Spring Reception with Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel
25 May 2023, 6:00 – 8:00 pm BST, In-person, DLA Piper – London
Emily and Jon will give their unshackled opinions on some of the biggest news stories across the political, media and business landscapes, considering issues such as privacy, trust, economic and geopolitical turmoil - and answer your questions.
The conversation will be moderated by Simon Levine, our Global Co-CEO and International Managing Partner.
Emily and Jon are agenda-setting journalists with distinguished careers in broadcasting, most notably at the BBC. Their podcast The News Agents, with Lewis Goodall, is the UK’s most popular current affairs podcast, known for its easy manner and hard-hitting analysis of the day’s breaking stories.
Emily has interviewed numerous world leaders, grilled generations of British politicians on Newsnight and received praise for her exclusive interview with Prince Andrew. As UK political correspondent, Jon reported across several prime ministers and was BBC North America editor during Donald Trump’s presidency, culminating in reporting on the Capitol insurrection in January 2021.
For more information please contact Amanda Ashworth.
Guest speakers
Emily Maitlis
Emily is a co-host of The News Agents podcast, the UK’s most popular daily news podcast, and is the former anchor of BBC Newsnight. She is one of the UK’s best-known journalists, newsreaders and documentary filmmakers.
During her time at the BBC, Emily produced several documentaries on well-known figures, including Donald Trump and Nicolas Sarkozy, and the much-acclaimed BBC 2 documentary, ‘Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg’s USD100 Billion Gamble’.
Emily has also interviewed major political figures such as Bill Clinton, Henry Kissinger and Christine Lagarde, as well as all four of the last UK prime ministers. She released her book ‘Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News’ in April 2019.
Jon Sopel
Jon Sopel is a co-host of The News Agents podcast and was previously a lead BBC news anchor, making him one of the most recognisable British journalists and television presenters.
Jon was BBC North America editor during Donald Trump’s final years as president, during which he hosted the Americast podcast. Prior to this Jon appeared on almost every news programme on the BBC, as well as fronting its annual coverage of the UK political party conferences.
Jon has presented from around the world on major events - from Rome for the installation of the new Pope, South Africa for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, and from conflicts in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan.
