As we celebrated the 118th OV Reunion Weekend, it was the perfect opportunity to catch up with OVs who have not returned to King’s for many years. Giorgio Subiotto (Ca 80-85) is one such OV whose international career has taken him far away from College Green but who was delighted to return and retrace his steps in School.

Currently a partner at offshore law firm – Ogier – and head of Ogier’s global Latin American practice, Giorgio lives and works in the Cayman Islands.

While at King’s, Giorgio was heavily involved in all aspects of School life: not only a School Monitor, he was also Head of a boarding house (Castle House), a member of the Boat Club and rowing squad, a violinist and played guitar, as well as playing rugby! Achieving high grades in his A Levels of French, German, Maths and Economics, Giorgio moved to London and then to Paris to complete a Joint Honours Law degree in English Law and French Law at the Universities of London, King’s College and Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. Not one to rest on his laurels, Giorgio then went on to complete his Master of Laws at the University of Michigan Law School, USA.

Giorgio began his legal career in London, with one of the major City firms, Linklaters, where his training included a stint in Linklaters’ Paris office. After finishing his training, Giorgio was sent to work in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with one of the major law firms there, Pinheiro Neto – Advogados. From that point on, his centre of gravity shifted to the other side of the Atlantic, first to New York, where Giorgio worked with one of the major Wall Street firms, Sullivan & Cromwell, and then to the Cayman Islands, where Giorgio has settled since 2002.

Giorgio was fluent in English, French, German, Italian when he left King’s. He added Spanish to that list, during a gap year spent in Spain (followed by an A Level in Spanish that he took in his second term of university), and then also Portuguese, during his stint in Sao Paulo. Languages have been essential in his career past and present.