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Clare Pearson
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager - DLA Piper Asia
Zambia
The role involves originating and managing business developmentprojects in Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore andBangkok. This includes:
• Development and management of key strategicpartnerships with community partnerships
• Creating a Global Social Forum in conjunction withother 55 offices to facilitate firm wide integration
• Communication and marketing (clients and pressagencies)
• Setting up and supervising legal work for nonprofits
• Public affairs liaison in Hong Kong and mainlandChina (including all foreign consulates in countries where DLA Piperhas offices)
Special projects
• Youth Business Hong Kong and Youth Business Chinalegal Representative (2005)
• Presenter and trainer at Youth Business ChinaBeijing launch (2003)
• Legal trainer for Ministry of Justice/WTO legalreform committee (Beijing)
• Business Mentor of the year for Princes Trust (UK)(2002)
• Established Young Professionals Forum in Hong Kongfor young business people to hear political/civil sector speeches andnetwork (2006)
• Established PIP (perfectly integrated partnerships)for Mainland charities to present to Hong Kong business people - 'need'meets 'greed' matching
Education/career history
• Economics BSc (Hons) 2i Univeristy of York, UK,1990 - 93
• Diploma in Law, City University, London 1996, LegalPractice Course, London College of Law, 1997
• Practising solicitor 1999 - 2006 (DLA Piper -second largest law firm in the world)
• Elected National Union of Students Athletic UnionPresident (Sabbatical) 1993 - 94
• Project Manager for Chief Operating Officer,Brussels 2002 - 3
• Assistant to COO Asia 2003 - 05
• CSR Manager, Asia 2006
Pro-bono legal work
• Mentor to Prince's Trust Business in UK 1997 -present day
• British Council Young Lawyers' Forum UK Rep,Shanghai 2003
• Presented paper on Social Entrepreneurship to YoungFoundation (UK/HK) 2006