Kering’s legal department is comprised of 90 individuals across the globe, each of whom provide legal support to the corporate operations and the 20 luxury, sport and lifestyle brands that are part of the company’s portfolio. Éric Sandrin is the legal director and corporate secretary at Kering, and is commended for his international outlook, as well as his skills in management of the legal team in addition to his compliance, intellectual property and M&A expertise.

Sandrin, joined Kering from the SCOR Group where he served as general legal counsel since 2011. Prior to SCOR, he was legal director and general secretary of Atos Origin and also spent a number of years with the General Electric Company (GE) where he held positions including: general counsel of the EMEA Medical Systems division, general counsel of the Oil & Gas division in Florence, legal counsel for global transactions and lobbying director. He began his career as a lawyer with Lyonnet & Bigot in Paris and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York. Sandrin is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris and earned a degree (DEA) in private law from the Université Paris XII.