Alexandre Verrien
Colombes,France
Summary
Seasoned legal professional with focus on corporate and commercial law. Deliver comprehensive legal strategies to safeguard company interests and ensure regulatory compliance. Leverage deep expertise in negotiation and risk management to drive successful outcomes.
Champion of Diversity / Equity / Inclusion (member & leader of employees’ resource groups chapters). Immediately available & worldwide relocation possible.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Legal Director FR/OEM/EA
Dell Technologies
Bezons, Val d'Oise
2020.04 - 2024.03
- Company Overview: Dell Technologies is one of worldwide leaders in providing end-to-end solutions (PCs, Servers, Storage, AI, edge), revenue of 90 billion $, 120.000 employees worldwide
- Website: https://www.dell.com/
- Geographical scope: France | 2.6B$ revenue, Emerging Africa (FR speaking) | 200M$ revenue, OEM (EMEA level) | 1.7B$ revenue
- Functional scope: regulatory (local & regional), contracts (BtoB), retail (BtoC), channel & alliances, ethics & compliance, data privacy, HR, litigation, corporate, security (local & regional requirements) and support for other centralized legal fields
- Major projects: supporting business model transformation from traditional commodity to as-a-service | reshaping roles & responsibilities for team members
- Managing team of 12 people (UK/Spain/Slovakia/Morocco/France based) | Budget of 1.5M€ (including external legal fees) / 99% consumption rate
- Member of senior management teams (French/OEM/Legal)
General Counsel France
SAP
Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
2019.07 - 2020.03
- Company Overview: SAP is one of worldwide leaders in providing onpremise & ondemand solutions (software, infrastructure & platform), revenue of 30 billion $, 105.000 employees worldwide
- Website: http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/about.html
- Geographical scope: France | 750M$ revenue
- Functional scope: contracts, channel, data privacy, regulatory and support for all other centralized legal fields
- Managing team of 8 people (France based) | 5 lawyers / 2 interns / 1 paralegal | Budget of 500K€
- Member of senior sales management team
EMEA Lead Senior Counsel
SAP
Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
2016.04 - 2019.06
- Cloud expert & member of Centre of Excellence
- Lead for complex deals (partnerships, turnkeys, customers >50M$)
- Support to local teams for all Cloud lines of business
- Single POC for Fieldglass outside of US
Senior Counsel EMEA
SAP
Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine
2015.10 - 2016.03
- Ariba acquired by SAP and fully integrated in Sep 15
- Drafting and negotiating Cloud agreements / expert for complex & combined deals (on-premise & SaaS)
- Major project: creation of shared service centre based in Prague
Senior Corporate Counsel EMEA
Ariba France
Paris
2010.11 - 2015.09
- Ariba is US SaaS provider of procurement platform, from procure-to-pay.
- Acquired by SAP.
- Drafting & negotiating SaaS & services agreements
- Various: M&A, EMEA real estate, litigation (including managing outside counsels), update & creation of templates & trainings, managing workload of team members
- Major projects: acquisition of b-process & post merger-integration
Sole legal counsel
eFront
Paris, France
2007.04 - 2010.10
- Company Overview: eFront is leading provider of go-to solution suite for alternative investment professionals, revenue over 100M$, >1.000 employees worldwide
- Website: https://www.efront.com/
- Line of business acquired from Fimasys / transferred with
- Drafting and negotiating CD & services agreements (Fr & En) / Updating & creating templates (Fr & En)
- Various: regulatory corporate, trademarks, escrow deposits, real estate, insurance, litigation, data protection
Legal Expert
Fimasys
Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine
2006.01 - 2007.03
- Fimasys is software provider for credit professionals, revenue over 10M$.
- Functional expert on legal field, including quality assurance, project management, functional specifications, pre-sales support & contracts' negotiations
Junior Counsel
Various employers
2002.05 - 2005.12
- Groupe Accor / Altedia / Groupe Bouygues
- Main focus: management of portfolio companies (over 30) for corporate topic, including board & general meetings, worldwide
Education
Master of Law - Business Law
University of Lille 2
Lille 2002.09 - 2003.09
Master of Business Administration - Strategic & Legal Management
ESAM Business School
Paris 2002.09 - 2003.09
Skills
- Contract Law
- Litigation management
- Data protection
- Safety and security regulations
- Ethics and compliance
- Leadership and management
- Department budget management
- Diversity and Inclusion
Affiliations
- TechGC, 2024, community of legal leaders in the IT industry
- Cercle Montesquieu, 2022, community of legal leaders in France
Languages
French
Native
English
Proficient (C2)
References
References available upon request.
Awards
- GC Powerlist France, 2023
- Top IP Leader, 2022
Timeline
Legal Director FR/OEM/EA
Dell Technologies
2020.04 - 2024.03
General Counsel France
SAP
2019.07 - 2020.03
EMEA Lead Senior Counsel
SAP
2016.04 - 2019.06
Senior Counsel EMEA
SAP
2015.10 - 2016.03
Senior Corporate Counsel EMEA
Ariba France
2010.11 - 2015.09
Sole legal counsel
eFront
2007.04 - 2010.10
Legal Expert
Fimasys
2006.01 - 2007.03
Master of Law - Business Law
University of Lille 2
2002.09 - 2003.09
Master of Business Administration - Strategic & Legal Management
ESAM Business School
2002.09 - 2003.09
Junior Counsel
Various employers
2002.05 - 2005.12