Vincent Keaveny
Vincent Thomas Keaveny KStJ[1] (born July 1965, Dublin) is a commercial lawyer serving as the 693rd Lord Mayor of London.[2]
Biography[]
Educated at St Michael's College, University College Dublin, and Trinity College Dublin, Keaveny has, since 1989, lived and worked in England, where he qualified to practise as a solicitor in 1992.[3] He has been a partner in DLA Piper since 2015.[4]
Keaveny has served as alderman for the ward of Farringdon Within since 2013, and served as a Sheriff of the City of London in 2018–19. He is a liveryman of the City of London Solicitors' Company, the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, the Distillers, the Spectacle Makers, the Stationers and Newspaper Makers, the Framework Knitters, the Upholders, and the Security Professionals.[2]
In 2018 Keaveny was award the UCD Alumni Award in Law.[5]
Keaveny was elected as the Lord Mayor of London in 2021, and took office on 13 November 2021.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ "Order of St John | The Gazette". Archived from the original on 25 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Lord Mayor biography". City of London. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Helm, James. "Irishman Vincent Keaveny becomes lord mayor of the City of London". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b "DLA Piper Partner Sworn In as City of London Lord Mayor". Law.com International. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "VINCENT KEAVENY". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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- 1965 births
- Living people
- 21st-century lord mayors of London
- Alumni of University College Dublin
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Councilmen and Aldermen of the City of London
- Lawyers from Dublin (city)
- People educated at St Michael's College, Dublin
- Sheriffs of the City of London