Gif-sur-Yvette
IP Senior Lawyer – CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique) - march 2013 – Present, Palaiseau
Responsible for drafting and negotiating collaboration / consortium / license agreements related to CEA Intellectual Property capital with large and numerous partners
Providing Legal support to close complex collaboration agreements with balanced risk/rewards on IPR issues.
Providing Legal support and education on Intellectual Property matters (copyright, patent, infringement)
Senior Contract Negotiator - IBM France - march 1998 to march 2013 France, Bois Colombes
Responsible for drafting and negotiating customer’s contracts : System integration agreement (managing third party HW and/or SW purchasing issues), application development services (managing IP issues), Application Maintenance Services agreements, Outsourcing transactions, and BTO/MBPS/GPS transactions with large customers.
Leading end to end negotiation of complex commercial deals against customer’s lawyers and/or external law firms.
Providing Legal support to close complex deals with balanced risk/rewards, intimacy and convincing capacity with both internal and external clients.
Working on corporate matters : creation of JV and GIE / leading discussions with legal departments of major french bank customers on french banking regulations (CRBF, AMF)
Providing education on legal/contractual matters and lessons learned in deal formation and execution
Appointed « Sector Leader » for Industry Sector (March 2008 to February 2010) and for Finance Sector (February 2010 to March 2013)
