Senior Legal and Data Ethics Counsel

• Mar 2022 - Present

Legal Counsel / Responsable juridique

• Sep 2019 - Feb 2022

SoftAtHome is a software company part of the Orange group, it develops innovative products to address the needs of service providers worldwide. As an international business lawyer my role is to: - Negotiate and draft contracts including licenses, services and co-development contract; - Support of the sales and pre sales team during RFP / RFI processes: review of the legal documents; - Continuous work on data protection compliance: training on GDPR to management teams, conduct of privacy impact assessments, data processing record update, follow up on company's projects and on their data protection impact; - Corporate follow up: lead of the project relating to the merger of SoftAtHome with its subsidiary (draft of the documentation, follow up with the teams), coordination with the external counsel regarding the corporte secretary of the Dubai, Canadian and Swiss subsidiaries; - Provide advice and contract interpretation to SoftAtHome sales and R&D teams as well as legal issues that might impact the business; - Issuing briefing notes, memos on national legal practices especially on open source issues, data protection, contracts and competition law. Management of one intern Show less

Associate Lawyer / Avocate - Corporate and M&A

• Dec 2018 - Sep 2019

Advising on a broad range of cross-border corporate transactions across a number of sectors.

Associate Lawyer / Avocate - M&A

• Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

As a commercial and corporate lawyer, my role is to assist the clients of the firm in completing their investments. Missions : M&A : legal due diligence, legal documentation drafting and review (share purchase agreement, shareholders agreement), corporate documentation drafting and review (minutes, articles of association), assistance during signing and closing (lifting of the condition precedent and documentation drafting).Advice in business law (special focus in French speaking African countries): company law, competition law, investment law, telco law, mining law.Drafting of commercial agreements.Business development.Sectors : financial, pharmaceutical, agricultural, energy, mining. Show less

Legal counsel / Juriste - IT and Commercial lawyer

• Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

As part of the legal team my role was to support and advise in particular the B2B sale force and the marketing team by drafting contracts and notes. The areas of expertise I covered were commercial law, distribution law, contracts and obligations, media law, copyrights and data protection law. Achievements: - drafting and negotiating of a distribution contract with a new B2B distributor; - drafting and negotiating of a partnership contract with a video platform; - assisting with the creation of a payment establishment; - drafting note and advising on the impact of the European regulation on data protection in Morocco and for a telecommunication service provider. Show less

Trainee lawyer / Elève Avocate - IT and Contracts

• Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

As part or the legal team my role was to provide legal support to sales, in particular through contracts drafting and analysis and participating to contract negotiation. I was also attached to the European data protection department and as part of it I was on charge of provisions legal advise regarding the processing of personnal data. During this experience I had the opportunity to practice several fields of law such as banking law, contract law, economical law, intellectual property law, informatic contracts and data protection. Show less

Trainee Lawyer / Elève Avocate - ITC and Media law

• Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

As part of the department Information Technology and Communication my mission was to assist the department in all their everyday tasks. Especially by : - reviewing contracts, - drafting notes and memos, - drafting alerts, - carrying on legal reserches, - proposing a legal watch on all the issues interessing the department, - completing procedures with the Data protection authority. During this experience I practiced in various aspects of Information technology law such as: - Contract law, - Commercial law, - Economical law, - Data protection law, - Cyber criminality and security law, - Telecommunication law, - Law of E Commerce, - Media law. Show less

Trainee lawyer / Elève Avocate - Commercial litigation

• Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

I worked mostly with the lawyers involved in commercial litigation cases. My tasks were to conduct legal researches and to draft legal documents. The areas of law I practiced the most were: commercial law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, real estate law, civil law and bankrupcy law. I worked mostly with the lawyers involved in commercial litigation cases. My tasks were to conduct legal researches and to draft legal documents. The areas of law I practiced the most were: commercial law, civil procedure, criminal procedure, real estate law, civil law and bankrupcy law.

Legal Intern / Stagiaire juridique- Commercial law

• Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

Following the Master 2 this internship was a practical view of business lawyer's activities. My tasks were to conduct legal researches and to draft note and legal documents. The area of law I practiced were: labor law, real estate law, civil and criminal procedure, unfair competition actions, intellectual property law. Following the Master 2 this internship was a practical view of business lawyer's activities. My tasks were to conduct legal researches and to draft note and legal documents. The area of law I practiced were: labor law, real estate law, civil and criminal procedure, unfair competition actions, intellectual property law.

Paralegal

• Jun 2012 - Jun 2012

As part of the legal watch my job was to help the department to draft a legal watch on all the issues that could interest the legal departements of the group. As part of the legal watch my job was to help the department to draft a legal watch on all the issues that could interest the legal departements of the group.

Legal and administrative intern

• Jun 2011 - Jun 2011