Hints and tips:
...Freshfields has appointed Mary Lavelle as a partner to its private capital team and global transactions practice in London. Lavelle joins from Akin Gump....
...Lavelle describes himself as one of the lucky ones, who managed to get out, when many of those close to him didn’t....
...Self-declared “mad scientist” Bertrand Nepveu wanted to take a sip of beer but couldn’t see the bottle while wearing his start-up’s virtual reality headset....
...I needn’t have worried: Irish heritage is a wonderful bond....
...While this fifth album from Irish outfit Villagers isn’t explicitly billed as their “lockdown record”, its songs were initially conceived as late 2019 gave way to an unnervingly different world in 2020....
...But the capital just isn’t there yet....
...“We [in the film industry] don’t work like anyone else. It’s a huge collaborative effort and I just don’t know how that will work with social distancing.”...
...He presents an occasional show on digital station Soho Radio and will continue to DJ in clubs, though “the idea of playing at six in the morning doesn’t appeal to me now.”...
...Michael Lavelle: peak performance Citigroup high-up Michael Lavelle has headed that bit higher up, persuading his bosses to give him five weeks off to climb Everest....
...It concerns two friends who are also half-sisters; one knows, the other doesn’t....
...(A leadership challenge was launched last November and, under current rules, there can’t be another until November 2019.)...
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...This year’s line-up features 2ManyDJs and James Lavelle. “My advice?...
...Now I seriously regret it — Amy Lavelle, Independent Artificial Intelligence Still Isn't a Game Changer — Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg To Stop North Korea, Act Like Israel — Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, NY...
...You don’t want your £100 whisky in a cheap plastic wrapper.”...
...“Donald Trump is not a racist, guys,” Bruce LaVelle, one of the pastors, told the sea of white faces in Georgia. “Donald Trump is here for everyone.”...
...Michael Lavelle, head of capital markets origination for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Citi, is seeing more appetite for private rounds of fundraising in Europe from public investors....
...No, it couldn’t be that. But then the gig got under way and a greater mystery presented itself. Why is James Lavelle curating this year’s Meltdown festival?...
...On my first try, I manage to plant my front foot and get some upwards movement but I don’t get anywhere near the top....
...She cautions: “You don’t want to lose the brilliant because you’re so focused on the good.” Next, does the person know they are difficult?...
...“It wasn’t that I couldn’t cope. It’s that I didn’t want to cope.” So says a twenty-something year old who left Goldman Sachs after two years on its graduate scheme. “I didn’t see why I ought to.”...
...What doesn’t work? “Avoid sweeping generalisations,” says Ms Alexander. “Specific comments in your field of knowledge are much more useful.”...
...Make sure everyone shares the credit and don’t hide behind people if things go wrong.”...
...“I know people whose profile pictures are of them on a beach in swimwear,” says Mr Lavelle. “With one guy, it looks like he isn’t wearing anything....
...Each week Prof Johnson recognises those students who have climbed a level with school-branded memorabilia such as T-shirts....
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