Thursday, November 12, 2020
12:30 PM | Virtual*

Please join Jane Rogers (JD ’96), a partner in Ropes & Gray’s finance group in London, for a wide-ranging conversation about representing global corporate clients in a variety of financing transactions, mergers & acquisitions, public and private securities offerings and other corporate matters. Ms. Rogers is a member of the firm’s policy committee and a former co-head of the firm’s global finance practice. In her remarks, Ms. Rogers will discuss her work and career path as well as the type of work generally performed by U.S.-trained attorneys in London. Ms. Rogers will also address the current issues facing the legal industry, including the continuing impact of COVID-19 and Brexit. Lastly, she will offer advice to students interested in starting their legal careers abroad, particularly with large international law firms.

Sponsored by the JD-LLM Program in International and Comparative Law, the Career and Professional Development Center, and the Center for International and Comparative Law. For more information, please contact Balfour Smith at bsmith@law.duke.edu.

*Pre-registration is required for the event: https://bit.ly/2ZIpese