Experienced Legal and Compliance Director with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry in an international environment. Skilled in Management, Negotiation, Ethics, Compliance, International Alliances, Cost Management, Complex and Changing Environments, and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Strong business development professional graduated from HEC School of Management / HEC Paris: • Management of international and multidisciplinary teams (France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Brazil, Argentina, China)• Improvement of a Compliance program for 40.000 employees, €8B Sales, and 6.000 stores• Design and implementation of global compliance tools: whistleblowing & Ethics, Suppliers compliance approval process (18.000 third parties)• Negotiation and legal management of International strategic alliances/partnerships• M&A operations: incorporation, winding up, sale, and purchase of companies; bonds issue, capital increase of listed companies• Corporate law management and governance of French, Spanish, and Swiss entities• Design and implementation of a real estate growth management tool for over 1.000 premises• Management of the legal structuring and support for more than 300 franchisees stores• Reporting to the Audit & Compliance Committee, to the Group Management Board, and to the General Counsel• Chairman of the Compliance Committee and Member of the Group Ethics Committee• French, English, Spanish#team, #trust, #integrity, #ethics, #compliance, #innovation, #digital, #tech