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Victoria Duxbury
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP Associate Director, Knowledge Development LawyerSCOTTAfter a decade at the real estate transactional coalface Victoria transitioned to a knowledge development role having nurtured a particular interest in legal innovation, process, accessibility, strategy and communications. She now leads the core real estate knowledge development team at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. Victoria comments: “As one of the world’s leading real estate practices, the wealth of real estate legal, commercial and market knowledge at BCLP is staggering – my team’s job is to nurture that and to ensure that it is accessible to all of our lawyers and all of our clients. A key part of what we do is about embracing cutting edge technology and outside the box process. In addition to selecting and imbedding new technology within the firm we have a keen eye on the wider Proptech world and the opportunities that presents for our clients. We feel that we have an important role to play in shaping not just real estate law but the future of the real estate sector”.
BCLP’s market-leading real estate practice combines key sector knowledge, unparalleled technical ability and a commercial focus, which ensures clients receive the best possible support and guidance. They are consistently ranked number one by the legal directories across all of real estate disciplines and their lawyers are recognised as experts in their fields. International capabilities mean that they are well-placed to advise clients from a number of jurisdictions. With over 60 partners and 300 lawyers, their dedicated real estate team has the resources and expertise to meet the requirements of their international client base.
Karina Battaglia
Microsoft Sales and Marketing Enablement Lead
Karina Battaglia leads strategic connected marketing and sales enablement initiatives at Microsoft’s Western Europe HQ. Her work seats at the intersection between marketing and sales impacting the ways of work of thousands of field sellers and marketers. With 15 years of experience in field and HQ roles along the customer journey, in marketing, sales, and customer success in Europe, the US and Latam, Karina has a track record of building high-impact initiatives that scale and last beyond her tenure. Her entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset allows her to gain support from a variety of stakeholders, build consensus and drive results. Karina is an active sponsor of Diversity and Inclusion programs and an avid learner of high-performance and high-productivity habits.