Lawyers Polo – Emirates NBD Polo Cup 2012
Paris & Chantilly – France
In October 2012 the Lawyers Polo Association is hosting its fifth annual polo tournament in Paris, France. The Emirates NBD Polo Cup will be held at the Polo Club du Domaine de Chantilly in Apremont, France.
The tournament will kick off with a black tie cocktail on October 10th in the elegant George V Hotel in central Paris. Play-off games will take place on October 12th and the final matches on October 13th. A Trophy Ceremony and a closing reception will follow the final matches.
There will be six polo teams formed by 24 international and local polo players. The polo playing lawyers who will be gathering in Chantilly come from Argentina, Canada, France, India, Malaysia, Slovakia, Italy, Brazil, Venezuela, Austria, Switzerland and United States will.
“We chose Paris since it has a very old and deep polo tradition. Polo has been played in France for more than 120 years. We are expecting a large turnout of local and international lawyers and polo players. The Chantilly Polo Club is stunning, it will be a very special event” said Eduardo Bérèterbide, founder of Lawyers Polo.
The Lawyers Polo Association (LPA) has more than 350 members from all across the globe who share a career in a law and a passion for polo and horses. Two close friends, Eduardo Bérèterbide and Justin Fogarty, founded the LPA in 2008.
Lawyers Polo organizes a polo tournament every year in a different city in conjunction with the IBA annual meeting. The IBA brings together more than 5000 lawyers from around the globe during for a week of conferences, networking and entertainment. This year the IBA will take place in Dublin the first week of October.
The previous tournaments organized by Lawyers Polo took place in Buenos Aires (2008), Madrid (2009), Toronto (2010) and Dubai (2011).
For more information please contact: Carolina Bérèterbide (LPA event manager) at carolina@lawyerspolo.com