Nicola Port is a senior vice president and associate general counsel of ACE Group, a diversified insurer and reinsurer with operations in all 50 US states and 53 countries around the world. In her role, she reports directly to the global general counsel of ACE Group and assists him in advising the company on the legal, regulatory, and compliance issues it faces. Prior to joining ACE in September 2012, Ms. Port spent over a decade as an attorney with the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where she worked out of several of the firm's offices around the world and her practice focused almost exclusively on cross-border matters in areas of international litigation and arbitration, and global regulatory affairs. She holds law degrees from Columbia University and Zurich Law School, and is admitted to both the New York bar and the Zurich bar.