Legal Cheek reports
Vincent Keaveny ‘delighted and honoured’ to take up role
A partner at DLA Piper has been sworn in as the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London.
Vincent Keaveny, a finance specialist in the firm’s London office, will serve as the elected head of the City of London Corporation and a global ambassador for the UK-based financial and professional services industry until November 2022.
Vincent Keaveny has today been sworn in as the 693rd @citylordmayor, serving as the elected head of the City of London Corporation and a global ambassador for the UK-based financial and professional services industry until November 2022. #CityofLondon pic.twitter.com/OUz9W187zR
— City of London (@cityoflondon) November 12, 2021
One of the world’s oldest continuously elected civic offices, the role dates back some 800 years and is entirely separate from the elected mayor of London.
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