Boubakar Dione is a legal specialist well-versed in the in-house legal sector having provided legal advice within the business world since 1991. Dione complements his deep knowledge of all relevant aspects of the law with commercial savviness and expertise gained in his long in-house career. With almost two decades of experience in the in-house sector, Dione is the current group general counsel of French investment bank Bpifrance – and is responsible for the oversight of a range of challenges related to the banking and finance legal and regulatory environment.

Regarding the most important transactions he has overseen in recent times, Dione highlights the 2016 acquisition of the state export guarantees activity that was previously managed by Coface. Dione is able to draw on a distinguished academic background in addition to his notable in-house experience; he holds a Master’s degree in business law and a DJCE in business law from French universities.