Event date:
Fri, 14/09/2012 - 08:00 - 09:15
Speaker:
Alderman David Wootton, Lord Mayor of London
Alderman David Wootton took office as the 684th Lord Mayor of the City of London on Friday 11th November 2011. The Lord Mayor will speak about the continuing strength of the UK’s financial services industry and how the UK is looking to build up its export markets, especially in Asia. He will also touch on recent events in the City and the domestic political debate about its role.
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The Continuing Importance of the City of London in Creating International Growth
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Alderman David Wootton
Lord Mayor of London
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Alderman David Wootton took office as the 684th Lord Mayor of the City of London on Friday 11th November 2011. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, reading Classics and Law. He is a solicitor, trained at and a partner since 1979 in Allen & Overy LLP, the international law firm based in the City. He has been based in the firm's London office throughout his career. His practice has taken him to many parts of the world and he has handled transactions covering a wide range of countries and jurisdictions. He is a committee member of the City of London Law Society and Chairman of the City of London Branch of the Institute of Directors.
He advises primarily on corporate transactions of all kinds: mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, IPOs, share issues, joint ventures. Increasingly in recent years he has been advising on corporate governance and compliance, both in terms of law and regulation and in terms of best practice, many such questions being important 'board room' issues.
The Lord Mayor will speak about the continuing strength of the UK’s financial services industry and how the UK is looking to build up its export markets, especially in Asia. He will also touch on recent events in the City and the domestic political debate about its role.
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Friday 14 September 2012
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8:00 - 9:15am
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Red Room, 2/.F, The Hong Kong Club
1 Jackson Road, Central
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