Legal Careers Forum (TBC)

ANNUAL FRANCO-BRITISH LEGAL CAREERS FORUM

 Wednesday 18 November  2020, 6.00 – 9.00pm

University of Law, 14 Store Street, London WC1E 7DE Room SG01 ‘Ground Floor, Store Street Building’

 Followed by drinks kindly provided by the University of Law

To register email the FBLS Administrator at: fbls@outlook.com

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All law students, trainees and recently qualified lawyers are invited to attend the Forum,

organised in conjunction with The University of Law – Bloomsbury.

Members of the Panel will address different aspects of legal careers in the UK, Belgium and France.

All talks will be in English but questions in French are more than welcome.

 

Chairman:	Simon Horsington	Barrister Grays Inn, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers Former Legal Director Fidelity International, Global Attorney PIMCO, Counsel Regulator IMRO, Founder member of and Vice-Président d’Honneur of  FBLS, Chevalier de La Legion d’Honneur, de l’Ordre National du Mérite et de L’Ordre du Mérite Maritime
Panel:
	Lucie Bruneau- Carpentieri	Assistante de la Magistrate de liaison à Londres,  Ambassade de France au Royaume Uni, précédemment  Legal Headhunter at SSQ in London and Litigator at Saidji&Moreau in Paris. Avocat au barreau de Paris.
	Gay Bailey	Policy adviser at the Ministry of Justice in family law advising in particular HM Government on EU matters relating to family law.
	Leonardo Carpentieri	Counsel at LMS LLP in London. Avocat au Barreau de Paris and Solicitor of England & Wales specialised in international arbitration, primarily in the infrastructure and energy sectors. Previously lawyer in Paris & London for international law firms. President of the English Committee of the FBLS.
	Floriane Laruelle	Trainee Solicitor at Dawson Cornwell Solicitors ( who started her legal career  as a para legal)  in the Private client and Family Law Department .
	Sally Osborn	Notary Public, Past President of The Notaries Society; retired English solicitor with a London practice where she set up the “French Department”.
	Rosalie Johnstone  &  Rebecca Mee	Both  completed their training contracts with Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP London; in September  this year Rosalie and Rebecca qualified into, respectively, the Banking & Finance and International Dispute Resolution teams of the London office of  Gide Loyrette Nouel

Registration at 5.45pm for a prompt start at 6pm

No charge: those attending are encouraged to become members of the Franco-British Lawyers Society (£15 annual subscription fee for students, interns and trainee solicitors) For information & registration email the FBLS Administrator at: fbls@outlook.com