Alexandre V
Global General Counsel — Legal, Compliance & Risk | Tech, Regulated Industries & International
About Me
Jurisdiction
France | United Kingdom | United States | Belgium | Switzerland | Netherlands
Experience
• Supported fast-growing SaaS business lines on contracting and regulatory alignment. • Negotiated and amended high-impact B2B agreements across EMEA. • Guided compliance readiness for DORA and adjacent digital-resilience rules.
• Owned legal & compliance strategy for EMEA regions; led 12 lawyers in 5 countries. • Oversaw complex commercial & OEM negotiations; drove policy transformation. • Led dispute strategy and regulatory inquiries (antitrust/privacy/export control). • Managed external counsel (panel & AFA); reduced outside spend to 99% controlled.
• Realigned legal team structure to match sales/product operations (€750M P&L). • Enhanced compliance posture (GDPR, competition); embedded legal in GTM.
EMEA Lead Senior Counsel • 04/2016 – 06/2019 EMEA Senior Counsel • 10/2015 – 03/2016 ARIBA - EMEA Senior Counsel • 11/2010 – 09/2015 • Led EMEA SaaS contracting and public/private sector deals across jurisdictions. • Oversaw legal post-acquisition integration (Ariba → SAP): governance, risk alignment. • Rolled out contract clause banks and legal playbooks for regional harmonization.
• Built the legal function from zero (templates, policies, governance) for a FinTech scale-up; supported international expansion and partner frameworks.
Education
Certification
The L Suite - tech leaders association
Cercle Montesquieu - leaders association in France