Bruno CHAUVET

En résumé

Entreprises

• STEINER AG, - Head of the Legal Department for France and French speaking part of Switzerland

  2009 - maintenant . Taking in charge the French speaking legal and insurances department after 8 months vacancy of the previous in-house lawyer
  . Recruiting and management of one junior lawyer
  . Legal advice to the Board of Directors and to the General Management
  . Active participation in the negotiation for the sale of the French affiliates of the K. Steiner Group to the French minority shareholders in closed collaboration with external lawyers
  . Coordination and monitoring of external legal advisors and law firms
  Worked in all phases of the civil and commercial litigation or arbitration in France and Switzerland
  . Training and formation in law of the operational and administration staff.
  . Negociation of construction contracts with public or private entities in a range of CHF 80 M or more

• Cotecna Inspection SA Geneva - Senior legal advisor

  2002 - 2009 . Setting up of a legal and insurances department
  . Recruiting and management of a team of 3 lawyers
  . Legal advice to the Board of Directors and worldwide business units. Legal assistance on all issues arising from the commercial and the financial activity of the group
  . Active participation in the negotiation, control and drafting of cross-border commercial transactions for the most tax-effective result
  . Supporting all corporate decisions made by the Board of Directors by giving legal assistance to the executive committee and cooperate in all projects that require corporate restructuring and legal coordination (i.e. set up of affiliates worldwide, change of shareholders, appointment of new directors, delegation of power, registration of trade marks, copyright…)
  . Putting in place of the main insurance policies (Civil Liability, Professional Liability, Director and Officer cover, Crime insurance)
  . Active coordination and monitoring of external legal advisors and law firms in order to maximize the resources invested in that service. Worked in all phases of the civil and commercial litigation or international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution processes
  . Providing legal advice to the personnel through standardized contracts, guidelines to spread a deep legal understanding of the commercial transactions throughout the group.
  . Alternate member of the COTECNA Compliance Committee and representative of COTECNA at the Legal Committee of International Federation of Inspection Agencies (IFIA)

• Metromedia Fiber Network Europe - Senior legal advisor

  2001 - 2001 . Setting up of a legal department for the South European area (Italy, Switzerland, Spain and France)
  . Negotiation of lease contracts for optical fibers and Internet services
  . Translation and adaptation of American standard form of contracts
  . Follow through and guidance of corporate and social law issues for the five companies of MFN in my area
  . Drafting of real-estate and construction contracts; weekly reports to the American Vice-President in NY
  . Closing and deregistration of the said 5 companies within my area

• KESSER SNC / PERTUY SA - Senior lawyer

  1997 - 2000 . Head of a team of two other seniors lawyers in Bern and Lausanne
  . Legal adviser to top Management in the operation of merger, dissolution and restructuring of the companies of LOSINGER Group in collaboration with the central direction of BOUYGUES in Paris
  . Re-negotiation of the main insurance policies (civil liability, car fleet, construction, professional liability)
  . Training and formation in law of the operational and administration staff
  . Handled parallel judicial disputes within Switzerland and international arbitration cases

• LOSAG /LOSINGER (BOUYGUES Group), - Head of the legal department

  1995 - 1997 . Overall Legal and Insurance support to the business management
  . Follow up of tenders and financial deals for General Contractor building project of major foreign investors
  . Drafting and negotiation of agreements in Switzerland and abroad
  . Negotiation of contractual terms and conditions with Australian-New Zealand and Chinese teams for the finalisation of the construction of new missions to the United Nations

• BASIL READ Holding Ltd ( BOUYGUES Group), Johannesburg - Legal advisor

  1994 - 1995 . Setting up of a legal and insurance department
  Work in collaboration with South African attorneys in order to solve costly arbitration cases
  . Following through the legal reorganisation of the Basil Read Group (merger, sale, dissolution of companies)
  . Drafting of acts for goodwill transfers and guarantees, follow through of litigations

• BOUYGUES OFF SHORE (Bouygues Group) Montigny le Bretonneux - Lawyer

  1992 - 1994 . Drafting and negotiation of set of complex contracts for the construction of oil and gas terminals throughout the world
  . Advice to commercial engineers and decision makers
  . In charge of international litigation cases (arbitrations proceedings) arising from the companies international activities

• CEGELEC (Ex-CGEE ALSTHOM) Levallois Perret - Junior lawyer

  1990 - 1992 . Within the framework of an international, multilingual environment, perusal of bid documents
  . Drafting and negotiation of joint venture, partnership, confidentiality and/or exclusivity agreements
  . In collaboration with American and English lawyers following through of international arbitration cases in Tunisia

Formations

• Université François Rabelais De Tours (Tours)

  Tours 1982 - 1989 Droit Privé et Commerce International

• Lycée Saint Louis

  Saumur 1974 - 1981 Baccalauréat D

Réseau

• Agence Bénéfik NAMING

• Alice LE GUEN

• Anne-Sophie RIAUD

• Eva FRANCISCO

• Flavie RICHARDSON

• Marie Paule BABLI

• Pauline WOODS

• Sandrine ROUJA

• Stephane FRANCK

• Vanessa NOUBADJI