About

Accor Hotels have a portfolio of over 6000 trademarks and they operate in around 92 countries across the world with over 3500 hotels and 5000 domain names under their control. Marie Champey, director of the intellectual property, digital and distribution is in charge of the legal protection of the vast number of trademarks and domain names. Champey began her journey with Accor in 2008 as the head of the intellectual property department, and moved into her current role in 2014. The department is thriving under her instruction and has been recognised both within the company and through awards given by external industry bodies. Aside from the defence and protection of the company profile, Champey extends her legal services to licenses, the group’s contracts and also non-IP related commercial matters. Displaying outstanding organisation, Champey is praised internally and externally for her managing of over 100 law firms and successfully dealing with copyright matters and design models for the group in numerous jurisdictions. Confronted regularly with issues including trademark infringements, cybersquatting and data protection, Champey is a truly ‘on the ball’ lawyer, a necessity in the fast-moving digitalised environment the company operates in.