Jilly Lawrence
Global Business Area Legal Director (General Counsel) for Mobility @Arcadis
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WORK HISTORY
Global Business Area Legal Director (General Counsel) for Mobility @Arcadis
London, GB
Global general counsel for Mobility providing strategic business partner support to the Global Mobility Business Area as part of their executive team; Global Mobility Compliance Officer and Global Mobility Privacy Officer; Global Mobility spans Europe (NL, Germany, France), UK, Australia, US, Canada with legal team members based in those jurisdictions. Supports Global Legal Operations Director with designing workshops, creating (tech or other) road maps and implementing new initiatives aligned to Global Legal Strategy.
EDUCATION
Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV) / Sorbonne University
Licence en droit des affaires, Law, Mention Passable
Law Society of England and Wales
Law
The Nottingham Trent University
Legal Practice Course, Law, Distinction
University of Liverpool
English and French Laws with French LLB (Hons), Law, 2:1 (Hons)
ABOUT JILLY LAWRENCE
I am a general counsel and company secretary with over 10 years\' experience (18+ PQE) leading teams to deliver value at executive level on corporate governance, risk and legal issues on transactions in excess of £2bn in many jurisdictions including US, UK, Turkey, China, Australia, France, NL and across two different sectors; gambling (mainly product) and engineering (mainly professional services). I have civil code training as well as being English law qualified, having completed a degree at the Sorbonne and worked in France. I lead the most complex / strategically important legal matters on behalf of boards including litigation (up to £350m), M&A (UK and Africa), cross jurisdictional issues and serious health and safety matters. I lead, reshape and transform teams of experienced lawyers, paralegals and other specialists in matrix, hybrid and other organisational structures. I also lead cross-functional teams tackling major changes in law or industry including GDPR, data protection as global head of data privacy at a FTSE 250 gambling company. I have deep experience in compliance including anti-bribery, AML, import / export control having been a chief compliance officer at a FTSE 250 and with global compliance officer remit today. I am very passionate about company\'s integrity and ethics programmes. Now I am the Global General Counsel for Mobility at Arcadis, acting as principal legal adviser to the Global Mobility Management Team responsible for professional services and product offering in up to 8 jurisdictions globally. I am the chief compliance officer and chief privacy officer for Arcadis\' mobility business globally.
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