Irma Lorenz

## Overview

***Irma Lorenz*** was a Swiss corporate lawyer based in Geneva, Switzerland, which acted as the main commercial representative of Swiss law-firm **Lorenz LLP** for international or local affairs and later CEO.

**Irma** was the last and final antagonist encountered by protagonist Veronica Albion and the main recurring antagonist from Eight Ball's **Chapter VII "Phobos" (1994)** to **Chapter X "Neptune" (1995),** respectively.

Classified as an strategic asset by her firm, Irma Lorenz was born in Glarus, Switzerland and was raised by one of the wealtheast swiss families, being the only daughter of lawyer and commercial entrepreneur, **Fritz Lorentz**, founder and CEO of **Lorenz LLP**. Furthermore**,** appointed byhimself as a direct representation of his projection of power over the firm and being eventually the only succesor for his leadership position in the nearest foreseeable future.

**Irma Lorenz** raised to the position of Managing Partner of **Lorenz LLP** after the decease of her father due to natural cases during 1994, becoming the first swiss female to attain the aforementioned position in her law firm. As she secured her position, Irma strategically planned and eventually commited all forces to secure corporate dominance and hegemony over Continental Europe, which faced strong opposition from British law-firm Lewis & Clark LLP and its American counter-part **Nexus LLP,** respectively.

She was considered instrumental and rather a key factor for the short length but rather decisive international legal conflict between **Lorenz LLP** and Lewis & Clark LLP for corporative hegemony over Europe. Regardless of this, the dispute was permanently postponed and evaded by her father Fritz Lorenz during his tenure, due to its extensive cost and the eventual feasibility of a financial instability that would be triggered over the European industry and corporate world.

She was considered, alongside Vincent Duran and Helena Mårtensson, the ***Core Evil*** by Veronica Albion, a Cluster of recognized professional "obstacles" to her personal endeavours.

## Personality and traits

Irma Lorenz **w**as characterized, at first, by her childish and often inmature selfish attitute towards social relations and her respective field work, which was widely believed to be caused by being the only child of the one of the richest families in Switzerland and the sole emotional consent of her father, Fritz Lorenz.

Regardless of her inmature personality, Irma Lorenz excelled in several intelectual fields, including social and political sciences, which proved her to be extremely useful for a Law career, which was eventually mastered during her future academic pursuits. Furthermore, Irma's useful ability for fast learning prompted her to overcome, eventually, her own social and academic litimations, increasing her character development into a more mature, responsable and prudent business woman.

## Irma & Albion connection.

As Irma Lorenz started to increase her control and administrative power over the firm due to her father's illness and inability to cope with Lorenz, she managed to succesfully convince the entire Lorenz' clientele and associates to share the eventual profit from a potential legal conflict with Lewis & Clark LLP and even to share the financial benefits from an inminent victory.

It was widely believed by Irma Lorenz that the complete inability of Lewis & Clark LLP's corporate dominance over Continental Europe will eventually leave Lorenz LLP as the sole and exclusive dominant party over extensive European legal and financial fields, furthermore by asborbing Lewis & Clark's' former clientele and associates to their own and eventually increasing even further Lorenz' international connections.

With Fritz Lorentz' deceased by 1994, Irma assumed total control of her family law-firm by being appointed Managing Partner, clearing the way for a potential conflict with Lewis & Clark which prompted her for swift strategies and long-range planning. As rival Scottish lawyer Veronica Albion achieved her own success by controling Golden Conclave, Lewis & Clark LLP's corporate dominance over Europe started to increase by reaching a mutual accord with Atlanda-based law firm **Nexus LLP;** consequently, increasing Lorenz' corporate ambitions against Albion even further.

With Nicholas De Bankolé assigned as CEO of Nexus LLT, **Irma Lorenz** secretly orchestated an internal conflict within **Nexus LLP**, which consequently lead to a short-lengh but rather decisive power struggle between De Bankolé and his second-in-command, Clarence Jones. During the struggle, De Bankolé was removed by Nexus' Board of Directors and Jones was appointed instead, bringing to an end the recent **Lewis & Clark** **- Nexus Mutual Accord.**

As Irma Lorenz secured Nexus LLP's new leadership as an strategic ally, Irma forced and blackmailed Jones to bring Nexus to the fore against Veronica Albion's new corporate hegemony, bringing both Lorenz-Nexus law-firms to a full-scale corporate war against Lewis & Clark and its associates during 1994 and 1995 respectively.

## Appearances

* Chapter VII "Phobos" (1994)  - First appearance.
* Chapter VIII "Deimos" (1994)
* Chapter IX "Uroborous" (1994)
* Chapter X "Neptune" (1995) - Final appearence.