Mayfair Business Club

Welcome to the home page of Forsters' Mayfair Business Club.

As a Mayfair based law firm we are keen to facilitate for our local clients and friends an opportunity to exchange ideas and make new contacts outside of their usual business circles.

The club holds regular events at which we have a short presentation from one or more club members or invited guests followed by refreshments and an opportunity to meet other members or guests.

If you would like to attend future events please contact functions@forsters.co.uk or your usual Forsters contact.

All meetings are held at our offices at 31 Hill Street, W1 

Further details of the next meeting will be posted here shortly.

Previous events

Please click on links for copies of the presentations:

20 May 2010:

• The Crown Estate's approach to sustainability presented by David McKnight, head of sustainability at The Crown Estate. 
  
  
• Why businesses need to embrace sustainability issues presented by Jonathan Shopley from the CarbonNeutral Company.
  
  
• Sustainability policy: The Climate Change Act 2008 presented by Forsters' Magnus Hassett

4 March 2010:

• Investing in troubled times: Comment and analysis on the World Economy and markets presented by Graham Frost CIO of financial services firm bestinvest.

26 November 2009:

• Stand out from the crowd - how to position your business in uncertain times presented by Victoria Ash and Paul Griffith of Shirlaws.

17 September 2009:

• An overview of the Government’s Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme presented by Malcolm Bennett, an associate director at RBS.
  
  
• Connecting private lenders with business borrowers presented by William Flatau a commercial finance broker and the founder of First Funding,

12 May 2009:

• "Mid-market deals in Mid Recession" presented by Ian Leaman of Buckingham Corporate Finance and Jeremy Whiteson.
  
  
• Followed by snapshots of the deal environment by:
  
  David Menton, a founder director of private equity fund Synova Capital
  
  Steve Ryman, insolvency principal at Shipleys LLP; and
  
  Mark Bruce-Lockhart, co-founder of property adviser Philips Lockhart
  
  

• To further widen the exchange of views we put together a short questionnaire.  If your work involves arranging, advising on, funding or otherwise participating in deals in companies, corporate securities, property or other assets, it would be very helpful if you could complete and return this questionnaire to functions@forsters.co.uk or fax it to Jeremy Whiteson on 020 7863 8444.  The questionnaire can be found by clicking here.

  We will publish a synopsis of results and see if we can identify any shared experiences, threats and opportunities for the Mayfair deals community.

5 February 2009:

• "Damn the downturn" presented by Christopher Jenkins, Wingrave Yeats, Senior Partner.
  
  
• "Doing business with/ in India" presented by Anup Dalal founding diretor of D Global Consulting Ltd

19 November 2008:   

• "Managing your staff costs: a few tips and traps" presented by Sarah Rushton, Forsters' Head of Employment.
  
  
•  "Uses and abuses of insolvency law - some opportunities and threats for your business in a downturn" presented by Jeremy Whiteson, Forsters' Head  of Corporate and Insolvency