-Smith
Head of Legal - Intellectual Property, Thomas Cook

Natalie Tan
Global Head Legal Strategic Transactions, Pharmaceuticals, Novartis

Katherine Thomas
General Counsel, Travelodge

Alison Treliving
Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Leisa Turner
General Counsel, Komatsu Mining Corporation

Lisa Unwin
Co-Founder, Reignite Academy

Rose Walker
News Editor, Legal Week (ALM)

Ruth Walker
Lawyer - Expansion, H&M Group

Amy Wallace
General Counsel, Onfido

Stephanie Wallace
Head of Legal, RateSetter

Lesley Wan
General Counsel, FBN Bank

Maike Weber
Head of Legal, Native Instruments

Katie White
General Counsel and Company Secretary, C. Hoare & Co

Cheryl Yuan
Deputy General Counsel, VEON

2019 Sponsors

• Akin Gump
• Alix Partners
• Axiom
• King & Spalding
• Lod
• Ogletree Deakins
• Squire Patton Boggs
• Travers Smith