Manchester Lawyers Launch Event For Senior Business Women

On 14 October, lawyer Rebecca O’Callaghan and some of Irwin Mitchell’s Manchester based female fee-earners hosted the inaugural women’s network event in Manchester, providing women from across the city with a chance to network with other senior business women. 

The event’s key note speaker was Lisa Tse MBE, who shared the inspirational story of her and her sisters’ journey since setting up the award-winning Chinese restaurant, Sweet Mandarin. 

Since opening the restaurant, Lisa and her sisters have won an array of awards, written two Times bestseller cookbooks and now sell their Chinese gluten free sauces to Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Ocado and even back to China. 

They’ve also appeared on Dragons’ Den where they won over not one but two dragons - Duncan Bannatyne and Hilary Devey. 

Rebecca O'Callaghan, Associate and insolvency expert, said: