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Lawyerwith over 20 years of experience asLegal Directorininternationalenvironments, with a complete understanding of the corporate world, I offer my services foroutsourced legal management**. Contact me whenever you need! For example, when you are wondering about **your protection in a commercial contract,what your risks/commitments are, how toterminate a contract**; a **negotiationwith a supplier, a landlord, a client; in the context of a public tender; a client who does notpaytheir invoices; your desire to develop; to protect yourintellectual property(trademarks, domain names),
- Negotiation and drafting of contracts: Commercial contracts (purchase/sale/partnership/franchise/NDA/partnership/commercial agent/business introducer/trademark license/banking contracts, M&A, intra-group contracts (management fees, cash pooling...).
- Risk Management: Identification, assessment, and management of insurance risks
- Compliance: GDPR, Sapin II Law, Duty of Vigilance
- Corporate: Company formation, restructuring and external growth operations (M&A), Legal life of companies
- Languages: French (native), English (fluent), Russian (bilingual), Italian and Spanish (good working knowledge)
- Management: Team leadership, legal training for non-lawyers, and development of internal policies
- Real Estate Asset Management: Management and negotiation of commercial leases, real estate acquisitions and sales
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Russian
Native or bilingual
Italian
Conversational
Spanish
Conversational
Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)
Experience
- Cabinet d'avocat Aélita JACOBLawyer (Former Legal Director)LEGALMay 2026 - Today (1 month)Business lawyer, I support executives, entrepreneurs, and legal departments as a Business Partner and Risk Manager in securing, structuring, and developing their activities.With over 20 years of experience in the legal departments of international groups, where I notably held the positions of Legal Director and DPO, I intervene with a resolutely operational approach, fueled by in-depth knowledge of business realities.As a former member of management committees, I participated in structuring, reorganization, and internal and external growth projects, giving me a fine understanding of the strategic, financial, and operational stakes of companies.I intervene in particular in commercial contracts (clients/suppliers), risk management, commercial leases, insurance, director liability, compliance, and external growth operations.
- Cabinet d'avocat ARSTLAWYEROctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)Business Law Firm_Staff: 12 lawyers- Support for international groups and SMEs as outsourced legal department.- Negotiation and securing of commercial sales/purchase contracts (distribution, service provision, partnerships, supply) in French and English.- Drafting of service agreement templates,- Drafting of general terms and conditions of sale (GTC) and use (GUC).- Advice and assistance in public tenders.- Support for insurance contract renewals (civil liability, property damage, professional liability insurance, etc.).- Protection of intangible assets: trademark and domain name transfer.- Pre-litigation management: drafting of formal notices and support in negotiations.
- SOFINORDGROUP LEGAL DIRECTOR & DPODecember 2018 - August 2024 (5 years and 8 months)Paris, FranceSOFINORD - 2023 Revenue: €1.1 billion - 32,000 employees - 77 subsidiaries in 25 countriesFamily service group specializing in hospitality, Facility Management & Technical Maintenance. Sectors: airport security/safety, luxury, fashion, and beauty. Management of a team of 3 lawyers. Member of the Strategic Committee.- Commercial Contracts: Drafting and negotiation of contracts (purchases/sales), GTC, General Conditions of Assignment...- Banking: Implementation of structured financing loans (Loans, State-guaranteed loans, legal/banking/lawyer points, guarantees, sureties, AML/KYC questionnaires...)- Corporate - M&A: management of the group's companies' legal life, restructuring and external growth operations (LOI, Due diligence, SPA), national and international.- Insurance: management of property and casualty (P&C) risk (renewal, renegotiation, tender)- Litigation: management of the group's (pre)litigation- Commercial Leases: management of family and rental real estate assets (drafting and negotiation of commercial leases)- Internal Audit: steering, follow-up of recommendations- Compliance: implementation, deployment, and monitoring (GDPR, Sapin II Law, Parent company animation, Duty of Vigilance)- Business Succession: Dutreil Pact: organization of the management of the family holding company- Internal Procedures and Tools: Delegations of authority, overhead cost policy, banking signatures, purchasing charters, CSR, codes of conduct, legal dataroom- Intellectual Property: complete management of the trademark portfolio (search, filing, litigation)- Creation of the Group Legal Department (team, procedures, standard contracts, communication, training, Group Legal Referent), Management of the Legal Department budget.- Training for operational staff: new regulations, legal awareness for sales/operations staff
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Education
- LawyerEFB2024Avocate
- Master 2 Business Law and Corporate TaxationUniversité Assas-Panthéon2012Master 2 Droit des affaires et Fiscalité des entreprises