Legal Counsel for approximatively 20 years in France and International, in business law, contract, competition, distribution, consumer Law, intellectual property and corporate law.Presently as Director of Legal Affairs at AYOR, formerly Legal Affairs Director for LVMH Swiss Watch Manufactures, I have cross-cutting responsibility for all legal issues and support all departments of multiple companies : commercial, marketing, public relations, product development, purchase, R&D, IS&T, Finance and HR.I have insourced the legal service and set up legal departments shared between several entities with very different size and corporate cultures.True Business Partner for Boards of Directors and Executive Committees, I contribute to the development of B2C and B2B2C companies manufacturing mass-market products as well as premium quality products and distributing brands worldwide.Thanks to the evolution I benefited from all those years through several companies and encountering various professionals worldwide, I have gained a strong expertise in numerous areas and with multi-field activities, such as negotiating, drafting and enforcing a large variety of agreements, managing termination of long-standing contracts, reinforcing a worldwide selective distribution and retail network, driving the strategy of protection of trademarks, designs, patents and anticounterfeiting, providing support to merger operations, managing litigation, and reducing costs and provisions for risks.Skills : Business Partner | Business Law | Compliance | International | Team Management |Contract Law | Exclusive & Selective Distribution | Franchise | Licensing | Competition Law | Consumer Law | Industrial Property Law / Trademarks / Design / Patents / Anticounterfeiting | Copyright | Sponsoring | Risk Management | Litigation | Corporate Law
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Directeur JuridiqueAyorParis, Fr -
Legal Affairs DirectorGroupe Ayor Sep 2018 - PresentParis Area, FranceLegal Affairs Management | Contract Law | Competition | Distribution | IP | Consumer Law | Corporate Law
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Freelance ConsultantBusiness & Legal Affairs Consultant Jan 2016 - Aug 2018Paris Area, FranceMissions of in-house legal counsel within several companies of different size and corporate cultures, in various economic sectors.One of the Top Missions : Head of Franchise Legal Department of Auchan Retail France.
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Legal Affairs DirectorHublot, Tag Heuer, Zenith Jan 2013 - Dec 2015Geneva Area, SwitzerlandThanks to my former experience within the Wine & Spirits Division of LVMH, where I was giving legal advice to 3 different companies, and in consideration of the success of the insourcing of the legal service at TAG Heuer’s, the LVMH Watch & Jewellery Division entrusts me with the mission to set up and manage a legal department shared between several watch manufactures, Hublot, TAG Heuer and Zenith, all three companies with very different size and corporate cultures.The missions of the legal department I lead are the same than the ones that I have previously achieved for TAG Heuer, covering all legal issues the companies are facing.I make sure that a dayly legal support is provided to all operational teams : commercial | marketing | public relations | product development | purchase | R&D | HR | IS&T | finance.Business Partner of the Boards of Directors and Executive Committees of the companies, I guarantee a pragmatical approach and proactive / reactive solutions in a fast-paced business environment and ever-changing market conditions, with a specific focus on Risk management and Compliance matters (AML, REACH, SA8000, Product Labelling, ...). -
Legal Affairs DirectorTag Heuer Sep 2006 - Dec 2015Bern Area, SwitzerlandFollowing my achievements within the LVMH Wines & Spirits Division, I am glad to be entrusted with the mission to insource the legal service within TAG Heuer "from scratch" as of 2006.From the very beginning, I have cross-cutting responsibility for all legal issues and support to all departments.Consolidating my experience in contract law and intellectual property law, I gain a solid expertise in competition law, selective distribution, corporate law, and team management.CONTRACT LAW | 200+ contracts /year:► negotiating, drafting and enforcing a large variety of agreements | exclusive and selective distribution agreements / wholesale / retail / franchise | commercial lease | sponsorship and endorsement agreements | contracts with advertising agencies | assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights / copyrights / trademarks / design / patents | purchase agreements | IT service agreements | management fees agreements.► managing termination of long-standing relationships: 10+ early termination of contracts /year, involving major financial stakes.COMPETITION / SELECTIVE DISTRIBUTION:Supporting the development of the brand worldwide, I contribute to reinforcing and securing the selective distribution network.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: To support the brand facing strong competitors with ever more innovative products every year, I drive the strategy of protection of the marketing and industrial innovations.COMPLIANCE, LITIGATION:► approximatively 100 disputes /year,► preventing 500 K€/year, on average, of financial risks.CORPORATE LAW & M&A: ► providing support to merger operations and set up of subsidiaries in France, Switzerland, PRC, Macao and Russia,► management of board of directors and annual general meetings : 20+ subsidiaries worldwide. -
Senior In-House Legal CounselVeuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Krug, Canard-Duchêne Sep 2000 - Aug 2006Reims Area, FranceReinforcing a legal department of 4 people, I contribute to the pooling of the legal service within the LVMH Wines & Spirit Division for the 3 Maisons de Champagne Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, Krug, and Canard Duchêne (the latter being sold to Group Thiénot in 2003).Practising my expertise in industrial property law and copyright, I soon extend my scope of activity to several other fields of business law, notably in contract law, exclusive distribution relationship, and compliance with Loi Evin advertising regulation.INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: ► managing trademarks and designs portfolios, ► securing copyrights and image rights for a public relations photo library of +900 visuals, ► drafting intellectual property assignment and license agreements, ► managing litigation, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements, ► conducting training sessions to raise the awareness of marketing and sales teams on intellectual property issues,► participating to the coordination of the fight against counterfeiting for the LVMH Wines & Spirit division. CONTRACT LAW: ► reviewing and drafting contracts to secure the projects conducted by the commercial, marketing, public relations, product development and purchase departments. ► reinforcing the exclusive distribution network worldwide ; 1 exclusive distributor /country, 150+ countries. ► setting up a contract database, to monitor the contracts’ expiry dates. « LOI EVIN »: ► validating the projects conducted by the marketing, public relations, and trade & merchandising departments, ► conducting training sessions to raise the awareness of marketing and sales teams on « loi Evin » issues. -
Assistant ProfessorEsm Saint-Cyr Oct 1999 - Jul 2000CoëtquidanDuring the mandatory military service period, I have the opportunity to be selected as professor and give law courses for military officers. -
Legal Counsel / Intellectual Property LawCmr International Jan 1999 - Jul 1999ParisIn this IP Law Firm, in parallel to my studies at the University, I am hired to become legal counsel with the responsibility to manage the trademarks and designs portfolios of the clients of the Law Firm, and to draft various IP contracts, such as trademark assignment and license agreements.
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Legal Counsel / Litigation And Real EstateLoxleys Solicitors Jun 1998 - Aug 1998London, United KingdomBenefiting from a great opportunity to practise Law in English for the first time, I travel to London to assist the solicitors from Loxleys Law Firm in real estate law & litigation.
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Legal Counsel | Litigation & Real EstateMgi - Maaf Gestion Immobilière Jan 1997 - Dec 1997ParisMy first professional experience in Law consists in providing legal support to real-estate agencies for debt recovery of co-property charges and lease rentals.
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Stéphane Eschbach works for Ayor
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Stéphane Eschbach's current role is Directeur juridique.
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Stéphane Eschbach attended Université Panthéon Assas (Paris Ii), Université Panthéon Assas (Paris Ii).
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