By Fashionista-at-law, Olswang

Fashionista attended a wonderful event last Thursday organised by the networking group Women in Law. The evening was hosted by the inspiring Catherine Palmer, General Counsel of luxury fashion brand Joseph at Joe’s Restaurant established by the label’s founder Joseph Ettedgui because he needed somewhere to go for lunch which was close to his shop! From his favourite table in the restaurant he could look out and survey the comings and goings of his flagship store.

Catherine’s own career story was fascinating. She explained that she’s had two previous careers, teaching and then lexicography before deciding on law. She trained at Slaughters and decided against a qualification seat in M&A (referred to as “Death Row” by the then trainees) to join Browne Jacobson’s French Team. It was there that she began advising fashion businesses, and this led to her being approached some years later to join Joseph. As well as handling all legal issues, Catherine explained that she is also responsible for a number of other non-legal functions within the business including HR and Security which can lead to unusual and interesting challenges. 

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By Stephanie Haladner

Last month, Women in Law hosted a balanced living event at Aesop in Mayfair.  A few nights before, I found myself searching for something to say to our guests. Since Aesop values intellectual curiosity and a regular dose of good books as a key component of balanced living, I decided to merge my own thoughts on balanced living with those contained in a very good book that happened to be on my bookshelf: Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius. What follows is the result of that merging…

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