As managing director and general counsel at leading financial services institution Swicorp, Edouard takes a guiding role in the business’s strategic direction. Leading a small team, Pontet was singled out by sources for his focused and commercial approach to legal advice, and his deep emersion in the private equity market. Admitted to the New York and Paris Bars, Pontet has practised at Coudert Brothers and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.